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Hacker attacks

Digital dams against cybercriminals

How TÜV NORD experts secure flood gates in the Netherlands against hackers.

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Neuroscience

Lost in Navigation

Are we losing our sense of direction thanks to Google Maps and the like?

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Preventing catastrophic flooding

Where do things stand in relation to flood prevention?

How we can protect people and cities more effectively against extreme weather.

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Artificial Intelligence

Doctor AI or digital medical assistant?

Optimising treatments: five AI applications in medicine.

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Overview

What is Artificial Intelligence?

What makes AI “intelligent”, where is it used, and can it become a danger to us?

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Mobility

Carsharing in the countryside

How carsharing could catch on in the countryside.

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Mobile telephony

What can we expect from 6G?

Generational change: why work is already being done on 6G.

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Prolonging life

Researching for a long and healthy life

Longevity – research into a longer and healthier life.

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Mobility

Environmentally friendly heavyweights

Batteries and fuel cells: how alternative drive systems in heavy goods transport are gaining traction.

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Digital Twin

Munich and its digital double

How to create the digital twin of a big city.

Future of rail transport

Magnetised race

How China and Japan are seeking to use maglev trains to compete with air travel.

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Dates for the winter of 2022

Calendar of events: Experiencing technology

Analogue, online or a mixture of both: Exciting events for tech enthusiasts this coming winter.

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Mathematical models

More safety through simulation

How mathematical models and simulations can make our lives safer.

Artificial Intelligence

Smart traffic management

How AI is making traffic smoother and safer.

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Science

Five exciting citizen science projects

How citizen scientists are advancing research.

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Future of rail transport

The comeback of the sleeper

How travelling by train might become an alternative to flying.

Overview

Hydrogen: Key element of the energy transition?

All about the smallest element in the universe, its use, and its environmental compatibility.

Calendar of events

IT, mobility, digitalisation: exciting dates for the autumn.

Exciting events in the fields of digitalisation, mobility and IT.

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Electromobility

The electric car as a fire risk?

How safe is an electric car?

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Automated driving

When is the self-driving car going to come?

Laws, technology and attitudes – where do we stand in relation to self-driving cars?

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Space travel

Mission on Mars

How to make the rover "Perseverance" ready for its mission.

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The future of rail transport

Setting a digital course

How digitalisation is intended to advance the cause of train transport.

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Digital accessibility

When the app stays quiet

Where things stand with digital accessibility.

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Climate change

Methane: CO2’s extreme twin

How methane is produced and why we need to get a grip on it.

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Biofuels

Fuel from the fields and the deep fat fryer

The role biofuels could play in agriculture and aviation in the future.

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Sustainability

Six alternative materials from milk, fungus and vegetable residues

How clothing, disposable plates and packaging can become more environmentally friendly.

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Electromobility

Battery cells in Germany: Who’s building them, and where?

The market for electric cars is growing – and so is battery production in Germany.

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Sustainability

Replacing the throwaway culture with a circular economy

How to say goodbye to the throwaway society.

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The future of rail transport

Leaving diesel behind

Battery, hydrogen or hybrid technology: how Deutsche Bahn aims to replace diesel.

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electronic euro

Is the electronic Euro coming?

What might an e-Euro look like and what would be its benefits?

Hydrogen

Green steel thanks to hydrogen

How green hydrogen is supposed make the steel and chemical industries more climate friendly.

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Violence on the Internet

How can we protect children from sexual violence online?

Julia von Weiler from the society "Innocence in Danger" tells, what parents can do and what school and politics need to do.

Space travel

Clean-up in space

What to do about junk in space?

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Electromobility

A second life for old batteries

How retired electric car batteries can find a new lease of life.

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UV-C light

Lamp on, virus gone?

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Undersea cables

Data highway under the ocean

How deep-sea cables connect the world

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Sustainability

Green founders

Five start-ups with environmentally friendly ideas.

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Architecture

Wood, clay and straw: good for the climate

How building can become more environmentally friendly.

