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Whether cars, scooter sharing systems or the increasing number of privately used e-bikes, e-mobility has long since arrived on our roads. And the trend suggests that it will continue to gain ground in the future. Vehicles with electric…

The Commission proposed to purchase additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by BioNTech and Pfizer. AT the same time, it concluded exploratory talks with the pharmaceutical company Valneva with a view to purchasing its new…

Human versus machine: This discussion has been going on for many years when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI). Especially in the healthcare industry, critics fear depersonalisation through AI. But the opposite should be the case.…

Paramedics on the ground can use all the extra help they can get. The Red Cross of Lower Austria is therefore testing live connections to operations via data glasses. The patient is treated by two people, but only one is on site, the…

Various illnesses or old age demand help in everyday life. But relatives or nursing staff are not always available. MobiKa is a mobile service robot designed to support and motivate those affected and give them a better quality of life. In…

When providing first aid to patients at the scene of an emergency, emergency responders have so far been cut off from the flow of information. Up to now, assistance can often only be provided by telephone via the control centre. For time…

The Fraunhofer Institute has developed six sample scenarios for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the treatment of severely injured patients together with partner institutions from the health care system and the legal sciences.…

Joachim Berney of Johanniter International was able to represent the iProcureSecurity project at the European Health Summit, where he had the difficult task to explain in simple terms the rather technical project. Mr.Berney started by…

The acute care of stroke could be further optimised - with special rescue vehicles. In a stroke, a blood clot reduces the blood flow to an area of the brain. The lack of oxygen must be remedied as soon as possible after the onset of…

Disinfection with UVC light is not a new invention, but has been state of the art for many decades, for example in the field of drinking water treatment. Fraunhofer now succeeded in using it for the first time in an ambulance. Ambulance…