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Looking ahead to 2069, EPFL’s centenary year

As EPFL celebrated its 50th anniversary as a federal institute of technology, I let my thoughts wander to the future: what might our…

Jan 17, 2020

Looking ahead to 2069, EPFL’s centenary year

Jan 17, 2020

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Digital Stories

Let the music play

A last column in which we learn that each tune has its own fingerprint, and how services like Shazam use it to rapidly identify the song

Dec 18, 2018

Let the music play

Dec 18, 2018

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Digital Stories

Why Sex?

Where we learn between sexual and asexual reproduction, and why there could be such as things as sex at all

Dec 18, 2018

Why Sex?

Dec 18, 2018

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Digital Stories

Digital Literacy

Where we learn what digital literacy is, and how its absence can lead to the worst dystopias

Dec 18, 2018

Digital Literacy

Dec 18, 2018

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Digital Stories

The cuckoo economy

Where we learn that the new digital giants behave a bit like cuckoos, implanting their software into existing economies

Dec 18, 2018

The cuckoo economy

Dec 18, 2018

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Digital Stories

A short history of communication

Where we learn how we went from communicating with smoke signals, to post cards and to the modern day Internet

Dec 18, 2018

A short history of communication

Dec 18, 2018

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Digital Stories

Inhaling data

Where we finally understand the link between Nobel prizes and chocolate, and between correlation and causation

Dec 18, 2018

Inhaling data

Dec 18, 2018

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Digital Stories

Who pays the bill?

Where we learn what beers in a bar can teach us about the games of life

Dec 18, 2018

Who pays the bill?

Dec 18, 2018

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Digital Stories

Zero, one, and all the things in between

Where we learn that each digital revolution starts decades before we see it coming

Dec 18, 2018

Zero, one, and all the things in between

Dec 18, 2018

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Digital Stories

Don’t Believe the Hype

Where we try to understand what’s behind past, current and future tech trends.

Dec 3, 2018

Don’t Believe the Hype

Dec 3, 2018

Martin Vetterli

Martin Vetterli

Professor of Engineering and President of EPFL https://twitter.com/MartinVetterli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Vetterli

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