• Projekt: RADBEST – Cycling guidance in confined road conditions

    A transnational consortium led by Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft is investigating in objective safety and the subjective perception of safety and is developing evidence-based recommendations for the future planning of cycling infrastructure at bottlenecks. The rapid expansion of cycle path networks in the DACH region is a prerequisite for increasing the share of cycling, which is absolutely necessary to achieve the European and national climate targets. In daily planning practice, the routing of cycling traffic in confined spaces is often a particular challenge. Although the regulations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland contain some recommendations for the guidance of cyclists on such stretches of road, there are great differences in the regulations and also in practice. A cross-border consortium from Germany, Austria and Switzerland is now developing evidence-based recommendations for cycling guidance, especially in congested road conditions, as well as professionally sound evaluations of various alternative solutions. For the first time, this research work also creates […]

  • Page: Smarte Lösungen werden Sport und Gesundheit revolutionieren

    Viele Unternehmen warten bei der Digitalisierung noch ab. Zusätzlich bremsen Datenschutzfragen die Entwicklung. Die Leiterin des Schwerpunkts Health & Sports bei Salzburg Research sieht jedoch smarte Lösungen längst unaufhaltsam in unseren Alltag einziehen. Interview: Michael J. Mayr Frau Häusler, auch wenn Sie ungern in die Zukunft blicken, sei es für ein Futurebook erlaubt zu fragen, wie weit Sie die Digitalisierung von Gesundheit und Sport in zehn Jahren sehen? Elisabeth Häusler: Smarte Lösungen werden bis dahin in unseren Alltag integriert sein, so wie es heute bereits mit den Smartwatches Realität ist. Wenn wir die Zykluskurve betrachten, haben wir mit vielen Entwicklungen das Tal der Tränen durchschritten, wo die neuen Technologien soweit sind, dass sie auf dem Massenmarkt einsetzbar sind. In zehn Jahren wird es ganz normal sein, dass die Menschen digitale Tools haben zur Unterstützung im Alltag, sei es im Gesundheitsbereich, bei der Rehabilitation oder bei Sport und Fitness. Wo leistet Ihr Team dabei besondere Beiträge? […]

  • Erfolgsstory: Smart Technology Keeps the 55+ Generation Fit

    […] want to go to the fitness center but want to train independently and healthily at home? Solution Austrian research institutions and companies developed “Fit mit ILSE”, an innovative, technology-based and sport-science-based exercise program for at home and on the go. With a combination of personal support and new technologies, the 55+ generation can maintain or improve their fitness. ILSE was specially developed for people who do not want to go to a fitness center, but want to practice independently at home and still value professional support. A personal coach developed an individual exercise program for each fitness level of the participants. With the help of a tablet and their own television, people were able to practice independently at home. With the help of a 3D camera connected to a TV set, users could check for themselves whether they were performing the movements correctly. For example, the 3D camera alerted you if you were not […]

  • Erfolgsstory: Broadband Monitoring: Comprehensive Performance Analyis for Communication Networks

    […] measuring devices measured the quality of the mobile data connections in a centrally coordinated manner while driving. The measurement results were collected centrally, merged into a geographical visualization, and incorporated into SAGIS as an additional internal visualization layer. Salzburg Research operates the measurement system based on the measurement and test software MINER. This enables us to assign and manage the measurement points in a centrally coordinated manner and visualize the measurement results. Benefit The measurements provided reliable, valid data to identify areas with poor network coverage. The state of Salzburg thus has a constantly growing database with over 10 million measurements on over 100,000 kilometers traveled. In the event of complaints from citizens, their subjective perception can now be compared with valid measurement data. This database enables targeted measures for network expansion to be argued with the network operators. This closes supply gaps and, for example, optimizes work in the home office. In the […]

  • Erfolgsstory: Does the Communication Network Support my Application? Successful Troubleshooting in Digital Systems

    […] This service is used by numerous companies around the world. For example, in a highly secure environment for an international financial service provider. In this environment, unlike other customers, the voice clients repeatedly had inexplicable dropouts. Neither the company, the financial service provider nor the provider of the communication infrastructure were able to identify the reason for the malfunctions. Since the financial service provider could not work with the available quality, the company threatened to lose its customer and thus an entire market segment of financial service providers. Solution Salzburg Research used distributed measuring points at the various locations of the financial service provider. These measurement points simulate the company’s one-to-many push voice service. In parallel, these connections were measured and the problems systematically narrowed down to individual participants. This enabled packet losses to be clearly identified and assigned to one of the communication infrastructure providers. Thanks to a new configuration proposal from Salzburg […]

  • Post: This Will Make Salzburg Remain Worth Experiencing And Living

    […] even other industries, into innovation processes at an early stage. With open innovation, companies not only tinker with new ideas within their company, but also involve actors such as customers, users, suppliers or interested people in the innovation process from the very beginning. With their knowledge and experience, they all contribute to the development of new solutions. In this way, products are development of new solutions. In this way, products are developed that are closer to the customer’s ideas and thus have greater success on the market. These Are The Winning Ideas The 10 best ideas were awarded on January 28, 2020 as part of the press release: Price: SaltART Idea generators: SophieSch, Nina Mittermayr, Jan Brandl, Bellasander Price: Data-based nudging using digital signage Idea generator: GreMat Price: Simplified P+R and Express Shuttle Idea generator: A.Wochner Price: Salzburg – Worth working for Idea generators: Tami Lanzendorf, ChiaraD, Stefanie Gumpinger, Martina Arnold, LeaMuellauer Price: Explore […]

  • Post: Open Innovation Talk

    […] by all residents and employees of local companies and attracts creative minds? Organizer: Salzburg Chamber of Commerce, Pongau District Office Submission phase: 04.02.2020 – 04.04.2020 “New Timber Paths”: Innovations for the Salzburg Timber Industry Wood can be used in a wide variety of areas and industries and is a high-tech material of the future due to its special properties. Against the background of the megatrends of regionalization and digitization, innovative ideas “from the forest to the end customer and back again” are sought for companies in the timber industry in the state of Salzburg: How can the flow of wood between wood processing companies and customers be better designed? How can woodworking companies better market their performance and products and thus optimize the bridging between supply and demand? Organizer: Pro:Holz Salzburg, Holzcluster Salzburg Submission phase: 04.02.2020 – 04.04.2020 Open Innovation Salzburg: The State Needs New Ideas! We believe in the power of the crowd. […]

  • Event: DOIT Conference: Making Social Innovators (Online)

    European conference on innovation education in makerspaces European conference on innovation education in makerspaces: The new innovation society poses new challenges for educational practice, research and politics: exchange of experience and strategies for the development of social and entrepreneurial innovation skills as well as digital innovation methods. Interdisciplinary symposium of the EU project DOIT.  Participation free of charge. Registration required. September 24, 2020, 9.00 to 15.00 Online Innovation education for the youth in open workshops and makerspaces. Our teaching and learning is changing in today’s innovation society and raises new questions for educational practice, research and politics. How can children and young people develop social, ecological and entrepreneurial innovation skills for shaping their future? What knowledge and which methods support teachers and learning guides so that the new generation can develop and experience their creative potential, their curiosity and their commitment in their own innovation project? How are open workshops and maker spaces suitable […]

  • Event: Digitization: Where Does the Middle Class Stand?

    […] the KSV: 68% of companies currently have no digital agenda anchored and do not plan to do so. And although 84% already recognize that the digital transformation is changing their own market: the competition is always faster, customer expectations have changed and new sales and distribution channels have opened. Asked about their biggest weakness, companies call the digitalization of products, processes and services, followed by inadequate processes and structures and the lack of new business opportunities. To question and digitize processes, to use further channels and to develop (further) business models should therefore be tackled better today than tomorrow. In support of this, entrepreneurs and researchers at the Innovation Conference will use best- practice examples to show how SMEs can use and implement digitization for themselves. The spectrum ranges from production to structure, organization and business models. The event is free. Please register here online. The program can be found on the German event page.

  • Event: Presentation of Innovation Projects: Smart Accessories for Attractive Bike Mobility

    […] service Wallinger, who supported the students in the workshop with words and deeds. No registration required, we look forward to seeing you! Program as PDF: Invitation_final presentation (in German) DOIT – Entrepreneurial Skills for Young Social Innovators in an Open Digital World The European research initiative “DOIT” under the direction of Salzburg Research aims to inspire pupils (6-16 years) for social innovation and impart entrepreneurial thinking, know-how and skills. For this purpose, the DOIT program and learning materials are developed and tested on a scientific basis, with which it is possible to develop new impulses for creative thinking and acting. In the three-year project period, the use and impact of the DOIT innovation-promoting program and the various methods in ten European countries will be tested and scientifically evaluated. The materials are then freely available to interested educational institutions or young learners for information and further use. The research project is funded by the European […]

