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How Basel-Stadt wants to prevent over-indebtedness with a tool from the BFH

Thanks to digitalisation, data from existing administrative registers can increasingly be used in a fruitful way to monitor social issues such as poverty or debt. The potential of algorithm-based pattern recognition is also increasingly becoming the focus of applied research. This can be used to make forecasts for the early detection of critical life situations. […]

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How Open Data can work in the social sector

In the course of the digitalisation of social institutions, a tension is emerging between two issues that are gaining increasing attention: the publication of data and individual data protection. Making data accessible brings various benefits, but also risks. These trade-offs will be discussed at the two-day Hack4SocialGood which aims to support social organisations with concerns […]

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How a 3D printer “cooks” food for sick children

Malnutrition in hospitalised children is a major problem. That’s why the Bern University of Applied Sciences, together with the Fribourg University of Applied Sciences, is developing a process in which high-calorie drinkable food can be printed into personalised and attractive pancakes. Cables, pumps, displays: the room doesn’t look like a kitchen. But in this lab […]

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ChatGPT: an oracle, a doctor or a joker? – Ethical boundaries of different tools usage

ChatGPT is not a perfect, but effective tool for working with information. But a higher level of anxiety is justified by the emergence of apps (Voicemod, Free AI voice cloning) that replace real facts, and open up wide prospects for manipulation. Will the defeat of technology-rooted society in ethical challenges lead to a digital dictatorship? […]