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Back to the future with artificial intelligence
More than just an ancient legendary hero and a new AI tool: Aeneas is a symbol of how intelligently linking the past and the future can reveal new insights.
Caught in the data network
Der Mechanismus von Antikythera: von antiker Datenverarbeitung zu noch komplexerer Daten-Gegenwart.
Mobile Printers
Less is more. Printing in the year 2025.
ML, LLM and the power of language
Large Language Models (LLM) are changing the world of artificial intelligence. This article addresses aspects of the current state of LLM technology.
Of BASIC and bytes: the history of digitization
Back to the roots! Join us on a discovery tour to the roots of the digital world. It all started quite simply: once upon a time there was a zero and a one ...
Today I'm going to the Prompt Library
Collected knowledge helps everyone, even artificial intelligence.
Between Humanistic Education and Digital Humanities
Data mining in venerable libraries, all in the service of research and creativity.
Beta-3-Blog is moving
Beta 3 blog in a new design and bilingual (German and English).
Editing meets technology.
Spelling isn't that important, specialized software proofreads. Is that enough? No! Good texts don't write themselves.
Writing with a digital pen
Tablet or tablet? If you want to write with an e-pen, you should be prepared for surprises.
When the e-letter disappeared
A swan song to a letter that never really arrived and will not be missed - despite the puffery of the swan song headlines.
Universal Encyclopedia
All the world's knowledge gathered in one place - dream or nightmare? In the heyday of printed encyclopedias, the answer was different than in times of AI.
Encounters with AI
Opinions are divided on the subject of AI (artificial intelligence). Progress for some, a spectre for others ...
A Festival for Book Lovers
Digitized collections from old libraries enable a new kind of celebration of the book senses.
Where Do They Run?
Who is ahead, who wins? GPS. What connects racetrack conversations, Harry Potter's magical world and ambitious amateur runners.
Preliminary stages of search engines
The search for information is a human need. You could also call it curiosity.
Urban planning with Minecraft
What could the city of the future look like? Young people develop their ideas - with the help of a popular computer game.
How long does a letter take to arrive?
Who still gets letters? Business communication is evolving, but sometimes it still plods along as it did in stagecoach days.
Digital awakening of the ancient world
The Romans really did leave their mark everywhere. In Germania, and now also in the exciting digitization of history.
When women were coding
Antonia Maury and Williamina Fleming are almost forgotten names. High time to pay tribute to Human Computers and their pioneering work.
Where are the e-books?
What are books, anyway, and who reads them at all? People are reading differently, not less. Figures and theses on the e-book market.
Parallel Reading
Books, there are books everywhere. I would love to read them all. How can you do that? Using a device dating from the 16th century.