Links and Recommendations
I would like to share some links and recommendations that I myself find very interesting or inspiring.
Language codes are listed according to ISO 639-2. Country codes are listed according to ISO 3166-1 ALPHA 2.
LinkedIn Follows
- Agent Provocateur [en-GB]: It’s about aesthetics.
- Atlantic Council [en-US]: New on my list. Seems to have some good analyzes.
- Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) [en-US]: They visualize where there is war and conflict, and that’s in way too many places.
- AVM [de-DE]: They have cool products, and their service is very helpful.
- aws [en-US]: Amazon Web Services is simply an extremely innovative company.
- Electronic Frontier Foundation [en-US]: Because they raise political and IT-related topics that noone else might tell us otherwise.
- Expresso [pt-PT]: Connects me to Portugal.
- Instituto Igarapé [en-US; pt-BR]: A think-tank from Brazil which deals with contemporary issues in Latin America and which offers excellent visualizations in their reports.
- Le Monde [fr-FR]: Connects me to France, and sometimes, even to Africa.
- NZZ [de-CH]: Their articles have the right size and depth, and there is one article per topic (and not an endless discussion).
- RSF / Reporter ohne Grenzen [de-DE]: Because someone has to fight for press freedom. And they do.
- sipri [en-US]: They really analyze military and armament topics worldwide in a scientific way.
- Stratfor [en-US]: Good analyzes of and insights from international politics.
- The Guardian [en-GB]: Because they helped to publish the Snowden documents.
- understand.ai [en-US]: A very innovative company in the fascinating field of machine learning.
List of other Feeds or Sites
- Africa Center for Stregatic Studies [en-US; fr-FR; ar]: A think-tank reporting about politics, conflicts, and violence in Africa
- Cachys Blog [de-DE]: IT, new gadgets, promotions
- Durham University – International Boundaries Research Unit [en-US]: An overview and analyzes of border conflicts.
- Jamestown Foundation – China Brief [en-US]: Analyzes on Chinese politics.
- Krebs on Security [en-US]: Contemporary IT cybersecurity topics.
- The Diplomat [en-US]: International politics.
- The National Interest [en-US]: US politics (albeit tainted into a conservative direction).
- World Press Photo [en-US]: Photography with impact that matters.
Audio Podcasts
- Bibletunes [de-DE]: Religious podcast, Christian
- DLF Computer & Kommunikation [de-DE]: IT
- Lobo – Der Debatten-Podcast [de-DE]: Politics, IT, and Sascha Lobo’s eloquence
- NDR Info – Streitkräfte und Strategien [de-DE]: Military topics related to Germany
- Tecnocast [pt-BR]: IT
- The China in Africa Podcast [en-US]: Politics between China and African countries
- The Documentary Podcast [en-GB]: BBC documentaries, various topics
- The Inquiry [en-GB]: BBC in-depth analyzes, various topics
- Witness History [en-GB]: BBC historic topics
Video Podcasts
- auto motor und sport [de-DE]: That’s not philosophical, it’s simply about cars.
- Instituto Igarapé [en-US; pt-BR]: A think-tank from Brazil which deals with contemporary issues in Latin America and which offers excellent visualizations in their reports.
- International Crisis Group [en-US]: Stay tuned to the many crises in the world.
- Learn Engineering [en-US]: While not deep into technology, it explains things in a simple way and has nice animations.
- nextmove [de-DE]: News about electric vehicles and electro-mobility
- SemperVideo [de-DE]: IT and sometimes, fun
E-Mobility and Electric Vehicles
For some time, I have owned a Plug-in electric vehicle (PHEV) , and I have started to familiarize myself with the technology and underlying operating concepts. Here are some interesting documents for those who would like to gain more knowledge:
- emobly [de-DE]: I love their document Ladekarten-Kompass which they update on a monthly basis; that one highlights the most economic charging cards for the German market
- e·on e-mobility blog [de-DE]: Good discussions on e-mobility and vehicles
- A evolução da tecnologia de motores [pt-BR]
- Aktive Balancing-Systeme für LiIon-Batterien [de-DE]
- Carta Elétrica do Expresso [pt-PT]: Useful general information about electromobility.
- Der Startvorgang von hybridisierten Ottomotoren [de-DE]
- Elektrische Standklimatisierung in Hybridfahrzeugen [de-DE]
- Elektromobilität – Die nächsten 10 Jahre [de-DE]
- Gewerbeschule Lörrach Viertakt-Ottomotor Kennlinien [de-DE]
- Optimale Auslegung des Antriebsstrangs von Kraftfahrzeugen [de-DE]
- Optimale Betriebsführungung von Hybridfahrzeugen [de-DE]
- Optimierte Auslegung von ottomotorischen Hybridantriebssträngen unter realen Fahrbedingungen [de-DE]
- Praxisorientierte Projektierung elektrischer Antriebe (PPEA) [de-DE]
- Warmlauf des Verbrennungsmotors im Hybridfahrzeug [de-DE]
- Elektro- und Hybridfahrzeuge [de-DE]: This document from a technical high school contains a lot of information with respect to motor efficiency curves (“Kennlinienfelder”) for combustion and electric drives.
- Elektromotorische Antriebe für Hybrid- und Elektrofahrzeuge [de-DE]
Universities
I am grateful to have been able to assist studies and courses at the following universities which I can highly recommend:
- Technische Universität Kaiserslautern [DE], especially:
- Universidade de Coimbra [PT], especially:
- Nanyang Technological University (NTU) [SG], especially:
- Nanyang Business School (NBS)