Events in autumn 2020

Calendar of events: Experiencing technology

Online, hybrid or analogue in small groups: In our calendar, people with an interest in technology will find events for the autumn of 2020.

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Hydrogen

Ahoy there, electrolysis!

Will hydrogen be produced on the high seas in the future?

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Green Power

Four alternative ways of generating energy

Waves, rain, humidity: How green electricity might be produced by alternative means.

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Space travel

Living in space

How to live on the moon or Mars.

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Wind energy

Out at sea: Floats for wind turbines

How wind turbines are learning to swim.

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Space travel

Who is doing what in space?

Which companies are out and about in space.

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Mobility at sea

Cleaning up on the high seas

How to make shipping more environmentally friendly.

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Artificial Intelligence

Can AI be creative?

AI and art: Rembrandt ex machina

TEAM 17

Gaming

Five games to play in isolation

Here are games to make the time fly.

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Climate & technology

How the world might look in 2030

What states, companies and start-ups are planning and predicting for 2030.

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Assessing the consequences of technology

“The future is a blank sheet that we are just starting to fill out”

How scientists assess the consequences of new technologies.

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Smart City

Clever metropolises

Why Vienna, Singapore and Hamburg are seen as being particularly smart cities.

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The future of air transport

In the air up above the traffic jams

How it is hoped that flying taxis will relieve traffic congestion in big cities.

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Drones

Seven promising applications for drones

How drones are offering aerial support to firefighters, farmers and archaeologists.

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CES 2020

Windows onto the future

Which trends and developments were initiated at this year's CES?

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The future of aviation

More climate-friendly at 10,000 metres

How to make flying greener.

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Dates for the winter of 2020

Calendar of events: Experiencing technology

“Garaged gold” and data treasures, innovative start-ups and the current range of e-bikes: In our calendar, people with an interest in technology will find exciting events for the winter of 2020.

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Artificial intelligence

Five AI applications for environmental protection

How AI could protect the environment

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Electricity storage

Reserves for windless days

How electricity from wind and sun can be stored.

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Interview

What can Artificial Intelligence do?

What AI can do today and how it might evolve in the future.

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Mobility in cities

Multimodal mobility in towns

How multimodal services want to network buses, trains and new means of transport.

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Dates for the summer of 2019

Calendar of events: Experiencing technology

Test cars, games or gadgets, marvel at inventions and discuss digitalisation: In our calendar, technology fans will find exciting events for the summer of 2019.

Robotics

Inspired by nature: Bionic robots

What robotics can learn from nature.

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Fuel cell technology

The hydrogen-powered car: an alternative to the electric auto?

Trucking with hydrogen: How fuel cell technology is going to clean up heavy goods transport.

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Mobility in cities

Smart shared taxis: A bonus for urban transport?

Ride-sharing services like Moia in Hamburg are seeking to offer a flexible and eco-friendly alternative to the car.

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Electric scooters

The solution for that final mile?

How and why the use of electric scooters is proving controversial.

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Autonomous driving

Taking things safely to the next level

How autonomous driving can made safe.

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Robots

Will we be nursed by robots in the future?

How robots will support nursing staff.

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Robots

Coboting - college robots

How robots will work with people in the future.

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Mobility in the country

From private individual to people’s bus driver

From people’s buses to lift-sharing benches - how residents in rural areas are seeking to enhance their mobility.

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#explore turns two

A robotic birthday greeting

How text-generating robots are finding their way into journalism.

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Mobility in the country

Just phone for the bus

How local authorities want to make the rural population more mobile.

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Urban mobility

Delivery traffic and electrification

How electric vans and lorries could make delivering goods more environmentally friendly.

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WLTP

What is changing with this more realistic test cycle?

How the new test cycle, the WLTP, is intended to measure fuel consumption and CO2 emissions more realistically.

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Virtual Reality

How virtual realities are turning the world of work upside down

No longer just a new experience for gamers: How virtual realities can take hold in industry and make testing processes faster and more efficient.

