Molecular machines of the future | Hendrik Dietz
TEDxTUMSalon 2018
TEDxTUMSalon 2018
Evolution has developed very efficient molecular machines, for example for producing energy through rotation. Hendrik Dietz would like to harness these concepts to build his own molecular motors. His group has successfully demonstrated that they can encode and synthesize complex shapes using DNA origami, and have recently discovered how to reduce the cost for mass […]
Science, art and the Big Bang | Judith Egger
TEDxTUMSalon 2018
TEDxTUMSalon 2018
Judith Egger is an artist who grew up in a family of scientists, in a world where only things that can be proven are considered important. She rebelled against that point of view and created art focusing on the beauty of imperfection and chaos. Teaming up with Prof. Dieter Braun, a biophysicist who tries to […]
Using tiny magnets for computation | Markus Becherer
TEDxTUMSalon 2018
TEDxTUMSalon 2018
Did you know that we have over one billion electronic switches in our smartphones? They switch one billion times per second, causing the phone to heat up and lose battery life. To prevent this from happening, Markus uses magnets – not the magnets we all know from our fridges, but nanomagnets, only a couple of […]