From October 21th to 22th, 2024, Frankfurt welcomed the German government’s Digital Summit and offered a wide range of insights into the digital future. Under the motto \u201cSmart City Frankfurt – Discover Digital Places\u201d, citizens were able to experience digitalization up close, with numerous exhibitions on smart living and digital administration as well as workshops on artificial intelligence and sustainability. The city presented itself as a modern, digitally networked location and, together with the state of Hesse, showed how far the digital transformation has already progressed.<\/p>\n
A highlight of the summit was the presentation of the \u201c6G-Health\u201d project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) at the Vodafone Germany stand. In cooperation with partners such as the Vodafone Innovation Center Dresden, the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Infineon AG and VDE e.V., innovative technologies for health monitoring were presented. These included the wireless recording of vital parameters (such as pulse and respiratory rate) using radar waves, which are measured by sensors installed in the bed when patients are lying down.This technology, known as \u201cJCAS\u201d, will also be used in 6G mobile networks in the future. Another highlight was the Body Area Network developed by DFKI, which networks wearables such as blood glucose sensors, smartwatches and smart soles of the feet in an energy-efficient way and can transmit data to hospitals, for example – ideal for monitoring patients after discharge.<\/p>\n