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| We did not foresee this long a period when we launched the Elektor Helps during the first wave of Corona. Our program to work with our key s...

| In March 2020, many people got stuck at home due to the corona virus. Because they now had so much time on their hands, Elektor decided to d...

| “The aim is to scale up at the global level by using open hardware designs.” This message comes from Professor Neil Gershenfeld, Director of...

| All over the world people are launching solidarity projects to help others through this difficult period. Some have started to prepare and d...

| The coronavirus crisis is serious for more than one reason. In addition to the human cost, it is exposing the weaknesses of the globalized...

| Astonishingly enough, Oxford University scientists found no relevant evidence for a connection between so-called screen time and well-being...

| When, in 1948/1949, George Orwell wrote his futuristic dystopia “1984”, they didn't exist yet: Alexa and company, the so-called smart speake...

| The dark side of technology is receiving increasingly more attention. The resistance to fake news, filter bubbles and smartphone addiction i...

| Belgian scientists have managed to hack a neurostimulator or ‘brain pacemaker’. They showed that it is possible to take control of the neuro...

| The marriage between technology and capitalism is marked by extreme excesses. A report on biotechnology and gene therapy by the investment b...