Motionographer (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Wuppertal, Germany is not a likely locale for para-military gunfights and flying car chases—at least not yet. Fueled by a fund from Medienprojekt Wuppertal, a group of film students created this ambitious film set in a futuristic Wuppertal to promote the video magazine Borderline. The film’s director, Christoph Heimer, is currently enrolled in Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (although...
The Beer Diary (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
As I mentioned earlier in the week I have been traveling for work. I had the fortune or misfortune of being layed up in snowy Wuppertal, Germany. For those of you who may not know much about Wuppertal it forms a triangle with Cologne and Düsseldorf in the Rhineland Westphalia region and is slightly south of Dortmund. It was once the richest city in Germany during the industrial revolution...
Tech Lime (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
haemospect® is a new hand held blood and tissue analyzer from MBR Optical Systems GmbH & Co. KG of Wuppertal, Germany. According to the company, the device, now on display at Medica 2008 in Düsseldorf, can measure noninvasively the following parameters: total hemoglobin (tHb), oxygenated haemoglobin (HbO2), deoxygenated haemoglobin (Hb), tissue haemoglobin (tHb), oxygenated tissue [...]
Medgadget (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
haemospect® is a new hand held blood and tissue analyzer from MBR Optical Systems GmbH & Co. KG of Wuppertal, Germany. According to the company, the device, now on display at Medica 2008 in Düsseldorf, can measure noninvasively (!) the following parameters: total hemoglobin (tHb), oxygenated haemoglobin (HbO2), deoxygenated haemoglobin (Hb), tissue haemoglobin (tHb), oxygenated tissue haemoglobin...
British Journal of Pharmacology (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Atoms are much heavier than the fundamental particles from which they are made. European scientists have now shown that this oddity can be fully understood using the conventional Standard Model of particle physics.Zoltán Fodor of the University of Wuppertal in Germany and his co-workers have carried out an awesomely difficult computation to deduce the masses of the proton and the neutron — the...
Eric Avebury (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
We lunched at Wellington Barracks at the kind invitation of David Saunders and his wife. I served with him in Wuppertal-Elberfeld in 1950-51, when I was doing my national service - and it was great to see him again after all those years, as well as to enter Wellington Barracks for the first time since 1950. HRH Prince Charles attended the lunch and we had the honour of meeting him. The service...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Hope that everyone is adjusting to the cold weather. I heard that Minnesota already got its first snowfall in October. My October was filled with adjusting to my new town and trying to figure out school. I am studying at the Universtt in Wuppertal for only a semester. My program told the school I would be studying Wirtschaftwissenschaft and Geschichte or EconomicsManagement and History. In
By Common Consent (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
... will never die!” I believe him. An idealist is born. October 1973. I’m walking along a street in Wuppertal, Germany. It’s a lovely place. I have a terrific companion. We work hard. Autumn in Germany is spectacular. Life is good. We pass a newspaper dispenser. In extra large letters the headline reads, “Agnew Resigns.” Stunned, I sit down on the bumper of a Mercedes. The Vice-president admits...
EE Times (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
... University of Cologne (Germany), Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences, the University of Wuppertal (Germany), and the University of Oulu (Finland). The universities will concentrate on modeling, algorithmic problems and simulation issues that must be solved to produce accelerated automated testing of analog circuits with digital signal processing in the EHF realm. is based in El...
Slow Painting (Free subscription) | 26/10/2008
... collection of contemporary art available by appointment to small groups of aficionados. In Wuppertal, the British artist Tony Cragg has coaxed a derelict estate back to life, creating a public sculpture park along with indoor exhibition spaces. By far the most ambitious of the newcomers is the Falckenberg collection, which recently moved into expanded quarters and is now known as the Phoenix...
The Business Journal of Phoenix (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
Three teams from Thunderbird and one each from the University of Phoenix and Arizona State University will join teams from the University of Wuppertal in Germany, the Queens School of Business in Canada, Northeastern University, DePaul University and the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.
Young Germany RSS feed (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
The region of North Rhine Westphalia already boasts one of the leading modern dance choreographers in Pina Bausch at the Tanztheater Wuppertal. In contrast to other cities which maintain their own ballet and dance companies at their local theaters, Neuss offers a more global orientation. Its audiences similarly travel great distances.
