SchlagerAI – Automatically generating pop lyrics using language models

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Here at Motius, we strive to stay up to date with current trends in technology. Our platform to do so is called Discovery, and it consists of a 4-day hackathon-style session where we do hands-on experiments with emerging technologies. This is where SchlagerAI was born.  Back in mid 2019, we made our first attempt at building a model for generating Schlager lyrics. For those [...]

Aug 2021

Daniel Wessel

AI meets 5G – FunKI

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In our series "Motee Minute", we let our Motees have their say on the latest tech trends - unfiltered, frank, and opinionated. This week we're hearing from Alberto. Alberto is a Solutions Architect and a Senior Project Owner at Motius. His main area of expertise is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Science applications. Before joining [...]

Jul 2021

Alberto Viseras

Discovery: How we stay close to new tech

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We built a wearable spirometry device backed by machine learning. We built an AI system that generates Schlager lyrics. We built an IoT device to keep our plants alive. Why do we tell you this? Because those are internal projects we do just for fun. During Motius Discovery. Discovery is how we innovate, stay close [...]

Jun 2021

Noah Linnenbrügger

Working at Motius: Why you should join us

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Working at Motius is special. And you should definitely join us! Bold statement, right? Well, this is not meant to be just this cheeky self-promotion you probably expect right now, so we're going to give you some hard facts on why you should head over to that talent section and apply for one of our [...]

May 2021

Benjamin Günther

Why GPT-3 is the next step in human-machine interaction

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For quite some time now, we at Motius have had the chance to look into the tech around GPT-3 by OpenAI on a project basis. Since there are already exciting results, this is also the perfect topic to start our new blog series "Motee Minute", where we let our Motees have their say on the [...]

May 2021

André Lubbe

The Talent Journey — Turning our Vision into Reality

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The underlying challenge As we all know, tech companies are just as good as their techies, i.e. engineers, developers etc. Logically, every tech company wants to have the best techies. Unfortunately, there is a dilemma: high demand meets scarcity because tech talents are rare. And even if companies manage to get tech talents, it is [...]

Apr 2021

Soeren Gunia

Hands on with a Solid Web App – Discovery Conference Q1 2021

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Background information   In 1989, Sir Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web. A year later, he released the first browser. At the time, it was a means for researchers at CERN and other research institutions to share information. It rapidly exploded in the following years and now dominates the world economy. But the web we use now is not what [...]

Apr 2021

Stuart Heap

Agile Collaboration: Optimizing Siemens’ Supply Chain with a Digital Twin

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Siemens is one of the world’s leading technology companies in the world. In fact, they are not just one of the biggest players in the energy and mobility sector but also in the medical sector. Siemens Healthineers, the mother company for Siemens’ medical technology companies, has more than 50,000 employees, 18,500 patents worldwide and 120 [...]

Feb 2021

Philipp Dörner

Progressive Web Apps: a short tutorial

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Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are web applications that have the ability to look and function like a native app - they combine a web app’s reach with a native app’s performance capabilities. PWAs work with a single codebase and function like a native application although they are built on the web. PWA Stats, a community-driven [...]

Feb 2021

Christopher Grobe

How to do agile budgeting in Scrum

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In a typical early-stage R&D project, the main project vision gets clearer along the development, as requirements are sorted out during the project implementation. However, it is not clear how exactly we are going to realize that vision. Most often, we determine the exact way through iterative research phases, analyses, workshops etc. This means that [...]

Jan 2021

Jannik Finkbohner

How to successfully tackle Digital Transformation – Hilti’s Story

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Collaborations are key for efficient, break-through innovations that spur digital transformation. When corporates and specialized technology companies work together, they can achieve way more than they both could have on their own. Together, they can complement each other’s expertise and innovate with the newest technologies. To show you what such a collaboration looks like, in [...]

Dec 2020

Motius

How Optimate automates industrial manufacturing processes with Machine Learning

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In a time in which companies need more innovative product ideas than ever, intrapreneurship still has not gained the attention it deserves. A 2018 study among more than 600 companies revealed that only about 20% invest resources in their own employees in order to create radical innovations bottom-up and in-house. Although intrapreneurship still seems to [...]

Oct 2020

Motius

Expectation Management: Why it is smart to build dumb chatbots

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In many of our projects, our customers come to us with a common request: they want to build a chatbot that can answer any relevant question immediately, without human intervention. Sounds like a cool project, right? Unfortunately, such a project is often riddled with many unforeseen traps and issues. Since the required technology to build [...]

Jun 2020

Daniel Wessel

The German Innovation Game – COVID-19 Edition

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Unforeseen crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic pose an extreme challenge for German innovation leaders, especially in terms of dealing with fears, operations and liquidity. But they are also the biggest opportunity in years to overtake competitors. Germans are known for their disciplined, serious and strategic play. In politics, business, innovation and, of course, in [...]

May 2020

Dr. David Reinisch

On Google, Apple and the computer industry’s struggle for innovation

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People who care about software should make their own hardware. - Alan Kay A couple of weeks ago, we read some rumors about Apple’s plans to use their own chips in Macs. Just some weeks prior to that, there were similar rumors about Google working on their own processors for phones and laptops. For many years, Apple really [...]

May 2020

Sebastian Plamauer

Motius’ Design Thinking Process for Technology Innovation

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In my last blog post, I explained that combining user-centric Design Thinking with emerging technologies is crucial if you want to optimize your technology innovation process. Now it is time to get away from high-level explanations and dive into more detail. In this blog post, I will introduce you to the Motius Design Thinking process [...]

May 2020

Johannes Hussak

Launching a corona chatbot in less than a day – a solution developed by Motius

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You know how we always say that we build those products that have a real impact on the world? It is time to give you another example of that. With our chatbot solution, one of the biggest insurances worldwide was able to respond to COVID-19, the coronavirus, in real time. Here is how. How does [...]

Apr 2020

Motius

4 Online Collaboration Tools for Design Thinking That You Should Know

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As so many other companies, we at Motius had to reorganize our working modes due to the coronavirus situation. Especially, our Design Thinking team had to adapt drastically and quickly. Because when it comes to productivity and efficiency, the answer often is in the team collaboration. The team is used to being highly visual in [...]

Mar 2020

Sabrina Beurer

Why the auto industry needs a new way to innovate

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A teardown of the Tesla Model 3. Source: Nikkei At the beginning of this year, Nikkei Business Publications tore down a Tesla Model 3. They showed the electronics from that car to some engineers from Japanese automakers. Their conclusion: Tesla’s electronics are six years ahead of the rest of the industry. Six years is also how long [...]

Mar 2020

Sebastian Plamauer

The Future of Mobility: BMW “i Interaction Ease” with Motius at CES 2020

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Imagine a car that interacts with you naturally. It reacts to your voice, your gesture, your gaze. That is the future of mobility. And the future of mobility is close — in fact, it’s already here. How do we know? We are a part of it, we’re creating it. In this blogpost, we take you [...]

Mar 2020

Dr. Benedikt Sanftl & Lorenzo Donini