Appy Days Are Here
The market for mobile health apps is booming. Be it app, sensor or hardware, developers with the right “app-titude” stand to make considerable gains in the coming years.
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A Positive Prognosis
As the use of in vitro diagnostics continues to increase around the world, especially in the field of personalized medicine, German companies are leading innovations in Europe.
The Car That Cares
Digital healthcare hits the road as Audi invests in medical mobility solutions and launches an in-car product that can monitor the mental and physical fitness of the driver.
One to Watch: INFARM
The Berlin-based company is pioneering on-demand, hydroponic farming services with a bold vision to help cities become independent in their food production.
Energy Revolution
Germany has targeted a complete phase-out of nuclear power by the end of 2022 and in recent years has ramped up renewable energy production.
Energy Gets Smart
The German government recently passed three laws which will invigorate the renewable energy market. But some areas of R&D still need state support to make the energy transition a reality.
»Building an integrated energy system.«
Interview with Klaus Bonhoff, chief executive of the National Organization for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NOW),
Golden Oldies
Sixty is the new fifty. That’s a crucial message for companies as demographic change opens up a vast new market over the next few decades. This trend is more pronounced in Germany, where the active over-50s age group provides huge potential for investment, innovation, and development.
Healthy Living
Health is a way of life in industrialized countries. As Europe’s biggest market for medical products and services, Germany has a very promising out-of-pocket health-care market not covered by health insurance providers.
Holistic Point of View
For centuries humans have looked to the power of nature to soothe and heal. And some healing methods go beyond the medical to include complementary, spiritual and natural remedies. Such treatments are increasing in popularity in Germany.
