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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.
Lord of the numbers
Christian Stumpf is a researcher at the bidt think tank. The social scientist designs surveys that bidt uses to shed light on current challenges of the digital transformation.
What is … Mixed Skill Factory
Humans will also continue to work in factories. In mixed skill factories, machines will help to make work more humane.
Programming for the after-broadcast hours
Digitisation presents public service media offerings with many challenges at the same time. How these can be overcome, at least in part, is being researched by sociologist Jan-Hendrik Passoth in an interdisciplinary bidt project…
In flux
Digital technologies have an impact on the lives of every single person. What opportunities, but also challenges, are associated with this will be examined at bidt.
On course
Christina Dieckhoff coordinates the promotion of young researchers at bidt. A portrait of the research coordinator.
What is … Data Portability
The bidt dictionary on the digital transformation explains various terms – this time: What is data portability?
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…
Piggybacking data
The right to data portability is hardly known and difficult to implement. A bidt project is investigating how users can gain more control over their own data.
What makes interactive technology ‘intelligent’?
In this project, we did not set out with the intention of coming up with a definition of AI or intelligence. Instead, we followed a bottom-up approach: We extracted the emerging perspective on ‘intelligence’ in a research…

