Media Tech Lab

Projects that deal with machine learning or natural language processing - e.g. assistants that support activities in the journalistic field, speech analysis software or smart context recognition.

In the area of Web 3 & Blockchain, we deal with decentralized systems. For example, blockchain-based applications, smart contracts, minting of NFT collections, but also projects to ensure freedom of press and information distribution in censored internet environments.

Projects that advance virtual worlds in the media environment. For example, context-based augmented reality applications, opportunities for virtual online collaboration.

Everything concerning online platforms, hosting, frontend and backend technologies as well as Semantic Web, e.g. ambitious DevOps projects, groundbreaking Javascript components or interactive realtime applications with websockets.

Good technology is only half the battle. It is just as important to develop inspiring user interfaces and intuitive user experiences. To this end, we would like to promote projects in the UX area that develop a different view of how we build interfaces today.

Doppelcheck, a browser-based AI tool, facilitates fact-checking for journalists and enables a quick assessment of the credibility of information.

ContentRicher enhances articles for media companies by identifying relevant personalities from Wikipedia and Instagram, offering the option for manual integration or automatic use of the tool's suggestions.

ANTicle revolutionizes content creation in digital newsrooms by providing journalists with high-quality texts, headlines, and SEO content, allowing them more space for research and creativity.

SnipAId develops Artificial Intelligence generated teasers, summaries and social media posts.

Open Podcast is building a free and open ecosystem for podcasts. In the first project the aim is to provide a better analytics data for podcast hosts.

Speechcatcher develops an open source solution for translation, transcription and subtitling of any media files with German language content (audio/video).

Open Recommendation Butler (ORB) is building an AI language model designed specifically for the media industry that provides knowledge-based search results and thematic recommendations.

taggy is developing an open front-end tool that enables the automatic recognition of contexts and assigns suitable tags.

Glasskube enables automatic installation and updates for popular open source software solutions to help organisations reclaim their digital sovereignty.