  • Post: Pilot Phase DOIT: Idea-rich Conclusion

    […] which challenges exist in their immediate environment and that they can develop creative, convincing solutions – if you get involved and make this possible”, explains Sandra Schön, coordinator of the Europe-wide research project. “With adults of different backgrounds, the children worked on prototypes on a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary basis; also with digital tools, especially willingly with LED. In a next step, we will evaluate the observations and data from the pilot project in our accompanying research.“ The practice pilot in Salzburg thus supports the creative development, testing and evaluation of DOIT materials that support the further development of children in the field of social innovation as well as entrepreneurial thinking and acting. Creative Ideas for Improving the School Together with the General Accident Insurance AUVA children’s initiative identified danger spots on the school grounds, for example, and sought concrete solutions. The children proudly presented the results on the basis of miniature models in the […]

  • Event: 5th Maintenance Conference

    The maintenance conference compresses industry know-how in one day and shows the perfect mix of best practice coupled with visionary solutions for overall maintenance management and organization. Lighthouse projects and production-related practical examples from various industries show you how successful solutions are developed in other industries. The maintenance conference compresses industry know-how in one day and shows the perfect mix of best practice coupled with visionary solutions for overall maintenance management and organization. November 13, 8 am to 6 pm voestalpine Stahlwelt, Linz Salzburg Research organizes the following break-out session in the afternoon: Break-Out 3: Transparency & Data Learning See how to better use real-time condition monitoring and forecasting sensor data to ensure high performance and availability. A break-out session that puts an end to the biggest errors in monitoring solutions. Moderation & input: Jutta Isopp, Managing Director of Messfeld GmbH together with Georg Güntner, Head of Industrial Internet Competence at Salzburg Research and […]

  • Event: Maker Day Saalfelden

    The Maker Day Saalfelden combines traditional crafts and technologies of the future and aims to arouse interest in MINT and ICT topics and the enjoyable use of materials and digital tools in a playful way. The Maker Day Saalfelden combines traditional crafts and technologies of the future and aims to arouse interest in MINT and ICT topics and the enjoyable use of materials and digital tools in a playful way. In the mornings, the open workshop invites school classes (3rd + 4th grade VS, NMS and AHS lower grades) to participate and in the afternoon offers a program for all interested inventors, amateur hobbyists, technicians and curious ones. The Maker Day in Saalfelden can be programmed, soldered, 3D-modeled and printed, photographed, tinkered, filmed or a computer disassembled at various locations (including the HTL Saalfelden and the DO!LAB). Innovative new products or existing products have been individualized through changes, optimized or put back into operation […]

  • Event: Workshop in Saalfelden: Digital Innovation for Craft & Trade in Open Workshops and IOT Research Lab

    Do you really want to make your products “smart” while testing new sensor technologies and the like of the Internet of Things? Bring your ideas and design with prototypes in 3D form and simply print? Tinker with others about suitable materials and determine the roadmap to the market or start-up? Workshop in Saalfelden. Do you really want to make your products “smart” while testing new sensor technologies and the like of the Internet of Things? Bring your ideas and design with prototypes in 3D form and simply print? Tinker with others about suitable materials and determine the roadmap to the market or start-up? Workshop in Saalfelden. Be smart about taking advantage of open workshops and research labs for your business and bottom-up innovation in MakerSpaces. Get to know new machines, tools and methods on site! Thursday – March 1, 2018 , 3 pm to 5.30 pm DO!LAB Lofererstrasse 12. 5760 Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer […]

  • Event: Workshop in Salzburg: Digital Innovation for Craft & Trade in Open Workshops and IOT Research Lab

    Do you really want to make your products “smart” while testing new sensor technologies and the like of the Internet of Things? Bring your ideas and design with prototypes in 3D form and simply print? Tinker with others about suitable materials and determine the roadmap to the market or start-up? Workshop in Salzburg. Do you really want to make your products “smart” while testing new sensor technologies and the like of the Internet of Things? Bring your ideas and design with prototypes in 3D form and simply print? Tinker with others about suitable materials and determine the roadmap to the market or start-up? Workshop in Salzburg. Be smart about taking advantage of open workshops and research labs for your business and bottom-up innovation in MakerSpaces. Get to know new machines, tools and methods on site! Tuesday – February 27, 2018 – 3 pm to 5.30 pm Happylab Salzburg, Science City Salzburg (Techno-Z) Jakob-Haringer-Straße 8, […]

  • Publikation: Handlungsempfehlungen zur digitalen Transformation durch Industrie 4.0 und neue Geschäftsmodelle.

