This high-tech kite system consists of three main components: a stunt kite, specially-designed cables and a control cabin. In order to generate reliable electricity, the kites climb beyond the height of wind turbines.

10% of the world's population do not have a reliable electricity source. To help rural areas get power, experiments with decentralized energy networks are currently underway. In Sierra Leone, it's all about solar energy.

Although they only exist in the virtual world, Metaverse properties are selling for large sums. Traded in cryptocurrencies, they are owned as NFTs. The business is both profitable and risky.

Entire factory buildings can be reproduced in the virtual world of Omniverse. The 3D simulations look amazingly realistic. And things can be tried out in this "digital twin" without having to be on site.

In self-driving vehicles, the engine will no longer be so important. It's all about the computer—as data from radar, lidar and other sensors must be analyzed in real time and processed by the AI.

The US company Nvidia has created a driving simulation platform to train self-driving cars. A virtual world with large data sets, where all possible traffic situations are played out.

Cryptocurrencies are booming and people are increasingly using them as investments. What should you know before investing in digital currency?

Memes like "Bad Luck Brian"—the photo of a young man that represents persistent misfortune—are known worldwide. But there are also more multi-layered memes that only certain insiders will understand.

Binge-watching is consuming multiple episodes of a series, one after another. How this habit affects viewers' mental health depends on how they are consuming content. Are they "cringe-watching” or "feast-watching”?

The Japanese exoskeleton suit HAL uses wearers' brains signals to teach paraplegics how to walk by themselves again. DW reporter Cassandra Boh tried HAL out and turned the power of her thoughts into motion.