land germans afraid the w land has no limits. no love as for every body. love is live. i love matter. and that's my new podcast. i'm evelyn char, mom and i really think we need to talk about all the topics that north devise and united in this i have invited many deer and, well, i guess, and i would like to invite you to an end with i will, is becoming increasingly digitalized smartphones are most common connection to this new way of life, but the technology used to communicate with people and objects is getting more and more sophisticated. was a smartphone soon be a thing of the past in the future,

other technology is, could revolutionize our world. ah, welcome to tomorrow to day, the dw science magazine, 5310000000 people use smartphones, meaning that 2 thirds of the world's population rely on their devices in their everyday lives. we use them for shopping into acting in social networks, filming things and playing games. and sometimes even for making calls, like without a smartphone is barely imaginable. but it may soon be a realistic prospect. our love affair with the smartphone could soon be over. so say the bosses of sony, apple, facebook and others, sams exact d,

j co gives them another 4 years for now digital expert, because the on shiffler is still a smartphone junkie. lang when he alfie get money when i get out of luck. the 1st thing i look at is my smartphone, the stuff and wakes me of us again. it's the 1st thing i pick up. and the last thing i put down talk, i'll stand keyboard. but he also thinks there well passed there zenith for this any up front in be tips with the citizens. economists tell us that technologies have a product lifecycle. the smartphone, the smartphone has been somewhat high up in terms of the product life cycle for years. it's cons i last went from few, you might not have bought a new smartphone for 5 years, and then you do and you realize not much has changed his tagami skin that and those are all signs at the smartphone is reaching the end of the road as a smartphone quasi invisalign ouse entry could, is the smartphone to meet the same fate as old style tv's, rotary, dial telephones, wireless radios, and walk mans. and if so, what's next?

digital ethics expert 0 should be come on, says silicon valley has a clear vision of what's to come as, as good notation of flushed. i don't think one idea is of course, quite dominant in the tech world papa permanently having a voice assistant in your ear who does everything for you to us was 10 miles for i knew the name as con, like we saw this vision as a future in the film her and song, i'm a kind little guy, bob. there are also glasses like a smart glasses. google went to nailed that, let you take an avatar with you on this flight and you might have configured it in a virtual world and then it, it has beneath you with a voice assistant action shot. what about if our brain could directly communicate with the digital world without typing swiping more voice commands? recently, a so called brain computer interface was launched that enables users to control programs with their minds

a corporate video from the company. next mine shows people playing video games, making music and using household devices all with the power of their thoughts. it sounds like science fiction. i. so we got hold of a test device to try it out. christiane doesn't have a chip implanted instead. sensors on the back of his head are supposed to register what he's thinking. i only have one on the, in the many digital devices i have. i've never controlled any of them with mine, however, that i'm very curious as to if it works at all back up. this will help from woodson yet the brain computer interface or b c. i measures the brain waves in our visual cortex. when our eyes focus on a certain point, the sensors pick up this information and sent a corresponding digital signal to the computer, montana's caliber, he and, and i get the sonic and calibrated. and then there's

a scale from $1.00 to $5.00 items. this one is the worst and find the best of best done at the 1st several times. i used it. i only got one out of 5, so nothing at all. i was just i things of garnished and now i'm starting the calibration. he'll doesn't, he's in there, the 3 line i and if i do it well 3, a come together to form a triangle for being. let's see, lamb guy, egg on his microphone. good christiane, succeed this time in controlling his brain waves so that a triangle is formed. is it really as easy as the corporate video? say it is while chris john tries to connect his brain to the interface. we ask andrea's chima from the tech company huawei, what he thinks will replace the smartphone the smartphone built kind of my phones

will have a central role in the way that they do now be busy with different devices will share different functions and i'll be able to just move things back and forth between them, depending on what situation i'm. i'm pushing on here, hold, and they haven't con enough team investment, is it? what if i'm on the sofa and have a big screen in front of me and gotten, i can take a video called there, you call even of them go smoothly, can be a name. and many times when i say i've got to go home, for example, to another room, i can just transfer it in there when they finish, even if i want to leave my apartment to me, i can take the video call with me on my smart phone line or my wearable i submit for to evolve. at the end of the day, it's about the devices adjusting to the user and not the other way around the neutral and passing on the mac. next up more about what a future without smartphones might look like. but how did it all begin? in 1994, the i b m. simon was the 1st device to feed to