    […] und daraus abgeleitete Handlungsempfehlungen wie österreichische Unternehmen die digitale Transformation für sich möglichst gewinnbringend in Angriff nehmen beziehungsweise umsetzen können. Diese Handlungsempfehlungen fundieren auf wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen gepaart mit den realen Herausforderungen für Unternehmen in Österreich. Parallel dazu liefert der vorliegende Studienband auch Handlungsempfehlungen für die Politik. Handlungsempfehlungen für Unternehmen In der Studie wurden sieben zentrale Handlungsempfehlungen für Unternehmen basierend auf Sekundärrecherche plus den 68 qualitativen Unternehmensinterviews identifiziert, von externen Experten validiert und im vorliegenden Studienband artikuliert. Best Practice Case Studies Zur praktischen Veranschaulichung zeigen fünf aktuelle Best Practice Case Studies von österreichischen Unternehmen, wie verschiedene Aspekte der skizzierten Handlungsempfehlungen konkret umgesetzt werden können: Atomic Austria GmbH: Produktionsoptimierung mit digitaler Sensorik in Richtung Losgröße Eins mit individualisiertem Skidesign durch den Endkunden. Schlotterer Sonnenschutz-Systeme GmbH: Beherrschung der Variantenvielfalt durch digital gestützte Produktion mit automatisierter Auftragserfassung. AVL List GmbH: Neue Geschäftsmodelle durch Internet of Things – Entwicklung von „Smart Services“ auf Basis von Betriebsdaten. Zumtobel Group AG: […]

  • Post: ICT Competence in the Science:City Itzling

    […] Human Computer Interaction of the University of Salzburg are also based in Salzburg-Itzling. Current topics in research are, for example, digital twins in the maintenance of the future, active mobility in the urban space and new forms of interaction between man and machine. “The development of the Science City in Itzling is a quantum leap for the scientific and research center of Salzburg. The Salzburg Research Association, the institutes of the University of Salzburg, such as the materials science, geoinformatics and the Center for Human Computer Interaction, as well as the Techno-Z and the HappyLab, have created a real competence center that provides important impulses for the ICT region of Salzburg”, explains governor Dr. Wilfried Haslauer during his visit on October 11, 2017. “The various institutions are working closely together for concrete projects, benefiting from the technical and digital expertise and the dynamics of the people who are researching and working here.” Crystallization Point […]

  • Event: 4th Maintenance Conference

    The maintenance conference compresses industry know-how in one day and shows the perfect mix of best practice coupled with visionary solutions for the entire maintenance management and the organization. Lighthouse projects and production-oriented practical examples from various branches of industry show you how successful solutions are developed in other industries. The maintenance conference compresses industry know-how in one day and shows the perfect mix of best practice coupled with visionary solutions for the entire maintenance management and the organization. Salzburg Research is represented with Georg Güntner at the program point “Break-Out 2: For inquisitive digitizers”. 7 November 2017, 8 am to 6.30 pm Voestalpine Stahlwelt, Voestalpine-Straße 4, 4020 Linz Details & registration: instandhaltungskonferenz.com

  • Event: Media educational conference

    Not only in our day-to-day life, but also in the kindergarten and in the school media become more and more present. How we deal with this in a pedagogically appropriate way is the topic of the media-pedagogical conference. Our daily lives are increasingly permeated by media. This development does not stop at the gates of kindergartens and schools. For educational practice, this means that media cannot simply be banished from educational institutions, because media is a fixed part of our social reality. It is therefore also important in the intitution’s school to adopt a critically optimistic view of the media, which makes it possible to promote positive media use while at the same time preventing potential risks. The conference “Medienpädagogik in der Volksschule” discusses the (media) pedagogical challenges oft he information and media society with a special focus on the needs of primary schoolchildren and shows how media pedagogy can be integrated sensibly into […]

  • Post: Maker Days for Kids: Award for Media Education Projects

    […] and the Technical University of Graz. The project, together with seven other outstanding media pedagogic projects, was able to win over 200 applications. Four girls from Reichenhall – Anna, Elisa, Klara and Magda – were peer tutors in the project and were allowed to receive the award at the Cottbus Stadthausbühne. The Maker Days for Kids was a four-day, open, creative and digital workshop for children between 10 and 14 years. 160 young visitors were given free materials and tools. (Peer) tutors, challenges, short workshops and self-learning materials supported the free digital tinkering and creative inventionsof the participants. In addition to the media-pedagogical conceptual design and implementation, the extensive and cross-border cooperation between institutions and individuals in this model project was particularly appreciated. Due to the success and the great demand at these Maker Days for Kids in Bad Reichenhall, Salzburg Research has brought the Maker Days together with the Verein Spektrum and the […]