Satellite navigation market
Galileo and EGNOS, together with further developments in the GPS field, are giving the satellite navigation market considerable impetus and offering new inspiration to Hessen’s IT sector. Hessian companies at CeBIT present interesting and exciting examples of possible innovative uses in satellite navigation.
In all these activities, the way to new ideas for innovative uses is opened by the intelligent linking of various different technologies. Not only traffic telematics, fleet management and logistics can benefit from satellite navigation based applications, but also the construction industry and the communal sector. Indoor positioning systems, location based services, surveillance of premises and the steering and positioning of machines represent just a small section of the potential or realised applications.
Hessen's Satellite Navigation Centre
cesah, Hessen’s newly built Satellite Navigation Centre, is becoming established as the linchpin for the Galileo satellite navigation project and Hessen’s SatNav sector. It also provides major impulses for the development of innovative products and services.
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The market for computer and video games is currently one of the major growth areas in information technology. The large concentration of developers and publishers in the Rhine-Main area and their worldwide operations make Hessen a highly attractive region. This topic is presented by Deck13 Interactive (Frankfurt) and Braingame Publishing (Wiesbaden):
Deck13 Interactive GmbH has been on the games market since 2001, during which time it has published more than 10 titles. In 2005, the team came up with “Ankh”, which turned out to be an unexpected hit and was awarded prizes as “Best German Game 2005” by the jury of the German Developer Prize and by GameStar magazine This success was followed up by continuations of the series and the title “Jack Keane”. Among other distinctions for Deck13 were the German Developer Prize for Best Adventure and Best Story / Game World 2007. The thirty members of the team are working at present on a role-playing game and another adventure. Both titles will be completed in the first half of 2009.
The hardware and software products from BSC GmbH, a company in North Hessen, create an infrastructure for all terminal equipment by means of enOcean radio technology. This enables a building to be automated without the need for an expensive hardwired bus system. In addition to numerous software solutions, the BSC portfolio includes transmitters / receivers for USB and LAN, as well as intelligent and arbitrarily cascadable repeaters. The software serves as an interactive control centre, e.g. in connection with a touch panel.
Braingame stands for intelligent gaming. With the creation of it’s „learning adventure“ genre in 1996 Braingame Publishing GmbH set important milestones in the edutainment category. The multiple award-winning and million times sold games built the base of the company's success and prove that it is possible to combine learning with fun. Today Braingame’s portfolio contains high-quality 3D adventures, award winning titles for children and families as well as unique info- and edutainment products - for both PC and Nintendo platforms. Braingame guarantees for intelligent, cutting edge technology and high quality gaming with its experienced team of educators, scientists, media and game designers. Braingame products are published worldwide – with great success. Besides the products for end-consumers, many industrial customers have trust in the know-how of Braingame, too. They have their complex contents transformed into entertaining multimedia-based worlds for example.