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Are computers wiser than a team of medical specialists for cancer diagnoses? Doctors doubt this and use computers so far mostly only as supporting assistants. But will it stay that way? For Dietmar Frey this is not science fiction. The...

A doctor in India has performed a series of five percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures on patients who were 20 miles away from him. The feat was pulled off using a precision vascular robot developed by Corindus. The results of...

The International Federation of Robotics has published figures on the global robotics market. While installations are stagnating in China, Europe and the USA are stepping on the gas in automation. But Switzerland is catching up only slowly. Most robots per...

Who actually makes the rules of digitalization? Does artificial intelligence need ethics? And where does Switzerland stand in the race for technological leadership? These questions were the focus of the National Conference Digital Switzerland in Basel. The name of the...

The networking of things permeates all areas of life and forces the manufacturing industry to react to it. The Internet of Things and the technology of cyber-physical systems offer the potential for solutions. However, it requires that small and medium-sized...

Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2019 focuses on the interaction of man and machine and the integration of artificial intelligence. US market researchers investigated more than 2,000 emerging technologies and derived 5 megatrends for the next ten years. The...

While the United States currently has an edge in the race to develop artificial intelligence, China is rapidly gaining ground as Europe falls behind, according to a report released by the Center for Data Innovation. The study arrives amid a...

How processes and technologies are driving you forward today. Networking Event | Wednesday, 06.11.2019 | 17:00 – 21:00 Hotel Radisson Blu | Zurich Airport | Rondellstrasse | 8058 Zurich | Switzerland    In the digital transformation, competencies, budget and digital...

Since 2011, global indirect spending has risen by about 7 percent annually. Nevertheless, companies are still not paying the attention they deserve to indirect purchasing categories. By contrast, leading purchasing organizations are increasingly adopting a radically new understanding of the...

In order to successfully introduce Purchasing 4.0, the necessary investments in organizational and employee development must be made in a targeted and consistent manner. Find out more in our “Purchasing 4.0” guide. The findings are based on comprehensive studies and...