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Mobility in cities

Robot buses - a revolution in public transport?

A future without steering wheel and accelerator pedal: How autonomous buses could revolutionise public transport in towns and in the country.

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Urban mobility

Comeback for the bicycle

200 years after it was first invented, the bicycle is gaining in popularity – with both users and politicians. #explore explains what progress is being made by cycling in Germany, where the difficulties still lie and why the bicycle will play a central role in the mobility of the future.

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Dates for the summer of 2018

Calendar of events: Experiencing technology

New gadgets, new games and new ideas to fix the Internet: In our calendar, people with an interest in technology and followers of all things digital will find events for the autumn of 2018.

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E-bikes

Electric? You bet!

E-bikes are popular but need more professional maintenance than traditional bikes. #explore is looking into the search for a trustworthy bike workshop.

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Agriculture 4.0

How sensors can make food safer

Healthier and happier cows thanks to modern technology: how digital technologies are set to improve animal welfare and food safety.

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Agriculture 4.0

Unleashing robots on weeds

Sensors in the strawberry field, robots on farms: How digital technologies aim to make agriculture more efficient and sustainable.

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Surveillance cameras

What are the implications of smart video surveillance for data protection?

Intelligent video surveillance is intended to identify terrorists or criminals by means of facial recognition. #explore explains what such procedures mean for data protection.

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IT security

Smart Home: Certified products are in demand

Smart Home is the future. But how secure is a self-organising house? Experts from TÜV NORD are testing Smart Home products and aiming to ensure their security and generate higher levels of confidence.

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The operating system of the networked world

How blockchain could change our lives

Blockchain - what is actually behind this technology? And how will it change our lives?

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Christian Förster

“The range and everyday usability of electric cars have all improved considerably”

Everyone is talking about #electric cars, but nobody really wants to buy one. However, e-vehicles are already suitable for everyday use, as TÜV Expert Christian Förster explains here.

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Measurement of emissions and fuel consumption

New test cycle for cars

As from 1 September 2017, a new mandatory procedure for measurement of emissions and fuel consumption will be introduced in stages in the European Union.

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Virtual Reality: immerse yourself in new worlds

Virtual Reality trends for 2017? The latest blockbuster games are set to be unveiled at the games fair Gamescon 2017, and a games expert has teamed up with #explore to take a peek at the next VR games.

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Ransomware

WannaCry: What you need to know about the cyber-attack

The cyber-attack with the ransomware known as "WannaCry" has been infecting computers throughout the world with a crypto-trojan which encrypts and then locks the data of the affected computers. #explore answers the most pressing questions:

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Bluetooth dummies and their friends

Spies in the playroom

When networked toys spy on your offspring: Ulf Theike, digitalisation expert at TÜV NORD, explains what parents should look out for.

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Carfreitag

Punishment for speeders: Five years without a licence

Even after the harsh ruling in the speeders’ trial, petrol heads will continue to meet for road races on Carfreitag. A transport psychologist explains what will really deter them.

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Road Traffic

Accidents at the end of traffic queues: advice for drivers

Traffic psychologist Ralf Buchstaller from TÜV NORD explains how technology can prevent serious accidents and what drivers should do to preserve their own safety.

Road safety

Senior citizens at the wheel: Driving safely in old age

Senior citizens are considered a risk in road traffic. The German Council on Jurisdiction in Traffic therefore recommends a voluntary health check.

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Series of accidents

Wind energy: how safe wind turbines really are

No fewer than four wind turbines have simply snapped in two in recent weeks. Christian Hering explains that modern wind turbines are nonetheless generally safe and are subject to strict regulations.

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Interview with Dirk Kretzschmar

Deutsche Telekom cyber attacks

A large-scale cyber attack on routers has led to a failure of telephones, televisions and the internet for Deutsche Telekom customers.

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Cyber attacks

Hackers in the house

Over the past week, one of the biggest-ever cyber-attacks has affected Spotify, Netflix, Amazon and Twitter. And the standout feature of this attack was that ...