bwcon helps small and medium-sized businesses manage organizational transformation
Developing new areas of business can be time-consuming and is a drain on personnel resources. Yet it plays an important role in fueling growth and securing the success of a company. …
Restart Your Future – Success Nurtured by Networks
“People will only start to trust future technology if they’re kept informed, they’re educated, and they’re offered transparency”
An interview with Dr. med. Thomas Wüst, specialist for orthopedics and sports medicine
The key task of an orthopedic surgeon is to promote the development of the musculoskeletal system and to treat degenerative conditions. This task remains the same in …
Sensor-Driven Diagnostics: Immediate, Reliable, and Quick
Bioelectronic sensors play an increasingly central role in patient treatment
Each person’s metabolism is different, and thus the effect of a medicine on patients depends on the individual. In the future, it will be possible to identify the ideal combination …
Prof. Dr. Peter Neugebauer
Steinbeis mourns the death of Prof. Dr. Peter Neugebauer, who passed away in April at the age of 55 following a short but serious illness. As well as his role at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Peter Neugebauer was extremely …
The limitations of production
Steinbeiser Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Kipfmüller discusses possible solutions to the crisis
Manufacturing has always adhered to similar rules, ever since the Industrial Revolution. Raw materials are taken and processed, using energy to convert them into products. The value this adds …
Big Data? Sure, Big Data!
Data in the healthcare industry – an essay on potential and challenges
Data are the raw materials of the 21st (our!) century – one of the most frequent things people say about big data. But what actually are big data? …
“People have begun to understand that we can use technology to add new value”
An interview with Matthias Struck, deputy head of the department Image Processing and Medical Engineering at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS.
A T-shirt that measures your heartrate, shoes that count how many kilometers you’ve walked, a fitness tracker …
Data – The Basis for Tomorrow’s Business Models
Understanding customer problems and solving them sustainably
The rapid growth of the internet has ushered in an enormous flood of data, bringing a whole new dynamic to information exchange processes. This development raises a number of questions – from ethical …
#techourfuture: The Future of Healthcare – Medicine, People, and Technology
Everyone is talking healthcare – we’re (also) talking technology!
Following the successful kick-off in late 2019 of the #techourfuture series of events on current and future developments in the field of autonomous flying, the second event organized by the Ferdinand …
“Data must be properly protected”
An interview with Professor Dr. Tobias Preckel (Steinbeis Transfer Center for Medical Engineering & Life Sciences) and Professor Dr. Sascha Seifert (Steinbeis Transfer Center for E-Health Systems and Medical Informatics)
Artificial intelligence, big data, the cloud – digital transformation is …
The Key Importance of Data
Steinbeis experts develop a digital data ecosystem for clinical studies
Somehow it sounds like a paradox: Advancements in medicine over the last decade are one of the reasons why in the future, caring for people will still be a major …
CYTOREADER: AI and Fighting Cancer
Steinbeis experts tap into artificial intelligence for the early recognition of cervical cancer
Cervical carcinoma – more commonly known as cervical cancer – does not normally start with any obvious symptoms, or discomfort that makes it easier to make an …
Discovering the World through Experimentation
Experimentation World in Rottweil combines play with education
July 24, and everything was ready to go: Experimentation World on the Schule-Wirtschaft Campus in the Neckar Valley in Rottweil opened its doors and invited visitors to try experimenting with technology. It …
World-Class COVID Research in Oncology
Steinbeis experts investigate the progression of SARS-CoV-2 infections in oncological patients as part of a consortium project
How can the oncological treatment of cancer patients with COVID-19 be optimized? This is the question posed by experts working on a project …
Who Needs This Stress?
