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World’s First Rust Codec Implementation for Google Android

Fraunhofer IIS, the provider of Android’s FDK AAC audio codec implementation for over a decade, has been selected by Google, Inc. as the first media codec developer to deliver a native OS, memory safe, Rust decoder implementation that’s now available in Android 17.

June 22, 2026
PeopleResearch

IMTC Leadership Award goes to mp3 Co-Inventors

Through their extensive, long-term scientific contributions, Prof. Bernd Edler and Prof. Karlheinz Brandenburg have achieved critical milestones in the development and standardization of the globally-popular mp3 format. They have also taken significant steps with regard to the development of future audio coding technologies. Bernd Edler, who received the award in Redmond, USA, is delighted by the...

Entering a Brave New World with Vconect | ©Kirstin Prisk, www.kirstinprisk.co.uk
Research

Entering a Brave New World with Vconect

On September 8th and 9th 2014, the Miracle Theatre presented an exceptional version of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Exceptional not only because the original script was “respectfully shaken and stirred”, but also because the cast members were split between two remote venues in Falmouth, Cornwall: namely Discovery Quay’s Maritime Museum and the nearby Doghouse. Audiences at both sites, as well as those watching via Internet at home, were witnesses to a show which is believed to be the...