On the road with the Ridecare companion Buckle up, listeners! In the latest episode of our “FROM KNOW-HOW to WOW” podcast, Geoff hits the road with test driver Matt Gutie to learn how our RideCare companion is improving ridesharing safety. Bosch engineer Sarah Uttendorf is one of the developers of the new system. She tells us how the product came to life. Equipped with a connected camera that records both inside and outside the vehicle, as well as a wireless SOS button, the RideCare companion ensures that drivers and passengers alike can enjoy safer rides. Thanks to AI algorithms, the system automatically detects the start and end of each ride and even notifies the driver if the camera view is obstructed. More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

Want to get to the bottom of how a magnetic field quantum sensor works? Learn more in this deep dive episode. Geoff’s voice avatar picks the brain of Bosch physicist Riccardo Cipolletti to uncover some of the key principles of the new technology. It relies on the Zeeman effect, a Nobel-prize worthy discovery on the effect of magnetic fields on the energy levels of electrons. Warning: This episode contains a mathematical formula! ;-) More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

A quantum leap in the history of From Know-How to Wow! Shuko and Geoff hear from Riccardo Cipolletti, a physicist at Bosch Quantum Sensing. The team he’s a part of is developing magnetic field quantum sensors that are 1,000 times more sensitive than today’s MEMS sensors. They can, for instance, easily measure the tiniest magnetic fields inside our own bodies like those caused by neuron activity. Neuroscientist Marc Dingman explains why data like this could help doctors better understand some conditions that today just seem bizarre. Along the way, our hosts try to get a feeling for what a “femto Tesla” is, what autonomous cars can learn from migratory birds, and what it takes to control a quantum system. More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

Geoff’s voice avatar has some trouble wrapping his head around the sensor fusion algorithms in head-tracking devices - in part because as a voice avatar by nature he neither has a head, nor a body. Fortunately, Bosch expert Ye Lu is excellent in explaining how different sensors can help correct each other’s errors and why school mathematics has its limits when you want to accurately determine rotation angles. In this deep dive, we also learn why the inventions of old geniuses like Foucault, Euler and Gauss are still relevant for state-of-the-art VR headsets, earbuds and other wearables. More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

Woooosh! Sounds are all around us, but when we wear headphones we are no longer moving through a soundscape, but carry the sounds with us, in our head. Head-tracking technology changes that and has a lot more interesting applications. Ye Lu aka “Kimmi” has developed the head-tracking feature in Bosch’s BHI 360 sensor. She takes us on a journey of challenges, successes and new challenges. Constantin Popp from the University of York explains how 3D sound can help gamers win. Come join Shuko and Geoff for an auditory and emotional rollercoaster ride! This episode is special. For the full effect, it is best to listen to it with headphones or at least stereo speakers. More Bosch podcasts: From Know-how to Wow “MEMS - With all (technical) senses”: https://fromknowhowtowow.podigee.io/4-mems Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

Kaching! Your car just earned its own gas money. In the Economy of Things, cars and other machines and devices can become independent economic actors. As they interact and do business, they need to trust each other’s identities and that contracts between machines are executed as agreed upon. Web3 technology can enable these scenarios. Bosch researcher Dr. Nik Scharmann and our virtual host, Geoff’s voice avatar, dive into the challenges and opportunities of the Economy of Things. More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

Cryptocurrencies are becoming more and more relevant, but they’re only a small part of what is called Web3, a decentralized Internet, based on distributed ledger technology. The idea behind Web3 is that in a highly connected world, the key to be successful is to find the right balance between cooperation and competition, a so-called “copetition”. At Bosch Connected World in Berlin, Shuko and Geoff talked about this to Bosch’s Chief Digital Officer, Tanja Rückert. From Cafer Ince they learned how Bosch Mobility Solutions is developing Web3-based applications. Marcel Kaiser provided some insights into the collaboration between the startup he works at, PolyCrypt, and Bosch. Is the industry warming up to the idea of a Web3-based marketplace? Show notes: More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

This is a first! Starting with this episode, we’ll bring you a monthly shortcast in addition to our regular episodes. Nerd alert: here’s your chance to dive deeper into one specific aspect of the previous episode. This time, we’re back at Bosch Connected World in Berlin to learn more about software-defined vehicles. A whole hackathon was organized around SDV with teams using open-source tools to develop automotive applications. Guess who’s hosting our deep dives. Hint: it’s neither Shuko nor Geoff, but someone – or something – similar. Tune in and find out!

