EU AI Act: Overview of key content and requirements
The EU AI Act is in everyone’s mind, with many not knowing what it is, who it affects and what its consequences are.
The following contribution explains what you need to know...
News
Innovation Day Robotik meets AI – looking at the future of flexible production
On 24 September 2025, the innovation day ‘Robotik meets AI’ opened its doors at ZEMA – Centre for Mechatronics and Automation Technologies in Saarbrücken, offering nearly two dozen participants from industry, research and technology enthusiasts...
Smart City Kirkel: How a municipality with LoRaWAN and open source digitalisation can experience
The municipality of Kirkel in the Saarpfalz district is impressively showing how digitalisation can be achieved at municipal level. With the development of an open LoRaWAN (Long Range Wide Area Network) network, Kirkel is laying the groundwork for a wide range of smart city applications...
InnoBonus: EUR 10 million for technology transfer in Saarland – new funding opportunities for SMEs and start-ups
On 2 September 2025, the Saarland Ministry of Economic Affairs presented a new funding component of the SME package: the InnoBonus. With a budget of EUR 10 million from the Transformation Fund, the government of the Land is providing targeted support for research from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups. The aim is to accelerate the transfer of research results into marketable products and services, thus creating growth and new jobs in Saarland...
The next revolution in industrial robotics: Flexibility through Artificial Intelligence
Industrial robotics is facing a profound transformation. Robots have so far been used mainly for repetitive tasks with high precision requirements but little need for flexibility. However, new technological developments open up a completely new dimension...
Cloud computing and SaaS offers
In an increasingly digitalised world, many European companies are looking for cloud computing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions that meet their specific needs. While non-European suppliers dominate the market, European alternatives are becoming increasingly important, in particular due to political uncertainties...
AI agents: Autonomous supporters for the digital future
In an increasingly digitalised world, AI agents can play an important role. These systems act independently, take autonomous decisions and adapt dynamically to new situations. AI agents revolutionise work processes and open up new opportunities for the world of work...
#SWD25 South-West Digital 2025 – 2. & 3 July – The Festival for AI and Digitalisation in the Region
#SWD25 South-West Digital 2025 – 2. & 3 July – The AI and Digitisation Festival in the region adapted to technology and innovation enthusiasts: On 2 and 3 July, it was again! Then the second edition of the Southwest Digital Festival will be launched at the Innovation Center of the University of Saarland (UDS) in 2025 and this time...
Borderless innovation: EDIH Saarland & the Greater Region*
In an increasingly interconnected world, innovation does not end at national borders. Therefore, the European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) Saarland works closely with the EDIHs and the Enterprise Europe Networks (EENs) of the Greater Region...
Smart use of funding programmes – digitalisation with a tailwind
Imagine you could equip your company with new technology, efficiently digitalise processes and provide targeted training to your staff – with financial support...
Europe and High-Performance Computing: Trends, challenges and future prospects
High-performance computing (HPC) is developing rapidly. In particular, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) leads to sharply increasing computing requirements. At the same time, traditional HPC applications, such as material research or fluid dynamics, are becoming increasingly complex and also require increasingly powerful systems...
Sustainability as a strategic opportunity
Digitalisation and sustainability go hand in hand. On the one hand, digitalisation itself generates significant CO2 emissions, such as the operation of data centres and the energy consumption of digital devices. On the other hand, it offers enormous opportunities to make processes more efficient and resource efficient...
Working better through smart technology: How Motion Capture revolutionises your workplace ergonomics
Industrial assembly requirements are increasing: Product variants are on the rise, life cycles become shorter – and despite increasing automation, humans remain essential. Why? Because it is difficult to replace its ability to think and act flexibly with machines...
Christmas thanks to ChatGPT: How AI helps you through meaningful time
Christmas is approaching, and with the advent of sparkling deco, odour and courageous evening, many also experience stress: Gifts, planning and the question of the perfect Christmas recipe. For all those looking for small support this year, we present today the Christmas self-held ChatGPT, because AI has a lot to offer...
Artificial intelligence in customer service: Opportunities and challenges for SMEs
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming customer service in a sustainable way, allowing efficiency gains and improving customer experience. In particular for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), AI has the potential to automate processes while enabling personalised customer interactions. Businesses can not only reduce costs but also increase their competitiveness...
This was the Southwest Digital Festival 2024
This was the Southwest Digital Festival 2024: A full success for the digital future On 19 and 20 September 2024, Saarbrücken turned into a vibrant hub for technological innovation and digitalisation: The 2024 Southwest Digital Festival attracted more than 250 technology and innovation enthusiasts. Organised by the European Digital Innovation Hub Saarland (EDIH), the SMEs Digital...
The start-up ecosystem in Saarland
Saarland aims to become an attractive location for start-ups and to develop one of the most start-up-friendly ecosystems at the heart of Europe. A strong multi-actor network and support are key in this regard...
Do you have GPTs as knowledge management?!
In today’s knowledge economy, businesses rely on efficient knowledge management systems. Large language models, also known as Large Language Models (LLMs), provide an innovative solution to manage and use in-house knowledge. This article looks at different approaches to the implementation of LLMs in the business context, as well as their opportunities and challenges...
AI in everyday life: Adviser, personal assistant and bodyguard
Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently in the hands of all sides. If one had talked about this issue ten years ago and listed examples, most of them would have been thinking about self-driving cars and robots. However, the opportunities for daily use are almost unlimited...
How SMEs can succeed by integrating AI with big data
Big data plays a crucial role in our increasingly digitalised world. These large and complex datasets generated not only by people but also by Internet of Things (IoT) devices offer huge opportunities for businesses...
AI in marketing: Analysts and supporters
In the digital age, marketing is far more than simply sending messages. It is about reaching the right people at the right time with the right content. Artificial intelligence (AI) can play a supportive and crucial role...
Innovation management for SMEs: Focus on success factors
Innovation is key to ensuring competitiveness and sustainability in the future. SMEs should also recognise innovation as a driver of growth in order to make them fit for the future in the fast-moving business world...
Industry 4.0: With AI through the 4th Industrial revolution
After the first industrial revolution, which discovered the use of steam power for machines, by applying electricity to mass production in the second industrial revolution, the fourth industrial revolution continued what began with the third revolution with computers, IT and automation...
Potential for SMEs through machine learning
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved from a theoretical concept to a landmark reality that permeates almost all areas of our daily lives. We are dealing with it in the entertainment industry, in assistance systems, in financial products and search engines, and even on websites. But for a long time, AI is no longer reserved for the big companies alone...
Kick-off
Kick-off on 5 July 2023 was as follows: The European Digital Innovation Hub Saarland (EDIH) was officially launched with a landmark kick-off event on digital transformation and artificial intelligence (AI). Under the slogan ‘Innovate, Collaborate, Transform’, the EDIH project team, political and business representatives, businesses, public institutions and educational institutions gathered in...