Challenges from the Digital Revolution

Self-sovereign Identity - Opportunities and Challenges for the Digital Revolution

The interconnectedness of people, services and devices is a defining aspect of the digital revolution, and, secure digital identities are an important prerequisite for secure and legally compliant information exchange. Existing approaches to realize a secure identity management focus on central providers of identities such as national authorities or online service providers. Hence, changing res...

The digital revolution in phenotyping

Phenotypes have gained increased notoriety in the clinical and biological domain owing to their application in numerous areas such as the discovery of disease genes and drug targets, phylogenetics and pharmacogenomics. Phenotypes, defined as observable characteristics of organisms, can be seen as one of the bridges that lead to a translation of experimental findings into clinical applications a...

Materials Challenges for the MEMS Revolution

Reducing the size of an engineered system is a challenge often faced by designers and nowhere is this more evident than in the field of electronics. The first digital computer known as the Electronic Numerical Intergrator and Computer (ENIAC) was an enormous system constructed from over 18,000 vacuum tubes, 1,500 relays, and hundreds of thousands of resistors, capacitors, and inductors. ENIAC w...

Digital Dentistry: The Revolution has Begun

The digital medicine revolution in healthcare.