What are the benefits of “software-defined vehicles”? Find out in this special episode, which took place LIVE at the Bosch Connected World event on November 9. Our hosts were joined on stage by experts Christian Uebber and Christian Heissenberger, who work at ETAS, the Bosch subsidiary for automotive operating systems and software development kits. During this special episode they talked about the characteristics of these vehicles, and the challenges our teams face in making cars more software-driven. Software is already an integral part of almost every function in modern vehicles, whether it's for electrically adjusting the seat, recharging the vehicle, deploying the airbag, or listening to the radio. But there's so much more to software-defined vehicles, such as over-the-air updates that could improve software-based functionality - just like your smartphone's software updates. Listen in to find out more! More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

Throwing and catching are human skills that we not only use in sports, but also as a shortcut - saving time compared to walking a few steps. What if robots could do the same? Bosch Research engineer Timm Linder helps explore this in an EU-funded project called DARKO. In collaboration with research labs across Europe, he and his team are developing a robot that will toss items into bins at a warehouse, while aiming to make the robot behave more intelligently among humans and equipping it with a better 3D perception and semantic scene understanding of the environment it is deployed in. Perhaps the robot can learn some lessons from Ceola McGowan: The world champion in double-bit axe throwing has some advice on how to precisely throw oddly shaped objects and shares her technique with Shuko and Geoff. Our hosts are already dreaming of robots that can toss the laundry into the washer… More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

How to develop self-driving cars? Automated cars become more and more advanced. But this shift toward vehicles that will eventually be autonomous means major architectural changes in how cars are developed. In this episode, Shuko and Geoff are joined by Axel Schwarz, Director for Engineering of L4 Sensors, and Kay Stepper, Senior Vice President for Automated at Driving Bosch North America. Both explain how cars can use a cycle of “sense, think, act” to move autonomously. And Ben Peters, Cofounder of the Bosch subsidiary FIVE, discusses how he builds special simulation environments that help test drive future vehicle technology. Intrigued? Then let's hit the road! More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

What’s the future of more sustainable truck driving? Hydrogen! In this episode, Bosch engineer Michael Marino explains how he and his team develop fuel cell stacks that convert hydrogen into electricity. Each fuel cell produces less than 1 Volt, but hundreds of fuel cells stacked on top of each other can power long-haul trucks. For example, Nikola Motor Company have trucks with Bosch fuel-cell technology on the streets of the United States. These vehicles are quieter and accelerate faster than trucks with a combustion engine, and have 0 g/km local CO² emissions . Moreover, Shuko and Geoff (virtually) visit a farm - a hydrogen farm. Kore, a startup in California, is working on producing green, sustainable hydrogen made from farming waste. More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

Not to scare anyone, but this episode contains - cold showers!!! Keeping the chills away is Bosch product manager Christoph Bauerdick’s mission. With Bosch’s HomeCom Pro solution, he helps installers keep tabs on the heat pumps, boilers and other heating systems they have installed and ideally fix issues before they lead to cold showers, or worse: no heating at all. HomeCom Pro uses data that appliances generate every twelve seconds. Analyzing these masses of data and bringing them into a human-readable format is the responsibility of Alexandre Chambel. He explains to Shuko and Geoff how data can help customers save energy. Our guests: Christoph Bauerdick: https://eta-fabrik.de/ueber-uns/team-mitglied/christoph-bauerdick/ Alexandre Chambel https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandrechambel More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

Imagine being able to remove odors and bacteria easily and on the go, without needing to wash your clothes. In the latest episode of our "From KNOW-HOW to WOW" podcast, we talk about how our FreshUp device uses plasma technology to remove odors from fabrics simply by brushing over them. Plasma occurs naturally in the universe. During the show, Tobias Wende, a Bosch electronic system engineer, talks about how they were able to incorporate plasma technology, which releases active plasma particles to dissolve simple odor molecules, into a device the size of a glasses case. What an unpleasant smell is, however, differs from one nose to another, says Antonie Bierling, researcher at the Universities of Dresden and Jena. She works on finding out more about which molecules stink and which ones have a lovely scent and shares her know-how with Shuko and Geoff.

What do the components of a car have in common with a jazz band? Getting them to play together in unison can be pretty challenging. This is something that car manufacturers know well. For future electric vehicles, a cross-divisional team around Bosch system engineers Erik Goerres and Dieter Schwarzmann want to make manufacturers’ lives easier. To understand the challenges and to improve component integration, they decided to follow the learn-by-doing approach and build their own research-only prototype vehicle. They call it the “Rolling Chassis”. One product that came out of it is the Advanced Driving Module, a package solution with all the Bosch components you need to make an electric vehicle move. Let’s get this episode rolling!

