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A brief history of the telephone | #explore

devices, with the ability to make calls only one feature among many. The mobile revolution eats its predecessors Making calls when travelling is not of course ... They became the first port of call for all those people who could not afford their own telephone line or wanted to call home or ring other, more distant ... your index finger in the number hole until it hits the stop – and make your call. This rotary dial phone is on display in the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum in

Long live semiconductor chips | #explore

as they are called, which also happen directly on the semiconductor chip, can also impact on functionality. And then you have what we call outgassing. ... chips are the very core of all our electronic devices. If their manufacturers call a halt to production, this can result in the complete failure of expensive ... We also expose the components to a preservative atmosphere and to gas. We call this method Thermic-Absorptive Gassing, or TAG for short. But this uses a

Access

In the digital context, this means technical access to the mass medium called the Inter­net. In Germany, according to an ARD/ZDF online study in 2016,

Digital Society Institute | #explore

College London was only completed, with honours, in 2012. The next ports of call in her career bear witness to Skierka’s ambition and her determination to ... that she isn’t immediately taken seriously by older, male colleagues and is called on more than most people to prove herself. But she is optimistic: “The industry ... What comes next is uncertain. But one thing she is sure of: The next port of call must once again have an international character. Why? “Well, it’s obvious:

Server

literally serves clients, which is what the computers connected to it are called. If a server is down, it also means that the functioning of the computers

Senior citizens and road safety | #explore

safety risk in road traffic. In their current recommendation, they are calling for the development of “tools to allow people to assess their own driving ... why the German Council on Jurisdiction in Traffic is proposing what it is calling a “qualified feedback drive”, “the result of which will be communicated ... medical matters related to road traffic. Furthermore “older drivers are being called on to take responsibility at all times to review whether and how they need

Profile: Abdul Rahman AlAshraf

wake of environmental disasters, the people affected lose any ability to call the emergency services or contact family members. It was to solve this problem ... every possible technology the smart device has to send text messages, make calls, and broadcast news, even when no internet is available. With FreeCom, users ... communicate over the phone or internet when they needed it most, either to call for help or share information. In which other crisis situations can an offline

An app for everything | #explore

28 November 2024 In Asia, so-called super apps, which let you write messages, order takeaway food or shop in just one app, are extremely popular. But Western ... years, the company has invested in other large companies and developed so-called “lite apps” to integrate their services into WeChat: For example, food, ... keep digital vaccination passports. In South Korea, the top-dog service is called KakaoTalk, which was used by 47 million of the country’s 52 million inhabitants

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