Steinbeis experts provide help with understanding stressful situations at work and dealing with them early
Absenteeism caused by mental problems is on the rise, resulting in significant damage to the economy. What can companies do to recognize stressful situations early …
Seeing is Believing – the Qualileo Monitoring System
A brief journey into the realms of automated industrial quality assurance
The experts at Steinbeis Qualitätssicherung und Bildverarbeitung GmbH (SQB) believe in looking at things in detail ... and looking again. The team in Ilmenau has developed a smart fault …
Focusing on Excellence: Green Technology in Emerging Markets
Using integrated technology management to generate energy from waste
What can be done to make mega-cities more resilient? And how can their carbon footprints be reduced in the long term? One answer to these questions is the use of latest …
The Augsburg Journey – Seven Steps to a Healthy Business
Steinbeis experts provide support with the promotion of occupational health management
Healthy Work, the core competence center at the Institute for Effective Management, a Steinbeis Consulting Center, helps businesses of all sizes and sectors of industry with programs aimed at …
A Hydrogen Ecosystem for the Heilbronn-Franconia Region – Made Possible by the H2 Innovation Lab
Steinbeis experts conduct joint research into the potential of the hydrogen industry
There are number of reasons to use hydrogen as an energy source. Not only does it make it possible to store excess electrical energy, hydrogen can also be …
“One decisive factor for data analytics projects to succeed is combining artificial and human intelligence”
An interview with Dr. Philipp Liedl, Managing Director of STASA Steinbeis Angewandte Systemanalyse GmbH
We are surrounded by data, at work and at home. Filtering out information that is actually relevant and using it properly is one of the biggest …
Calliope – Digital Support for Care Services in Rural Areas
Steinbeis experts turn to digital technology and collaboration
Caring for others – as a relative at home or as a professional care worker at a care facility – is strenuous, physically and mentally. It is also becoming increasingly challenging, not …
Leading by Using Psychology
Steinbeis experts recommend dovetailing psychology with business and applying it to the everyday situations faced by managers
Specialists and managers face a number of big challenges in day-to-day business. They often have to cope with difficult conversations and are forced …
People and Robots – A Strong Team
Steinbeis experts in Friedrichshafen use robots to provide assistance to people with disabilities
Modern human-robot collaboration makes it possible for people to work on tasks side-by-side with robots. But if you look closer and examine how collaborative robots (cobots) are …
“It is key that organizations have a clear strategy at all”
An interview with Dr. Stefan Pastuszka, lecturer at Steinbeis University
Typically, it is impossible to know upfront whether a strategy will be successful or not. Only time will tell. This is why it is all the more important for organizations …
How to Keep Old Machines Going
EU project uses smart factories and closed loop strategies to extend the life of machines
Can European manufacturing improve its productivity and competitiveness by adopting digital solutions and transitioning to closed loop strategies? This is the question being tackled by …
Fit for the Future: Industry 4.0 in Vocational Training
The challenges faced by European skilled workers as a result of digital transformation
Erasmus+ is a European funding program aimed at supporting cross-border initiatives with a bearing on vocational training. One such initiative is called A.U.T.O. 4.0 – Understanding and …
Making Better Decisions – Quickly, Openly, Efficiently
Close collaboration in design sprints – the way to make decisions everyone can agree to
As the rate of change accelerates – not only in society, but also in the economy and in terms of technology – companies and their …
The Protection Professionals
Working in collaboration with Isocoll Chemicals, Steinbeis develops an elastomer surface coating system based on filled butyl rubber.
There has been a sharp rise in demand for new materials with predefined electrochemical and mechanical properties, primarily because of the inability …
From Digitalization to Business Transformation
An interview with Prof. Dr. Heiner Lasi and Michael Köhnlein
2019 was an eventful year for the Ferdinand Steinbeis Institute – on a number of fronts. In addition to organizing and taking part in numerous Micro Testbeds – involving a …
Using AI to deal with the Pandemic
Steinbeis experts develop a health and safety concept based on artificial intelligence
If there’s one thing companies have discovered they really need in the wake of COVID-19, it’s a well-functioning crisis management system. This was something experts at the Steinbeis …
Need for speed
Solis BioDyne and Steinbeis collaborate to commercialize diagnostic reagents
One thing quickly became clear in the current COVID-19 pandemic: the only way to understand and efficiently break the chain of infection would be to start widespread, reliable testing programs. This …
AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY
Like most people, you’ve probably sat in a car or bus and wondered what it will be like traveling around in several years or decades. Getting from A to B without actually steering a car yourself, relying on a vehicle …
DEAR READERS,
“A car that drives by itself” – a big dream, and a vision that could become reality in the coming years. This isn’t something that will happen overnight, more like bit by bit, as each step of the journey gradually …