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Between frustration and enrichment : Date: , Theme: Project of the month

When people get old or sick, their relatives are faced with the task of organising or taking over the care. Family members who work in the care of the elderly and sick are particularly likely to step in in such cases. In a joint research project, the ehs (Evangelische Hochschule) and HTW (Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft) Dresden have investigated the phenomenon of “double duty carers” and found that they often face special challenges.

The empathetic car : Date: , Theme: Project of the month

We have long since become used to cars that think for themselves in traffic, stay in a lane, maintain speed or brake when necessary. However, one thing is often neglected in the research and development of autonomous vehicles: the feelings and unconscious behaviour of humans. An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the fields of neurotechnology, networked mobility and robotics at Saarland University of Applied Sciences is working on the question of how autonomous vehicles can better respond to the emotions of their occupants. The simulator was built with BMBF funds as part of the FH-Invest project MIND2CAR, co-financed by Saarland and industry partners.

A cellular implant : Date: , Theme: Project of the month

Stem cells have the useful property of being able to transform into almost any body tissue if their development is steered in the right direction. Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences (H-BRS) is taking advantage of this as part of the PersoImplant project: the project team plans to cause endogenous stem cells to develop into bone tissue and repair severe bone damage as a biological implant.

When life descends into chaos : Date: , Theme: Project of the month

When people live between mountains of paper, clothes or packaging, they are called “hoarders” in layman’s terms, but the technical term for this condition is “disorganised living”. As part of the SILQUA project AdeLe, HAW Hamburg has intensively dealt with the phenomenon and its causes over the past three years, particularly focusing on older people. The project will soon be completed, and on 21 November 2019 the AdeLe team will be holding its final conference in Hamburg.

Achieving more with fewer resources : Date: , Theme: Project of the month

EU research projects have to solve complex tasks in interdisciplinary and international teams. Developing an EU project proposal with suitable partners requires significant investment in terms of personnel and time, which UAS often cannot afford. The BMBF is thus supporting UAS in their networking and application processes within the framework of the EU-Antrag-FH funding line. By this means, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development has developed a successful EU research proposal for innovations in agriculture. The first interim results from the EU project LIAISON are now available.

How companies can master disruptive changes : Date:

How can companies cope with upheavals and growing demands, for example due to digitisation, economic crises or the energy transition? How can small companies take advantage of the changes and drive established top dogs in front of them? This is what a team of scientists at Münster University of Applied Sciences is investigating – with funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Historical windows preserved through renovation : Date:

When renovating a historic building, the first thing that is often done is to replace the leaking wooden windows. A team of scientists at Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences is investigating – with funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research – how these can be maintained without compromising on energy savings.

Greater efficiency and safety in food production : Date:

When it comes to food, the quality has to be right. If the apple juice is too sweet or too sour, production is stopped. Any deviation must be detected immediately. To this end, researchers in the QSFood project are developing digital models – with funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Back to society at the click of a mouse

Showing ways out of social isolation in old age – researchers are investigating how older people are socially integrated through computer courses. The CONNECT-ED project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

Entry into digitisation

Faster and more flexible production – and all this in the utmost quality: with BMBF funding, researchers at the University of Applied Sciences (HTW) in Dresden have built a model factory for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).