Never Stop Questioning

How is mobility defined? In which dimensions does it occur? And can it actually be measured? Participants of the second MQ! Innovation Summit by Audi in Ingolstadt grappled with these and other questions.

Electrifying future

Always a bit more advanced: No other city in the world has faster Internet or is as connected as South Korea’s capital.

Will this future make for a better life?

Africa is ahead of the digital curve: The M-Pesa electronic payment system has revolutionized daily life for people in Kenya and is a beacon for the rest of the world.

Architecture that points the way forward

The dream of constant surplus: a positive ecological balance; a self-sufficient house; living spaces with energy to spare. What appeared unimaginable just a few years ago has now become reality.

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e-tron conquers water vehicles: Audi engineer Franz Hofmann is developing a hydrofoil surfboard fitted with an electric jet-propulsion system.

Step by step

Are people the energy source of tomorrow? London-based industrial designer Laurence Kemball-Cook has developed smart floor tiles that convert kinetic energy from footsteps into electricity and data.

Creative clashes open up new perspectives

Can robots be creative? Feel? Love? And why do so many of them operate incognito? A talk with Christopher Lindinger, Director Research & Innovation at the Ars Electronica Futurelab in Linz, on the machines that will play a key role in shaping our future.