Girls'Day 2024

APR 2024

25

Berlin
Germany

For the nationwide Girls'Day on April 25, Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute (HHI) invites interested schoolgirls to explore the everyday working life of our researchers. This career orientation project aims to promote interest in STEM subjects and the associated occupational fields at an early age.

In eight different workshops, the young women gain insights into the work of each department at Fraunhofer HHI.

During the following lunch, the girls have the opportunity to ask selected female scientists questions about their work and research at the institute.

This event will be conducted in German.

Contact

Dr.-Ing. Ivanka Pelivan

Dr.-Ing. Ivanka Pelivan

Science Manager

Phone +49-30 31002-647

MEGA WORLD: Optical data transmission via fiber optics using light and encrypted communication

Discover the mysterious world of light and how LiFi can be used to transmit data securely and quickly using light signals. Partake in the MEGA WORLD workshop to build your own LiFi receiver and decode an encrypted message. Join us and discover the exciting technologies of tomorrow's Internet.

The workshop MEGA WORLD is offered by the department Photonic Networks and Systems.

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MICRO WORLD: Insights into the production of tiny optical chips

Would you like to make your own bookmark? Or a key ring with your own picture? In the MICRO WORLD workshop, you get insights into the production of tiny optical chips used in many areas, such as medicine or communication technology. Using your bookmark or keychain as an example, we will work together to recreate the manufacturing process.

So, put on your gloves, don on your lab coat, and come to the lab of the Photonic Components department!

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Registration

Spots: 6

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GIGA WORLD: Clear view with the terahertz laser

Did you always want to know what a nude scanner sounds like? Or what the inside of a memory card looks like? Then take part in the Terahertz group's GIGA WORLD workshop and find out how you can see through plastic and clothes.

The Terahertz group is part of the Photonic Components department.

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Registration

Spots: 8

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VISUAL WORLD: Experience virtual reality with VR glasses

Do you want to know how humans can see in 3D and how a computer can apply this principle? At the VISUAL WORLD workshop of the Vision and Imaging Technologies department, you will learn what makes up a digital image and how it can expand into a 3D video. Using VR glasses, you will playfully enter a virtual world and experience real people as 3D avatars.

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VIDEO WORLD: Talking to an avatar

Studying at home, streaming a series on the side, and sending a friend the funny video from last weekend - but how can the flood of data on the internet be managed? In the video world workshop, you get a brief insight into the transmission of video streams, the tricks Netflix, TikTok, or Twitch use to bring video to the smartphone, and which videos we will consume in the future. Try to shorten messages, experiment with prototypes of future video formats, experience 360° video, and interact with virtual objects and people in our Video Communication and Applications department.

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AI WORLD: Doing homework with ChatGPT?

Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of AI! Increase your understanding of what AI can do - apart from homework. In the AI WORLD workshop, facilitated by our Artificial Intelligence department, you will train an AI without a computer, get to know various AI tools, try out what works well, find out where the limits of current AI are, and how AI can be explained.

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WIRELESS WORLD: Course with robot dogs

Immerse yourself in the world of communication technology! Communication technology ensures that communication with digital devices, such as your cell phone or a drone and its remote control, works. At the WIRELESS WORLD workshop facilitated by our Wireless Communications and Networks department, you will have the opportunity to interact with robot dogs and develop a project with us to program a small circuit. Together we will create a code to control the circuit. This can include switching LEDs on and off, reading sensor data, or controlling motors.

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SENSOR WORLD: Production of sensors and laser engravings

How does a scanning electron microscope work? We show you tiny objects from the nano-perspective. How can you build sensors with optical fibers? In the SENSOR WORLD workshop at the department Fiber Optical Sensor Systems, you will learn how to make and work with fiber optic sensors. How can you change materials with a laser light? Together with you, we will create laser engravings. If you want more, you can let water boil by pedaling in our experimentation course.

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