media.ccc.de Courses

OpenPV - Calculate the Solar Potential of Your Building

Explore OpenPV, a browser-based tool using WebGL and open geodata to simulate photovoltaic potential on buildings in real-time, from its development as a hobby project to receiving German government funding.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Transitous - Offener Routingdienst für Öffentliche Verkehrsmittel

Entdecke Transitous, einen offenen Routingdienst, der das Problem fragmentierter Verkehrsbetrieb-APIs löst und vollständige Routen für öffentliche Verkehrsmittel über größere Entfernungen mit einer einzigen Anfrage ermöglicht.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

State of Surveillance: A Year of Digital Threats to Civil Society

Explore the evolving digital arms race between activists and government surveillance through case studies from Amnesty International's Security Lab, examining recent threats, progress in accountability, and emerging challenges.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Video

BinDa - Die flexible Anwesenheitserfassung für Schulen

Entdecke BinDa, eine Open-Source-Software zur Anwesenheitserfassung für Schulen, entwickelt mit Unterstützung des Prototype Fund und in Zusammenarbeit mit vier Schulen, um freie Software in der Schullandschaft zu fördern.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Demystifying Common Microcontroller Debug Protocols

Explore the inner workings of microcontroller debug protocols like JTAG and SWD, from physical wire signals to implementing breakpoints and memory access in embedded systems.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Software Accessibility Without the Fuzz

Discover the essential technical basics of digital accessibility for programmers, cutting through the complexity to help you get started with practical implementation strategies.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Hardware Hacking mit Bluetooth Low Energy

Entdecke, wie du mit Bluetooth Low Energy seltsame Geräte fernsteuern und bauen kannst - ohne Programmierung. Lerne die Grundlagen von BLE und nutze das BLEnky-Projekt für schnelle Ergebnisse bei deinen Smart-Gadget-Projekten.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Liberating Wi-Fi on the ESP32

Discover how to reverse engineer the ESP32's Wi-Fi peripheral to build an open source stack, unlocking capabilities for pentesting, mesh routing, and AirDrop clients while learning about Wi-Fi internals.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Decentralize Your Internet with Self-Hosting

Entdecke, wie du mit Nextcloud deine eigene Cloud-Lösung zu Hause aufbaust – von der Hardware-Auswahl bis zur sicheren Internetanbindung. Ein praktischer Leitfaden für mehr Datenkontrolle und Privatsphäre.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Pirouette Machines: Fluid Components

Explore the intersection of ballet, fluid computing, and cosmetics in this visual essay on alternative hardware history, where minerals and fluids create tactile experiments challenging traditional circuit morphologies.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Fearsome File Formats

Explore the dark corners of file formats, from deceptively simple challenges to complex constructs like near-polyglots, timecryption, and hashquines, with insights on how security has evolved in the decade since "Funky File Formats."

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

How NOT to Build a Submarine

Explore submarine engineering failures, from TITAN to historical disasters, examining design flaws, safety oversights, and lessons for project management and engineering ethics.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Reticulum: Unstoppable Networks for The People

Discover Reticulum, a cryptography-based networking stack for building sovereign communication networks without surveillance or censorship, using readily available hardware and operating even in adverse conditions with high latency and low bandwidth.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Der Mythos der „gezielten Tötung" - Zur Verantwortung von KI-gestützten Zielsystemen am Beispiel Lavender

Delve into the critical analysis of AI-based targeting systems like Lavender used in military operations, examining ethical implications, responsibility shifts, and potential legal circumventions in modern warfare.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Prototypes to Props: How to Build and Hack in the Film/TV Industry

Discover how Hollywood hackers combine prototyping and art to create movie magic, as filmmaker Davis DeWitt shares real-world examples and techniques from smoke grenades to car explosions in the film industry.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video