In November 2015 Jeannine Budelmann was elected as the youngest member of the plenary assembly of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce North Westphalia. She is one of the two entrepreneurs who represent the electoral group Industry in the district of Münster.
November 4 – 18, 2015 member companies of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce will elect a new plenary assembly. Jeannine Budelmann is competing in group I Industry in the district of Münster. In the next six years she would like to shape local economic topics and advocate a dynamic and open Chamber.
Under the lead of Budelmann Elektronik, a research group has developed a sensor suit called SIRKA. It helps to recognize physical overload and points out alternative motion patterns for employees working in dockyards and emergency services. Integrated sensors measure the movements of the worker and give a warning during harmful movements. For a TV report for a German science television program (“Wissen vor 8 Zukunft”), the suit and its functionality are being tested. It is great to see the suit prove its functionality and that months of hard work are finally paying off.
In his regular column for the Vending Management magazine Christoph Budelmann writes about technical novelties for vending machines. In the current issue he talks about capacitive sensors and how they can easily upgrade vending machines. Mechanical buttons are slowly vanishing in many technical products and business sectors. However, often they are still used in vending machines. With time they become unsightly and worn and do the overall impression of the machine no good. The solution: Capacitive sensors which can be installed underneath a metal sheet.
Last Friday Jeannine Budelmann participated in a panel debate discussing the topic digitization. In discussion with economics minister Duin, Jochen Köhnke (candidate for mayor of Münster, running for the Social Democratic Party) and Timo Broek (media company Aschendorff), Jeannine Budelmann was able to represent the point of view of a medium-sized electronics company. The entrepreneur emphasized that universities have a shortage of specialists for digitization. Therefore, students and qualified professionals lack knowledge of fundamental principles of digital media.
In his regular column for the Vending Management magazine Christoph Budelmann writes about technical novelties for vending machines. In the current issue he talks about embedded modules for automatic facial recognition. It sounds like science fiction: Vending machines that are able to recognize faces and gestures and personal features like age, gender and mood. New embedded modules process facial expression, direction of sight and blink rate. This feature allows a better human-machine-interaction and also helps analyzing customer flows which can be supportive in increasing sales.
The radio show “Talk of the Day” broadcasted by the Bavarian Broadcasting Company discusses a current topic daily. “From Youth science competition “Jugend forscht” to a start-up company: How do we promote inventiveness?” was on the agenda on May 25, 2015. Among others the physicist and former astronaut Prof. Dr. Ulrich Walter provides answers to host Achim Bogdahn’s questions. Christoph Budelmann gets interviewed as well: He answers questions about his “Jugend forscht” victory ten years ago, his professional career and his entrepreneurial activities.
“Primarily I am a citizen and an entrepreneur and I don’t believe that my gender influences what I achieve or do not achieve”, Jeannine Budelmann already told the Wirtschaftsspiegel (magazine of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce North Westphalia) at the beginning of 2014. Facing the debate concerning the quota of women in companies the first woman leading the Junior Chamber North Westphalia was asked for a statement. “The women’s quota hinders the emancipation of women”, Budelmann says. It doesn’t change the reasons for the small number of women in leading positions.
In his regular column for the Vending Management magazine, Christoph Budelmann discusses technical innovations for vending machines. In the current issue he talks about IPS-displays. These displays offer some advantages over regular TN-displays. In comparison they have a smaller angle dependency and bolder colors. Thus, it is also possible to operate the vending machine even with direct sunlight exposure or from a lower angle, e. g. convenient for wheelchair users. Our customers already use IPS-displays successfully and are able to offer a real advantage to end customers.
In 2005 Christoph Budelmann won the German youth science contest ”Jugend forscht“ on the federal level in the field of technology. Ten years later the science television program nano visits three former winners and talks about their professional careers. During the interview at Budelmann Elektronik’s office he talks about how the victory influenced his personal and professional development. What remains is the willingness to work thoroughly on a problem and find an appropriate solution.