Can I use blockchain technology? Will artificial intelligence take over my career? What exactly is "Machine Learning"? These are some of the questions „SHIFT – Living in the Digital Age“ tries to answer.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 15 hours 23 minutes
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Entire factory buildings can be reproduced in the virtual world of Omniverse. The 3D simulations look amazingly realistic. And things can be tried out in this "digital twin" without having to be on site.
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Digital technology is programmed for men
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An avatar opera without real-life singers
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Online protests in authoritarian states
Tatyana Kurbat is from Belarus. Masih Alinejad is from Iran. Both women now live in exile, and they are using the Internet and social media to support the fight for change in their respective home countries.
How does a successful online protest work?
Successful online campaigns use a variety of tools. Hashtags, for example, can raise awareness and unite an online community. And activists can protect their identities with online encryption and anonymity.
When politically engaged women aren't safe online
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When binge-watching is unhealthy - and when it's not
Binge-watching is consuming multiple episodes of a series, one after another. How this habit affects viewers' mental health depends on how they are consuming content. Are they "cringe-watching” or "feast-watching”?
Robotics suit teaches paraplegics to learn to walk again
The Japanese exoskeleton suit HAL uses wearers' brains signals to teach paraplegics how to walk by themselves again. DW reporter Cassandra Boh tried HAL out and turned the power of her thoughts into motion.