The global high-tech company AVL List GmbH has acquired shares in FIFTY2 Technology GmbH, located in Freiburg, Germany. Originating from the University of Freiburg, the start-up FIFTY2 developed the innovative software tool PreonLab, which enables the simulation of previously impossible fluid dynamics applications.

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Designing safety restraints for a spacecraft is much more difficult than designing them for automobiles. Injuries that are tolerable after a car crash can prevent an astronaut from exiting his capsule that has just landed in the sea. Also, unlike in a car, impacts are far more likely to come from any direction. Since an Earthward-bound spacecraft crashes every time?each Earth landing is actually a crash?NASA has adopted an extremely low-tolerance policy toward even minor injuries.

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On April 21 - 22, carhs.training is organizing the 12th automotive CAE Grand Challenge in Hanau, Germany. In 7 sessions speakers from industry, research and software development will report on their work to overcome the current challenges of automotive CAE. In addition, participants will receive valuable information at the workshops of our partners ASC (S, BETA CAE and Hexagon.

Gentherm developer of innovative thermal management technologies today announced a partnership with ThermoAnalytics, Inc., a leading thermal modeling software development firm, to improve human thermal comfort predictions.

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