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Picture Credits

• Greetings from Dr. Annette Schavan
  Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• Preface
  Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP) | © Martin Eberle | heimbüchel pr | Reichardt/Berliner Philharmoniker
• 1 Interdisciplinary Technologies
  © René Neumann
• Nanotechnology:
  Prof. A. Greiner and Prof. J.H. Wendorff  (Department of Chemistry,Philipps-Universität Marburg) | © Dr. Frank Korte and Dr.-Ing. Günter Kamlage | Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH | Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces | Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (IZM) | Nano-X GmbH, Saarbrücken | Fraunhofer TEG
• Biotechnology:
  Research Centre Jülich | GABI-Managing-Offi ce | Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Münster | Knut Finstermeier, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology | Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (IGB)
• Microsystems Technology:
  axeptDesign GbR, Berlin | Fraunhofer Institute of Integrated Systems and Device Technology (IISB) | Siegmar Münk c/o Die Illustratoren Corinna Hein | Professor Dr. Michael J. Schöning | © Rosenbauer | Photo: Ingo Wagner
• Optical Technologies:
  Carl Zeiss | Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Computer Science Faculty, Chair of Pattern Recognition and Image Processing (LMB) | © FBH/schurian.com | Institut für Lasertechnologien, University of Ulm | Laser Zentrum Hannover e. V. | Siemens AG, Pictures of the Future, www.siemens.de/pof
• New Materials:
  ThyssenKrupp AG/image database | Techniker Krankenkasse | Bremen University of Applied Sciences | DWI at the RWTH Aachen | Institute of Wood Biology & Wood Technology, Georg-August University Göttingen | RIKO – Network of Competence
• Production Technologies:
  Federal Foreign Offi ce | HOCHTIEF AG | Research Centre Jülich | Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (IZM) | Institut für Textiltechnik der RWTH Aachen | Technische Universität Ilmenau, Institute for Micro- and Nanotechnologies, Department of Micromechanical Systems
• 2 Environment and Energy
  © René Neumann
• Environment:
  Berliner Wasserbetriebe | André Künzelmann, UFZ – Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle | Forschungsverbund Berlin/R. Günther | Ulrich Herrmann, National Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) | Gulfstream | Research Centre Jülich | Research Centre Jülich
• Energy:
  Forschungsverbund Berlin | Deutsche BP AG/ image database | German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Institute of Combustion Technology | Siemens – Press Pictures | Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP) | Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) | Bayer CropScience AG
• 3 Communications and Mobility
  © René Neumann
• Information and Communications:
  Siemens – Press Pictures | Helmholtz Association | http://ont.upb.de/(Reinhard Noé) | Research Centre Jülich | Photo: Marcus Meyer | Interaction Design Lab/University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam
• Logistics:
  Deutsche Post World Net/image database | Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL), Bremen, 2005 | German Aerospace Centre (DLR) | DB AG/Jazbec | German Aerospace Centre (DLR) – Institute of Flight Guidance | Alexander John
• Transport Systems:
  © 2005 Toll Collect GmbH | GKSS research centre Geesthacht | ThyssenKrupp Automotive | Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO)/Photo: Claus Marberger | Max Planck Society (FHI) | Siemens VDO Automotive
• Aeronautics and Aerospace:
  ESA/German Aerospace Centre (DLR) | EADS SPACE | German Aerospace Centre (DLR) | DFKI Lab Bremen | ZFB | Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics/Leibniz Universität Hannover | Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
• 4 Health and Safety
  © René Neumann
• Health Research:
  Corbis-CD: symbols of science | StemNet | GSF – National Research Centre for Environment and Health, Institute of Stem Cell Research | Müllenborn/Cerboncini | Reprinted from Biomaterials 27, K.-H. Frosch et al., pg. 2542–2549, April 2006, with permission from Elsevier | Hohenstein Institute for Clothing Physiology (BPI)
• Medical Technology:
  Helmholtz Association | Aachen Centre of Competence for Medical Technology | Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT) | © Klinik f. MKG-Chirurgie (Head Face and Jaw Surgery Clinic) – Clinical Navigation and Robotics; Charité University Hospital Berlin/Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology (IPK) | „Zustandserkennung und Systemgestaltung“, 6. Berliner Werkstatt Mensch Maschine Systeme, Progress Report, VDI series 22 No. 22, pub.: Urbas, L.; Steffens, C., VDI Verlag, Düsseldorf, 2005, pg. 287–290 | microTEC Gesellschaft für Mikrotechnologie mbH/eye of science
• Security Research:
  Siemens – Press Picture | Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics (IGD), Darmstadt | Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH | © Michael Heitmann | Independent Centre for Privacy Protection Schleswig-Holstein (ICPP) | Background photo: photocase.com/rendering and montage: Henner Hinze/photographer: Gordon Adler, transluszent
• 5 Future and Society
  © René Neumann
• Humanities:
  Technical University/Michael Reichel (ari) | University of Bonn | Helmholtz Association |
  Archive of Max Planck Society, Berlin-Dahlem
• Social Sciences:
  Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) | Reiner Zensen
• Postface
  Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP)