International Rise of Widespread Diseases
Setbacks for the fight against diseases such as polio or tuberculosis as the parents in industrial countries are taking the decision not to vaccinate their children.
Advanced software systoms will become so complex, that the diagnostic of their correct/incorrect opperation will be unaccomplishable by common tools for software development. It will cause slowdown of further software developm...
Smart self-improving personal pervasive computing spaces
Concept of pervasive or ubiquitous computing, where information processing is thoroughly integrated into everyday objects and activities, is more than 20 years old. But current trends in the design of pervasive systems have con...
Efficient work with personal data made impossible due to exo ...
Permanently increasing legislation demands to personal data protection will cause a serious security incident - imprtant data about treatment of patients in a big hospital are irrecoverably lost, because it was not possible to ...
Innovative multichannel control concepts enable intuitive control of aircrafts and all instruments. This leads to a reduction of human effort and reduced reaction times in critical situations; furthermore, ergonomically designe...
Increased Public Awareness of Sustainable Mobility
Frequent reports and discussions in the media about global warming and environmental pollution lead to a fundamental change in mobility behaviour and an increasing utilisation of "green means of transport".
Water Pollution Warning System
Researchers work on a water pollution warning system. This would constantly analyse water quality. Differencies can immediately be recognised by science centres and thereby warn of pollution and a risk for diseases caused by wa...
Micro/Nano Electromechanical Systems (NEMS/MEMS) as Redeemer
Research on NEMS and MEMS promise quantum jumps in several fields, such as drug synthesis, drug delivery, nanosurgery, nanotherapy, gemome synthesis, diagnostics, novel actuators and sensors, disease diagnostics and prevention ...
Personal Responsibility for Health Care
Cubacks in welfare based on an ageing society cause higher health care costs. Increasingly people have to take care of costs for themselves. More and more private insurances covering additional costs are established. Therefore,...
Digital natives - young people that grew up with the internet - are used to digital devices and services. However, it is mostly old patients who might increasingly profit from technology-based self-services, as digital haemodyn...
EU-Regulations for Clinical Research
The EU increasingly passes directives regulating clinical research
Increased Awareness for Work-Life Balance in EU Workplaces
There is an increase in research on improving the work-life balance that will eventually increase productivity and efficiency of employees in the EU.
Collapse of internet network connection structure
Due to quickly growing demand for intenet bandwidth in combination with frequent and massive hacking attempts on the interet, the connection through the network will become highly unstable and unreliable. Practically no real ti...
Increasing Migration of Medical Personnel
Due to a shortage of medical personnel in several areas of the EU, there is an increasing migration of medical personnel within the EU. Increasingly, medical personnel from outside the EU fills the gap aswell
Increase of Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases
The number of people - especially children - that have to deal with different kinds of allergies and autoimmune diseases increases. Besides an increasing refusal of chemical products, there is also a greater demand for improve...
