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online pornography

UK looks to Iceland as calls for porn ban grow

Image to symbolize fear, child abuse. A girl sitting at the top of a set of stairs, knees pulled up tight to cover her face

Should search engines do more to block child abuse images online? After two child murders, a leading UK government advisor wants action to stop internet users accessing images of child sexual abuse.
forensic research, dutch police

zeros and ones

Patrolling the Internet with digital forensics

Criminals value the unlimited freedom and anonymity that they get on the Internet. But digital forensic experts are working to change that.

electro tech

Pro recording studio apps elevate mobile music

Studio mixing desk

There are hundreds of music apps, but what's the use if you can't link them up and record them? Cubasis and Auria make audio recording all the more portable. But which is best? Here's our review.

Big Brother in the sky

Deutsche Bahn to use drones to stop graffiti

A mini-drone flies in the sky Photo: Jochen Lübke dpa/lni

Germany's national railway is testing the use of mini-drones to curb damage to its trains from graffiti. Experts call the move pointless and excessive, saying that varnish for trains could solve the problem instead.

High Tech energy

Smart city: thinking houses for intelligent cities

The Smart Energy Lab at the Fraunhofer Institute (Copyright: Richard Fuchs / DW)

By 2030, four out of five people will live in megacities. Supplying them with power and water will be crucial. IT networking, intelligent power grids and sustainable energy should help create a "smart city."

Consumer Rights

Angry Birds app on an iPhone

Lawmakers call for right to return mobile apps

German state-level lawmakers agree that consumers should have the right to return mobile apps. But changing the law may do little to help consumers if companies don't do their bit.

Sell! Sell!

A trader using the phone on the first trading day of 2013. (Photo: Alex Domanski/dapd)

Social media and the financial markets

Twitter says it will beef up security for its users in response to recent breaches - one of which led to a major "flash crash" on Wall Street. We ask: what role do social media play on the markets?

Tech Startups

Where are Europe's tech micro-multinationals?

You used to have to make it big domestically before you dared to go global. Now, Web-based startups can think big right away. But some in Europe are struggling with the concept.

Radio

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Spectrum

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Helicopters: nice but noisy

It's flat and it's funky

Vienna electro: Ghost Capsules on music tech

Internet

Digital Life

Read more on social media, Internet and smartphones from Germany, Europe and beyond.

Shift

More on the Internet and digital life

The US could snoop on data in 'the Cloud,' study warns

Digital Europe (10.06.2013)
  • Ein Mitarbeiter der Firma Parrot SA kontrolliert eine Drohne während einer Präsentation in Tokio (Foto: dpa)

    The incessant drone of drones

    Something in the air

    The Quadrocopter is made by a Paris-based company. The device, which is controlled using a smartphone, is battery operated and has two cameras. The images can be viewed on the screen of your phone. So, you could use it to spy on your neighbors - but that would be illegal. Or, for games.

  • Ein sogenannter Octocopter - eine Drohne zur 3D Modellierung von Bäumen - fliegt während eines Infobesuches des sächsischen Minister für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft über das Freigelände der TU Dresden (Foto: dpa)

    The incessant drone of drones

    Modeling trees

    Forestry researchers at the Technical University of Dresden use drones to study treetops. The aerial devices let them create 3D models of trees. It's even got the local environment ministry interested. It goes to show that this isn't your everyday technology.

  • The incessant drone of drones

    The mommy drone

    Researchers in Munich and Bologna are also looking to drones to help them with wildlife conservation. They want to train small ibis birds, using drones, as a replacement for their mothers if they become separated - so as to ensure their survival.

  • The incessant drone of drones

    Origin of drones

    The word "drone" comes from an Indo-European word, meaning buzz or hum. Originally, manmade bees, bumblebees, hornets, or wasps were described as drones. A drone can fly and has large, powerful compound eyes, and it carries no weapons - it doesn't sting.

  • The incessant drone of drones

    The little helper

    Fire departments in Germany have been using drones for some years now - like this one in Marlishausen, Thuringia. They use drones to search for people, using infrared cameras. They can also fly into dangerous areas and deliver images from there.

  • The incessant drone of drones

    From a safe distance

    This is the burnt out shell of a fertilizer plant in Krefeld. It was impossible for experts to enter it even two days after the event because it was too dangerous. But they used a drone to gather initial evidence on the cause of the fire. It was most likely a technical defect on a conveyor belt.

  • The incessant drone of drones

    In radioactive zones

    After the nuclear meltdown at Fukushima, Japan, following an earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, drones flew into the radioactive area. They were able to capture detailed images of the damage. But people were also sent into the plant despite the potential risks.

  • The incessant drone of drones

    Indian prototype

    There is also research on unmanned aerial vehicles in India. Different aviation and defense organizations are testing a mini-drone near Bangalore. Authorities want to use drones to gather images of conditions in trouble spots.

  • Die Projektmitarbeiter Tobias Simon (r) und Jan Römisch machen auf dem Campus der Technischen Universität Ilmenau einen Sensortestflug mit einem Quadrocopter (Foto: dpa/lth)

    The incessant drone of drones

    Millions invested

    The technology is being further developed at various universities in Germany. In Ilmenau, researchers are working on building an autonomous quadrocopter that could repair mobile networks that go down. More than 6.5 million euros has been set aside for the project.

  • Air Force Mitarbeiter bereiten das Verladen der Deep Drone 8000 vor (Foto: dpa)

    The incessant drone of drones

    Drone takes a dive

    Not all drones fly - the definition covers a range of unmanned vehicles. Take the Deep Drone 8000: the US Navy developed this drone for use in marine rescue. It can go as deep as 2,500 meters.

  • The incessant drone of drones

    Anti-drone protest

    Despite their growing use by civilians - there is a movement against the use of military drones. Critics say they are instruments of surveillance and destruction. Hundreds of people, some with homemade models of drones, protested recently in front of the German parliament.


    Author: Klaus Jansen / csc | Editor : Zulfikar Abbany

In Focus Music technology: your mobile disco

Music technology is forever evolving. From vintage synthesizers to the latest mobile apps, artists often say they are influenced by innovative gear and software and that it shapes the music they make.

Medicine

'A strict system is needed for organ donation'

ARCHIV - Eine Mitarbeiterin der Deutschen Stiftung für Organtransplantation in Neu-Isenburg (Kreis Offenbach) hält am 18.02.2005 in einem Büro der Organisation eine spezielle Kühlbox für Spenderorgane vor das Bild eines Chirurgen. Angesichts der Leipziger Organspenden-Affäre fordert die Deutsche Stiftung Patientenschutz eine bundesweite Aufklärung aller Vorwürfe. Foto: Frank May dpa (zu dpa Stiftung: Manipulation bei Organspenden sind kein Einzelfall vom 02.01.2013) +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

WHO specialist Dr. Luc Noel tells DW in an interview that a money-driven system of organ donation benefits the rich at the expense of the poor. He calls for a strictly regulated system focused on patient need.

passenger ship Jan von Werth in Cologne (copyright: DW/ A. Rönsberg

breathe with care

Ships targeted as major polluters

River faring ships are major polluters. But a clean air project on the Rhine wants to change that.