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Taming AI | #explore

Basic models are AI models which are used for various purposes (also known as “General Purpose AI” or GPAI for short) and which have a big impact on a ... which automatically analyse our behaviour or are used for manipulation purposes. It’s for this reason that such AI applications are banned by the AI Act ... Danos is the technical director for AI at TÜVIT. The graduate electrical engineer turned his attention to the possibilities of artificial intelligence and

Brief history of the lift | #explore

invention of the steam engine in the late 18th century then gave the lift an enormous boost in performance. Thanks to the steam engine, heavier loads could ... Maurus Zehnder 150 years of TÜV NORD A brief history of the internal combustion engine From Bertha Benz's first long-distance drive to the VW Beetle: how ... Haughwout department store in New York. Otis’ elevator is operated by a steam engine and is still in use, travelling at a sedate 0.2 metres per second. The following

Computer history | #explore

beginning of the 20th century. And, like photography, the steam engine or the internal combustion engine, the computer didn’t have just one father, but many, who ... Read more Gettyimages Internet A brief history of the search engine How search engines have developed over time. Read more ... individual parts, the production and assembly of which took precision engineers to the very limits of their knowledge and skills – and, time and time again

Alter Technology | #explore

the experts from ALTER TECHNOLOGY have developed a Big-Data-based search engine for satellite components. The enthusiasm of José Carlos Muñoz in faraway ... industry. And that was the start of Gateway.” The 36-year old electrical engineer heads up a seven-strong team at ALTER TECHNOLOGY TÜV NORD (ATN). His mission ... it's robustness and durability that count.” José Carlos Muñoz, electrical engineer at Alter Technology (ATN) ATN can look back on decades of experience in

Deceptive know-it-alls | #explore

28 May 2025 Across the Net, in places ranging from Microsoft’s search engine Bing to Whatsapp, Photoshop and software from Adobe, AI assistants are popping ... field on Google, the first hit will be an AI-generated answer. The US search engine giant first introduced this so-called “AI overview” in its home market, ... does AI invent facts in the first place? Of course, AI models don’t lie on purpose. Unlike us, they simply have no awareness of the texts they generate. The

A brief history of sound recording | #explore

to other inventions. So, it falls to others to improve the technology: engineer Charles Sumner Tainter and chemist Chichester Bell, the cousin of Alexander ... Like Edison, whose phonograph Berliner has studied closely, for recording purposes he uses a sound funnel, a membrane and a needle which inscribes the sounds ... Enrico Caruso sings ten tracks, which are recorded by Berliner’s sound engineer, Fred Gaisberg. Caruso’s recordings are a smash hit, prompting other famous

How safe are electrolysers? | #explore

are they tested? We talked about this with Jan Simoneit from DMT ENERGY ENGINEERS, a subsidiary of the TÜV NORD GROUP. Mr. Simoneit, the first thing some ... valves at the top. In the electrolyser, exhaust air flues are used for this purpose, through which escaping hydrogen is continuously discharged. These are ... before. About Jan Simoneit: Jan Simoneit is a consultant at DMT ENERGY ENGINEERS. With his colleagues, he designs and plans electrolysis plants. He also

Inspired by nature: Bionic robots

logical and clear that inventive engineers try to transfer such processes and mechanisms to the field of engineering and technology. The inventor of hook ... should be stiff enough to perform its tasks. The solution found by the engineers: polyamide instead of metal, compressed air instead of rigid construction ... trunk from 70 to 110 centimetres in a fraction of a second. Biology + Engineering = Bionics In the meantime, Festo has developed the robot arm further over

A brief history of the Internet

goes live. Two years later, a search engine by the name of Google exits its beta phase. Although the search engine market is in already populated by various ... search engine’s interface is uncluttered and well laid-out. And, above all, it yields above-average results at high speed. 1998 a search engine by the ... have evolved. 4 October 1957 is a big day for the Soviet Union: Soviet engineers send the first artificial satellite into orbit from the Baikonur space