Ever used a claw machine on a funfair? Grabbing an item is no easy task - especially when the machine is rigged against you. But how would you design a claw machine that works every single time? In the latest episode of our "From KNOW-HOW to WOW" podcast, we explore this with Bosch expert Christoph Marx, who built a robot system for warehouses, called Smart Item Picking. His challenge was to build a system combining hardware components, vision sensors and software algorithms that can handle millions of different parts with a high variety in shape, size, weight, and many uncertain parameters. Christoph tells us how using artificial intelligence and a 3D scanner lead him and his team to the solution. ...and what does all of this have to do with the moon landing? Listen in and find out! Show notes: More about smart item picking: https://www.bosch-presse.de/pressportal/de/en/smart-item-picking-227026.html The Cradle of Aviation museum has more fun facts about the lunar module: https://www.cradleofaviation.org/history/history/lunar-module.html More Bosch podcasts: The Spexor Episode: https://youtu.be/EnGlnkE8uVY Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

Shuko has a passion for motorcycles and takes Geoff on a (virtual) weekend ride on curvy mountain roads. What helps make their ride safer and more comfortable is ARAS, Bosch’s Advanced Rider Assistance System. Two of its developers, Yuki Oshida and Daniel Vetter, explain how they transferred ideas like adaptive cruise control from passenger cars to motorcycles. Turns out, 2-wheelers have peculiar physics! Victor Manuel Rivera knows that, too. He pushes the limits of the laws of physics during his motorcycle circus act: The Globe of Speed. No risk, no fun? Wrong, says Shuko. After an exclusive test ride with Daniel, she is convinced that electronic systems can mitigate some of the risks inherent to motorcycles without reducing the fun. Warning: this episode might evoke a passion for motorcycles in listeners as well! Shownotes: More about ARAS: https://www.bosch-mobility-solutions.com/en/solutions/assistance-systems/advanced-rider-assistance-systems-2w/ More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

What is the Industrial Internet of Things and can it help connect a whole factory, even when it’s equipped with lots of old machines? The first step to finding this out is to call Marian Demme. The IIoT expert helps companies digitalize manufacturing with NEXEED, Bosch’s software portfolio for Industry 4.0. Proving its value, Tobias Pfister talks about how production lines at the Bosch plant in Bamberg, Bavaria boosted their efficiency thanks to NEXEED. With this software, just one small valve for a motor can have a record of 1,000+ data points attached to it. Get ready and join Geoff and Shuko in exploring the world of IIoT! Shownotes: More about Nexeed: https://www.bosch-connected-industry.com/de/en/index More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

It was early one morning when Bosch associate Tobias Riedel walked to his car and saw that something was wrong. The window smashed. With the steering wheel, multimedia system, and everything else missing. A few days later, Tobias had an idea. He developed a mobile alarm system. That was the moment Bosch’s new and unique in all the world security assistant spexor was born. Spexor is packed with sensors that can be used for a wide range of applications, from intrusion detection to identifying harmful gasses. In the show, you will learn why the gas sensors inside spexor can even detect the smell of roasted coffee beans! Another potential field of application of spexor is sleep tracking. That’s why Shuko and Geoff also talk to Erna Sif Arnardóttir, director of the Reykjavik University Sleep Institute in Iceland, who is playfully called the “snore lady"! But be sure that you won’t fall asleep when listening… SHOWNOTES: More about spexor: https://www.spexor-bosch.com/en/ #manufacturelikeabosch Milky Way - Nurturing the stars of the future https://fromknowhowtowow.podigee.io/17-milkyway This is how gas sensing gets intelligent with BME688 and BME AI-Studio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcZKKNrBt2g More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

Welcome to the 2021 wrap-up of our podcast. Our cheery hosts Shuko and Geoff recollect their personal "wow" moments from the first year of the show, take a look behind-the-scenes, and share some lovely fan mail. We say THANK YOU to all our listeners, and look forward to sharing more ‘wow’ with you in 2022! Shownotes: Shuko’s fav episode so far: https://fromknowhowtowow.podigee.io/19-ssi Goeff’s fav episode so far: https://fromknowhowtowow.podigee.io/15-formula_e Bosch CDO Tanja Rückert’s fav episode so far: https://fromknowhowtowow.podigee.io/8-techforclimate You can hear Melena und Geoff performing their song “Dust” on this episode: https://fromknowhowtowow.podigee.io/12-factory-of-the-future_p1