Author: sebastian
Digital Learning at Primary School
Digital media can expand the didactic toolkit and hence teaching basic computer science concepts is a prerequisite for digital sovereignty, as Ute Schmid writes in her blog post.
Embedding ethics into every step of emerging technologies
What exactly does it mean to ‘embed’ ethics into technology and how can this be effectively accomplished? Here we outline our Responsible Robotics project, along with some challenges and benefits of the embedded ethics…
3D printed human organs – only a sci-fi dream?
Imagine you could simply 3D print a new organ tailored to your very own physiology. Scientists around the world are working towards the feasibility of 3D printing functional organs using digital fabrication methods.
Corona, Digitalisation and us
The Corona pandemic provides a vivid illustration of what is important as we move towards a digital society: the conditions under which people can and must implement the possibilities of digitalisation in their private and professional…
Data Portability – Significant, but not well known
Users have the right to retrieve their data stored with online services and have it transferred to other services, for example when changing providers. Initial studies from the bidt project “Motivation and Implementation…
Contact Tracing Apps in the Corona Pandemic
On the trail of the virus: How are Corona apps used throughout the world, what technical difficulties are encountered during their implementation and in which ways are they currently being refined. This is a comparison of Corona…
bidt’s first anniversary
“The bidt is the right institute at the right time” – Highlights and impressions from an eventful year.
Bavarian Parliament approves bidt funding
On 17 May 2019, the state parliament passed the 2019 and 2020 double budget, which includes a good six million euros and 23 posts for bidt.