#Efficiency

Economy in a circle
Think Green
Economy in a circle
Whenever an object ends up in the garbage it ends up in the wrong place. The pace at which the amount of garbage is growing matches the pace at which important raw materials around the globe are dwindling. The future belongs to circular economy.
March 2023
Surviving in extreme environments
Engineering
Surviving in extreme environments
They’re found in volcanic rock, in the deepest submarine canyons and under the ice of Antarctica: creatures called extremophiles that are highly resilient in extreme conditions.
March 2023
Simply magnetic
Think Green
Simply magnetic
How do you fish something out of the ocean that you can’t see? By using clever “catching methods” for microplastics and nanoparticles.
September 2021
Amazing 24/7 assistants
Future Life
Amazing 24/7 assistants
Driverless service vehicles are capturing their place in mobility around the globe – while paving the technology’s way into passenger cars.
September 2021
Keep it simple
In Motion
Keep it simple
Whether hybrid or fully electric, whether 48 or 800 volts, Schaeffler’s modular powertrain portfolio has the right solution for any e-car
September 2021
High tech in the fields
Engineering
High tech in the fields
Farming feeds the world – and requires increasingly better and, above all, more efficient machines to do so.
September 2021
On a roll
Engineering
On a roll
Friction is a decelerator. Who’d be in a better position to know this than bearing specialist Schaeffler? Weight and aerodynamic drag hamper the urge of moving forward as well.
December 2020
The future wound in a coil
Engineering
The future wound in a coil
Be it in cars, trains or airplanes, in systems ranging from hybrid to fully electric, mobility of the future requires electric motors. But how does an electric motor actually work?
November 2020
Goodbye to errors
Engineering
Goodbye to errors
Downtimes are poison for business. The best strategy to prevent this is a smart early warning system. It’s called condition monitoring.
October 2020
Neo jobs in the world of tomorrow
Future Life
Neo jobs in the world of tomorrow
Artificial intelligence, quantum physics and robotics will dramatically change our world this century. Some jobs will disappear while others will emerge. This is what such neo jobs might look like.
December 2019
A machine to be reckoned with
Digital
A machine to be reckoned with
Google and IBM are working on quantum computers that can perform complex computations a lot faster than the world’s fastest supercomputers. Now, what’s in it for us?
December 2019
Let’s talk about future
Future Life
Let’s talk about future
Digital technology is changing the future of our working world. For industrial sociologist Martin Krzywdzinski, algorithms and machines neither pose a threat to humanity nor they are ultimate saviors.
December 2019
Stop!
Future Life
Stop!
Who in the world wound the clock? That’s a legitimate question. Although, due to technological progress, we have more time than ever before it seems to be passing faster and faster.
December 2018
Rolling through the ages
Engineering
Rolling through the ages
You can rarely see them, practically never hear them but whenever something is moving in the world, chances are that a bearing is involved. A time journey tracing the history of hidden talents.
September 2017
Naturally efficient
Think Green
Naturally efficient
In the animal kingdom, a great diversity of strategies for an energy-efficient way of life has developed in the course of evolution. “tomorrow” presents fauna’s efficiency kings.
April 2017