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Diagnose per Smartphone
(2022)
Die gehen uns an die Wäsche!
(2022)
Lotuseffekt durch Licht
(2022)
For all hardware companies, telemetry is the key to growing services profitably with digitally-enabled services and optimizing the total cost to serve.
Yet, the TSIA Field Services Benchmark data also shows that building this foundation remains difficult. The key to providing telemetry at scale is to understand and communicate the value of telemetry in two ways—internally, to get the resources to drive it, and externally to customers, to convince them to adopt and consume the telemetry offers that will drive their business outcomes.
In this paper, Harald Kopp and Kevin Bowers give guidance and key insights on how to present the value of telemetry to customers and internal stakeholders.
Von Robotern, die in der Industrie 4.0 zusammenarbeiten, über intelligente Sprachassistenten bis zu autonom fahrenden Autos – Künstliche Intelligenz verändert unsere Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft nachhaltig. Die selbstlernenden und sich fortlaufend verbessernden KI-Systeme ermöglichen effizientere Abläufe in Produktion und anderen Bereichen. Vollkommen neue Geschäftsmodelle können durch sie entstehen. Die Möglichkeiten sind grenzenlos – und doch sollte sich eine so einflussreiche Technologie innerhalb bestimmter Grenzen bewegen, damit sie uns tatsächlich hilft. Eine zuverlässige, funktionale und vor allem sichere KI braucht gewisse Regeln: zunächst ein gemeinsames Verständnis und eine einheitliche Sprache, sodass alle vom Gleichen reden. Außerdem sind offene Schnittstellen nötig, damit die Systeme ihr volles Potenzial ausschöpfen und effizient zusammenarbeiten. Nur so können verschiedene KI-gesteuerte Maschinen miteinander kommunizieren, werden Produkte entlang der gesamten Wertschöpfungskette sichtbar. Gleichzeitig spielen ethische Fragen eine zentrale Rolle beim Einsatz Künstlicher Intelligenz. Verzerrung, Diskriminierung und Manipulation sollten von vornherein verhindert werden, wenn KI dem Menschen nutzen soll.
Bei all diesen Aspekten leisten Normen und Standards einen zentralen Beitrag: Sie definieren Anforderungen an Künstliche Intelligenz und strukturieren die Technologielandschaft. Damit sind sie ein strategisch wichtiges Instrument zur Stärkung der Innovations- und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der deutschen Wirtschaft. Der geschätzte wirtschaftliche Nutzen von Normen beträgt rund 17 Milliarden Euro im Jahr. Nicht zuletzt deshalb fiel jetzt der Startschuss für die Arbeiten an der zweiten Ausgabe der Normungsroadmap Künstliche Intelligenz. Die Aufgabe der vorliegenden Roadmap ist es, einen strategischen Fahrplan für die KI-Normung zu formulieren.
Are Knowledge Angels the secret behind the success of Hidden Champions and Hidden Innovators?
(2011)
Change from face-to-face to online mode of lectures due to the Covid-19 pandemic affected greatly the day-to-day life of students of Hochschule Furtwangen University. Therefore, this research paper aims to find out how student productivity has been affected by switching from face-to-face lectures to online or hybrid lectures. In this context, student productivity is defined through input and output, where input is students' time invested in lectures, research, group work, learning, and participation in class, and where output comes from the knowledge that the student has acquired as a result, measured by the grades of the examination or study performance. Hypothesis that the switch from face-to-face lectures to hybrid or fully online lectures has led to an increase in student productivity was formed for this research paper and for that reason, empirical research was conducted. Interviews with several students were performed to identify dimensions affecting student productivity as the basis for the student survey. Dimensions identified are Learning Facilities, Technology Use, Interaction Process, Student Participation and Study Time. The survey was conducted with a random sample of 149 students and analysed using SPSS software. Interviews with HFU professors were carried out to present experts’ opinions on this topic. Lastly, the grade statistics of HFU programmes were analysed to identify output of productivity. Results of the student survey suggest that a total of four dimensions were identified as relevant components of the input and output of the productivity of the students at HFU in connection with the change of the lecture mode, while the dimension Learning Facilities did not show a correlation to the student productivity. Grade statistics improved in winter semester 2020/2021 compared to the winter semester 2019/2020. Expert interviews suggested that the improvement in grades could be attributed to more time spent studying or lower standards of grading. Main hypothesis cannot be completely accepted or rejected, therefore, future research on whether students’ productivity increased in the switch from face-to-face to online mode is necessary.
The purpose of the study is to identify the profile of a start-up founder. In particular, it investigates whether there are some determined personality characteristics which are common among start-up founders. The present paper is questioning which neuropsychological traits and brain areas are responsible for entrepreneurial behavior. Therefore, the main focus was on the correlation between brain areas and individual attitudes or behaviors. After explaining the related basics about the human brain, it is important to locate some key tasks or activities in specific brain regions. Neuroimaging tools such as fMRI and EEG are particularly helpful to explain the reason for specific behaviors because they determine the presence of connection between cognitive processes and brain areas. In the present paper, EEG will be taken into consideration since this method can provide some practical insight into differences between entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs. The most important characteristics of entrepreneurs are defined in order to show theoretically whether there is a fundamental difference between entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs on a neuropsychological level. Even though there are elements which are emphasized in the personality of start-up founders, further research is required to prove that these aspects determine indisputably entrepreneurial behavior.
The longevity industry has been expanding for several years now, with the goal to prolong not only the lifespan of people but also their healthspan. One of the most remarkable techniques in the field is the CRISPR Cas-9 gene-editing tool, which owing to its flexibility and efficiency, allows humans to develop new treatments to prevent or cure a great variety of diseases. This paper aims to forecast the future state of the CRISPR Cas-9 technology in Germany in 2035 by using the INKA 4 scenario manager software. A total of five areas of influence –– i.e. scientific, economic, demographic, ethical, and legal –– were identified. From those, 11 descriptors were created based on relevant scientific literature and were introduced in the INKA software to develop the scenarios. This process resulted in three clearly differentiated scenarios that exhibit high probabilities of a positive outlook for the CRISPR-Cas9 technology in Germany by 2035.