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Brain-Computer Interfaces: Will the Boundaries between Man and Machine Soon Blur?
Mehr lesen: Brain-Computer Interfaces: Will the Boundaries between Man and Machine Soon Blur?Hanover, May 24, 2023, Xplanatorium Schloss Herrenhausen, Herrenhäuserstr. 5, 30419 Hanover, 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The term brain-computer interface refers to the interface between the human brain and a computer. By means of non-invasive electro-encephalogram (EEG) or the implantation of electrodes in the brain, it is now possible to read out intentions of various […]
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Raising awareness and building competencies for ethics of security-relevant research (dual use) in teaching – theories, methods, good practices
Mehr lesen: Raising awareness and building competencies for ethics of security-relevant research (dual use) in teaching – theories, methods, good practicesConference, June 5, 2023, Berlin, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Research freedom enables researchers to find scientific questions themselves, to work on them on their own responsibility and to freely exchange ideas with other researchers within the legally guaranteed freedom of research. However, useful research results and methods can also be misused for harmful, for […]
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Implementation of the DFG and Leopoldina Recommendations for Handling of Security-Relevant Research
Mehr lesen: Implementation of the DFG and Leopoldina Recommendations for Handling of Security-Relevant ResearchOn 14 April 2016, the Joint Committee held an informational event on implementing the recommendations of the DFG and Leopoldina on the handling of security-relevant research. The event was directed primarily at the contact persons named by the German research institutions as responsible for the handling of security-relevant research. Additional participants included other members of […]
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Dual Use – Scientific Freedom and Scientific Responsibility
Mehr lesen: Dual Use – Scientific Freedom and Scientific ResponsibilityThe symposium of the German Ethics Council, the German Research Foundation and Leopoldina addressed the issues associated with the handling of security-relevant research. Important and useful research findings from almost every branch of science can potentially be misused to do harm. This dual-use dilemma repeatedly triggers debate on the benefits and risks of individual research […]