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Strengthening vision by using the smartphone - digital therapy for progressive myopia

Children and young people in particular are spending more and more time with their smartphones or reading. This also has significant consequences for the eyes: While in Germany, after all, 25-35 percent of young adults are already affected by myopia, in the Asian region it is more than 80 percent. For the founders of Dopavision, Dr. Hamed Bahmani and Stefan Zundel, it was clear that solutions were needed that were fun to use, even at an early age.

Information management through IoT sensor technology - transparency in the supply chain made possible

The startup vitreo wants to optimize IBC supply chain management with the help of IoT sensors. In an interview with 5-HT, founder Maximilian Drechsler tells us how he helps companies gain insight into their own IBC supply chains quickly and easily. 

A clean energy revolution

Tomorrow's chemical and healthcare industries need clean energy - which is exactly what EH Group Engineering AG, founded in 2017, offers.

Rethinking pharmaceutical tenders

The Startup Niuli developed a digital assistant that offers the possibility to automatically monitor drug tenders and the entire market environment, thus saving a lot of time in tender management with the help of digitalization and standardization.

How personal care, home care and food brands can accelerate product development

Over 45,000 ingredients and several thousand service providers: that's what consumer goods manufacturers find on the Covalo platform.

Robots with a human-like sense of touch

XELA Robotics develops tactile sensors for roboters.

Reshaping connected care with the cloud-based platform for medical devices by BioT

The Israeli company BioT developed a connected care platform for medical device and pharma companies. CEO Daniel Adler gives us an insight into the company.

A digital lab for research & development

RheoCube is a digital experimentation software enables scientists to drastically reduce the number of required experiments and errors in the lab. For the first time, the scalable simulation tool offers a scientifically validated alternative to costly trial-and-error methods...

Accelerating the hydrogen revolution with nanocoatings

For a successful energy transition, the use of fossil fuels must be reduced. Naco Technologies believes that green hydrogen is an energy carrier that will replace gas and oil in the future.

Making High Performance Materials Affordable

With the goal of making high-performance materials affordable for high-volume production, the German startup FibreCoat is offering a revolutionary coating technology

Minus CO2 - if not now, then when?

Worldwide, about 400 million tons of plastic of all kinds are produced each year. The problems of this are far-reaching:...

How a platform links material developers and production plant owners quickly and easily

Anyone who has developed a new material is often faced with the question of how to produce larger quantities for...

"We are making peptides available for industrial scale for the first time"

Until now, peptides have only been used for a few, rather high-priced applications - because conventional synthesis methods are expensive...

Accelerating R&D in the specialty chemical industry: A new approach of a digital R&D

Accelerate chemical discovery in the specialty chemicals segment through a virtual laboratory – that is what the startup Nextmol offers...

Linking physical products digitally with consumers

Trust is good; Scantrust is better. Founded in 2014, the Swiss startup offers brands the opportunity to link their products...

"We empower people and companies to realise their best possible potential"

The digital transformation in pharmaceutical and medical technology is steadily gaining momentum. In the production field, too, the digital transformation...

Development of innovative liquid and high-resolution short-range sensors

Ilmsens GmbH was founded in 2016 out of the TU Ilmenau. The name "Ilmsens" reflects on the one hand the...

Process control through augmented reality

Tacking machines day and night, parallel work processes with up to three different shifts, strict regulations and often 500 work...

baeren.io - integrating so you can optimise

Is the door closed? How much energy was used yesterday? Do the plants need to be watered? Until now, this...

“It is not a ‘nice to have’, but a ‘must-have’” –AI-driven Solutions for industry plant optimisation

30 percent reduction of maintenance costs, 80 percent reduction of failures and up to 25 percent increase of profitability –...

Why health apps need better access to vital data

Whether it's mental health, cardiovascular disease or other chronic illnesses, effective digital health applications that address the individual needs of...

Digital outpatient care: an app for the heroes of our society

One in five Germans is involved in the care of a relative. But instead of enjoying this time, a large...

Avoid tooth and money pain with Empident

About 75% of Germans suffer from periodontitis. The really bad thing about it: those affected often don't even know it....

Reunion with Mike: FoxBase celebrates 5th birthday

A software for digital product consulting that enables fast, competent and individually tailored sales - this is what the startup...