As a "walk-in supermarket", the "Mobile Village Store" connects around 33 villages, 4,000 people and 20 producers. The linchpin of the project under the direction of Fraunhofer SCS is a digital platform intended to link customers, operators and producers of regional goods with each other. Among other things, it will use intelligent route planning as well as inventory cross-checking and serve as a means of communication for all those involved. The "Mobile Village Store" supplies interested persons with goods for daily needs, while deeply involving regional producers in the product range and is very well accepted by different population groups. The offer of the mobile village store is especially important for elderly citizens in the current times of crisis: they are at present making increased use of services such as ordering and (door-to-door) delivery of goods.

"DIGI-ORT": Platform solution for digital medical and nursing care

In the "DIGI-ORT" project, Fraunhofer SCS is researching a digital platform for medical and nursing care in rural areas. This platform networks outpatient care services, general practitioners and people in need of care, the chronically ill and their relatives in order to simplify coordination processes. As this simplifies routine work, everyone involved gains more time to work directly with the people. In addition, the use of new, textile-integrated vital data sensors and technical assistance systems available on the market is being investigated to support independent living in one's own home.