Tools Portal

Digital Do-It-Yourself Portal! Demonstrations and FAQs are provided for educational purposes!

This project is the cumulation of experiences we have made since 2006 when observing fellow humans struggle with the pervasive digital realities some of us have created for all. Much like with the advent of the printing press, the shock waves go far beyond what was expected or imagined. Then as now people find out that - much as a troyan horse - digital technologies have now found their way in many parts of their on- and offline lives without them wanting, realising - and more crucially - being able to control it. That said, the agency to make informed decisions and know the

benefits and pitfalls of technology is crucial not only for the individual but also for a free and democratic society. The three areas allow users to get practical guides and information, theoretical background and tools for acting on their decisions on how to navigate various aspects of their every-day-lives. In our mission we are not alone but supported by a lot of groups both from the humanities and tech-backgrounds, that have long pointed out the consequences. So a big thank you to all the thinkers, hackers and tinkers! You can find our partners here.

Tools for Digital Citizens

To use digital tools for supporting individuals and societies the right infrastructure and hardware together with regulatory frameworks and education efforts have to exist. The digital sphere also has to be populated with reliable content and means for exchange.

This is where it gets useful: Automation allows individuals to optimise their work or private activities (from business activities to automated gardening), fabrication is a means to produce physical items from digital plans (e.g. 3D-printing) and natural language processing allows to ask detailed questions from data and get more - or less - plausible answers (with LLMs the latest experimental applications).

Therefore we can identify focus topics: