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Siemens and Stadler consortium to deliver fully automated trains for S-Bane Copenhagen
06 Feb 2026
World’s largest open railway system with automated train operation (GoA4) in the order of around three billion euros 226 4-car trai ...
Siemens virtualized protection for power grids cuts costs, saves space in digital substations
03 Feb 2026
Siemens Siprotec V consolidates the functionality of up to 60 hardware-based Siprotec 5 devices in one server-based solution CAPEX ...
Siemens strengthens sustainability performance: Best EU Taxonomy result since start of reporting
20 Jan 2026
Leadership role in the sustainable transformation of mobility confirmed – 87 percent of business activities Taxonomy-aligned Sustaina ...
Siemens' AI powered Nanjing facility named World Economic Forum Global Lighthouse Factory
20 Jan 2026
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has named Siemens' Nanjing factory in China as a Lighthouse Factory, adding it to the WEF's Global Lighthouse Network of ...
Clear tracks ahead for Siemens’ dual-mode locomotive with ETCS in Germany and Austria
12 Jan 2026
Vectron Dual Mode authorized for operation in Germany, Austria and for cross-border operation between the countries ...
Siemens unveils technologies to accelerate the industrial AI revolution at CES 2026
09 Jan 2026
Siemens and NVIDIA expand their partnership to build the Industrial AI Operating System, reinventing the entire end-to-end industrial value chain throu ...
Siemens and NVIDIA Expand Partnership to Build the Industrial AI Operating System
09 Jan 2026
Siemens and NVIDIA today announced a significant expansion of their strategic partnership to bring artificial intelligence into the real world. Togethe ...
With momentum into the new year: Vectron receives authorization for passenger service at up to 230 km/h
22 Dec 2025
First modern locomotive authorized for passenger service at speeds up to 230 km/h First operator: České dráhy (ČD) – 50 locomotiv ...
Siemens battery trains are fit for a King!
19 Dec 2025
Seven Mireo Plus B trains for Midtjyske Jernbaner to enter passenger service First fleet of Mireo Plus B battery-powered trains outside ...
Siemens honors pioneering inventors for the 30th time
18 Dec 2025
This year, for the 30th time, Siemens is awarding the title “Inventor of the Year” to outstanding researchers working in Germany, the United States ...
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Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
Donald Trump may be many things, but a good economist he is not. Accustomed to dictating terms to people he has worked with,
The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
