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Asslar/Wetzlar. Digital technologies are crucial for the future of all sectors of the economy.
Digital Minister Prof. Dr. Kristina Sinemus visited CRS medical GmbH in Asslar today during her summer trip and learned about the benefits of artificial intelligence in the healthcare sector, among other things. Afterwards, she visited Sensitec GmbH in Wetzlar, a sensor manufacturer that develops and produces magnetoresistive sensors for high-precision position and current measurement.
Digitalization is also becoming increasingly important in the healthcare sector. The coronavirus pandemic has acted as a catalyst in some areas. For example, the use of telemedicine increased by a factor of 900 between 2019 and 2020. “That’s an impressive figure, but digitalization is far from having arrived everywhere in the healthcare sector. However, digital technologies are crucial factors for the future, especially in rural areas,” said the minister during her visit to CRS medical GmbH. The medium-sized company based in Asslar has been providing services in the field of medical technology since 2004 – in a needs-oriented and innovative way that meets customer requirements. “The fact that we have such innovative companies in Hesse is an important building block for our state’s digital strategy. Because in this strategy, we are consistently thinking about digitalization in terms of the benefits for citizens and companies,” explained Sinemus.
“The use of barrier-free digital processes, supported by AI applications, will fundamentally and sustainably change the healthcare system and, in particular, patient care in the coming years,” says Dr. Michael Schlapp, Managing Director and co-founder of CRS medical GmbH.
The Minister was particularly interested in a research project by CRS medical together with the University of Siegen and mbeder GmbH, which is being funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research with 1.3 million euros. The aim of the project is to use artificial intelligence to support rescue personnel and thus increase the safety of citizens. The company from Asslar is using telemetry software solutions to enable the emergency services to transmit patient data in real time. “Hardly any other technology can make our lives so much easier than artificial intelligence. At the same time, no other technology will change our lives as much. It is therefore important to use AI transparently and comprehensibly in order to increase acceptance,” emphasized the Minister. Only through knowledge about AI technologies and transparent application can trust in AI be built in the long term.
However, the Hessian state government not only wants to increase confidence in AI, but also support small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups. With the AI Innovation Lab, for example, the state wants to provide a computing infrastructure and the necessary expertise to enable companies to test AI. Another measure that is anchored in the recently presented AI future agenda is the AI Quality and Testing Hub. This is intended to bring together interdisciplinary research, development, standardization, testing methods and infrastructures as well as experimentation rooms under one roof. There is also the extremely successful Distr@l funding program, which supports applied research and development projects in Hesse. “Start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises in particular face challenges in the development and application of AI, for example when it comes to accessing AI computing infrastructure. The competitiveness of the Hessian economy therefore depends crucially on harnessing the potential of AI in small and medium-sized enterprises,” said Minister Sinemus.
Artificial intelligence also plays a key role at Sensitec GmbH in Wetzlar. The sensor manufacturer, which the Minister also visited today, develops and produces magnetoresistive sensors and sensor systems. The company’s products are used where movement is monitored and controlled, where angles, paths, positions, current or magnetic fields are measured and detected. With such sensors, information can be recorded in high resolution and fed to digital systems such as AI algorithms – an “enabler technology”, so to speak, which is necessary to connect the analog world with the digital world and data processing. In the future, such AI algorithms will be increasingly integrated into sensor components to make them more powerful and “intelligent”. “Your company is a good example of how digitalization can serve people, which is also the guiding principle of our digitalization policy. We want to promote innovation responsibly and carefully in order to create added value for society,” said the Minister. “Only those who digitize can position themselves for the future. That is why the digitalization of the Hessian economy is an essential basis for competitiveness.”
Jun Lei, Chief Financial Officer of Sensitec GmbH: “Sensors are the sensory organs of artificial intelligence, so to speak – without data from suitable sensors, the information processed by the machine learning algorithms is missing.”