open sourcing sign languageOpen Sourcing Sign LanguageThis week we did something a little different. Bits of Berlin co-host, Bodo, has been working on SignDict for the last few months with the help of the Prototype Fund. With the six month l

Episode 10 - The satellites above Berlin

Feb 23rd, 2017 38m 3s

Cubes of CommunicationThe satellites above BerlinA satellite is an artificial object that orbits the earth and can be as big as the International Space Station, and as small as (and sometimes even smaller) than 10 cm cube shaped objects, cal

Episode 9 - Arduino in Berlin

Dec 13th, 2016 21m 17s

Fun with electronicsArduino: Fun with electronicsOn Saturday Dec 10th, we headed over to Prenzlauer Berg to the AllKnow Maker Store for the unveiling of their Arduino section. During the grand opening, we munched on pizza, added numerous ite

Episode 8 - FrauenLoop

Nov 22nd, 2016 55m 40s

Teaching newcomers to codeTeaching newcomers to codeFrauenLoop is an organization that joins asylum seekers together with European women and teaches them how to code over a nine month period.But FrauenLoop isn't a bootcamp. For many of the

Episode 7 - Heart of Code

Jul 4th, 2016 31m 49s

Hackspaces for womenA place for all the kickass tech ladiesLast summer at the Chaos Computer Camp, Katand Marie met many wonderful women in tech who were doing exciting and interesting things. Amazed, the two wondered to themselves, 'where

Episode 6 - Freifunk

Sep 15th, 2015 23m 40s

Internet for everyone!A right to access the internetHave you ever checked your phone for available wifi and were then pleasantly surprised to see berlin.freifunk.net there, just waiting for you?That's thanks to Berlin's Freifunk community,

Episode 5 - Code For Germany

Mar 26th, 2015 30m 51s

Seeing the world differently through dataAmazing things are being done with dataAccording to wikipedia, "open data is the idea that certain data should be freely available to everyone to use and republish as they wish, without restrictions f

Episode 4 - Cryptoparty

Oct 23rd, 2014 27m 35s

Because privacy matters!So you say you have nothing to hide...But that doesn't mean you don't deserve, and are entitled to, privacy. Whether it's writing emails, chatting with friends, or even making video calls, the world of cryptography is

Episode 3 - Rails Girls Summer of Code

Aug 17th, 2014 28m 11s

Supporting women in open sourceLet's talk about the Rails Girls Summer of Code...It's a program started by Rails Girls Berlin, and helps women from all aroundthe world get into open source. This year, 10 sponsored teams and 6 volunteerteam

Episode 2 - Robots play football too

Jul 27th, 2014 33m 8s

Football playing robotsIt's not just people that play football...Robots do it too! In this episode we spoke with Lutz Freitag about theFUmanoids, the humanoid robots of the Freie Universität Berlin. Together withhis team, Lutz builds and p

Episode 1 - Cyborgs, with Rin

Jul 11th, 2014 42m 12s

Let's talk cyborgsWelcome to our first real episode!In this episode we spoke with Rin Räuber, a real life cyborg! What makes one acyborg you might ask? Well, that's up for debate, but Rin has two magnets inher hands (one in the fingertip o

Episode 0

Jun 4th, 2014 3m 2s

Welcome to our first ever podcastWelcome to our first ever Podcast. We don't really talk about much,but give it a listen and suggest a new name.Get in touch if you do something really cool that the world needs to knowabout.We are current

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