Wolfgang L. Zagler
Wolfgang L. Zagler (born January 29, 1951 in Vienna ) is an Austrian researcher and engineer in the field of technology transfer and recipient of the Wilhelm Exner Medal .
Life & work
Zagler studied electrical engineering at the Vienna University of Technology . Since 1986 he has been in charge of Fortec Electronics , where technical aids are developed for disabled people as well as for old and frail people. In 2006 he accompanied the founding of Treventus Mechatronics . Zagler came up with the product idea for the ScanRobot , a fully automatic scanner for books, which was awarded the EU Information and Communication Technologies Prize at Cebit in 2007 in Hanover .
Zagler also created a reading device for the blind, various types of Braille displays , printing systems and translation software for Braille, as well as the modular communication system Autonom .
Awards
- 2007: Wilhelm Exner Medal
Web links
- [2] Wilhelm Exner Medal Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.aat.tuwien.ac.at/de/staff/zw.html
- ^ [1] , Wilhelm Exner Medal Foundation
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zagler, Wolfgang L. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zagler, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian researcher and engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |