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Mobility research focuses on almost all aspects of life today with respect to tomorrow's challenges. In addition to the social sciences, society, politics, economy, ecology and culture, this field is primarily concerned with mobility on roads, train tracks and in the air.
Interdisciplinary cooperation.
The BMW Group cooperates heavily with the sciences and benefits from university and research institute resources. An example of such "mobile thinking" is the successful cooperation between the Neurosurgical Clinic at the University of Munich-Grosshadern and the BMW Group in stereo lithography. With the help of a computer program, researchers have succeeded in transferring medical computer tomography data to stereo lithography data. The result for medicine is that accurate models of diseased organs can now be imaged in three dimensions or tumours precisely localised. On the other hand, vehicle construction engineers can use the x-ray and computer tomography machines available at the Grosshadern Clinic to test the quality of parts made from new materials.
Assessment of technology chances.
An international enterprise such as the BMW Group must always assume responsibility when developing new technologies. We thus see it as our task to consistently and perpetually assess the chances and risks – either indirect or direct – of technological developments. What is the future of technological development, and what are the driving forces behind it? These are the central questions we ask ourselves and which we constantly consider as we strategically orient our enterprise to the international market.
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