a touch screen. it was followed in 1996 by the nokia communicator the sensational development because it could send emails and faxes. and now 3, his later, the 1st cell phones with cameras hit the market to cheapest commands. for example, had a modest resolution of 0 point one, mega pixel, 2007. so the birth of the smartphone, as we know it today, when the 1st i phone was unveiled. but all that could soon be history. tech firms are working on the replacement for the smartphone. google hopes to make touch screens redundant with projects solely. it aims to track our every move using a tiny radar chip. like a bat, it sends out short signals and interprets the echoes that come back. these are then transformed into digital signals. this would make touch screen superfluous. so maybe one day we'll be able to control our kitchen appliances, cars, computers,

and consumer electronics with gestures using augmented reality glasses like microsoft's hollow lens, it's already possible to work with holograms in a virtual reality world. cell phones barely play a role here any more. the sconces one on each and the common consumer consumer belie thing, isn't consumer ready yet a garbage that they're still working on as a foster? hey, it says the pillar out of course you can imagine and say, hey, get psyched. i'll put on the glasses a tour and be able to check the temperature in my field of view in more small city me off. and when i have to go somewhere, i won't need to look at a matter. we can have a, instead not a fallen arrow, wherever the sadness sends me, does have i so clearly uses exist and what's the long hill dream? the smart world is getting closer to becoming reality with. but what happens to the huge amounts of

data which these things collect about us? that's more and more personal medical data movement files, buying behavior and emotional states. isn't there a huge potential for misuse? the internet of things, let's tech firms read each one of us like a book right down to the tiniest details. are we marching towards dystopian blade runner type society? does it so confidence? yes, i miss future that is being sold to us by silicon valley visionaries like eli mosque and co will lead us straight to a dark place fact. and i don't good come on. that's us. thanks. this is dark science fiction that jackson and it's dark sy fi, they've grown up with. this is kind of a longer a world in which i have friends or pet fee, or a yard where people meet munsey, tift. i know that everyone sits in, in a close to purchase space or to and the home with that. now that's darker

journalist than digital expert christiane schiffer doesn't have such a negative view of the digital world. here. he's trying to connect his laptop to his brain. sagas has sorta best. this is the best result to day to chicago taking tie. i think i'll get a 3 outside shot. i too, too bad. yeah, i did better at home. you could see that most of the time it wasn't a triangle, but 2 out of 5, not the hands, 5 good enough to play games, colonel eyes, right. and so we could try brick breaker for exam breaker, asked for young classes. and so can he control the paddle using the power of thought alone? ah,

i mean then he touched is eda or by it? i tried talking at the same time. i forget it. and you really have to concentrate the alcohol concent here. next up around of jump and run of facilities, a phase of the clinton, you'd see that half constant. and now i have to concentrate again and try to move it out of the way. my, my, my n. austin picks up the we can use the touch pad to control the green, but they had the sco shockey i had done. it's been quite, i also need to shall have aug under it latasha. ah, if vince ta ta fast in ye. and he had naked that is totally fascinating, even gosh, boy,

i'd never have thought i could control anything with my mind. us out sobriety as a super, that's quite an epiphany is this exploded him really strenuous, extremely slow food and you always have the feeling that it just might not work on the same kind of 20 foster. and so i can't imagine this will play a role next 5 years on the or in the coming years at all. now height of multiple voicemail here approved by spectrum. but tech billionaire la musk is certain that it will work one day. he's experimenting with brain computer interface or b c i implants, which he believes will be how people will communicate with a digital world in future. so it might one day be possible to upload your thoughts to the cloud, or connect yourself to the internet. like smart devices, all ready, you people could be directly connected with robots, enabling them to master tough tasks, or explore faraway places together. but that's all in the distant future. back to

the present. so what exactly will life be like in the post smartphone era? mister mazetti sir, doesn't, i'm quite sure we'll be talking a lot via head fashioned via and a be a lot of competition that just like there was with smartphones to start this cover for saturday were walking around with many computers in our pockets, many quote, i can imagine in future will have the constant sound of many computers in our ears . smart earbuds, a our glasses, smart homes, and maybe even mind controlled devices. like in brazil, i'm sure that in 10 years, at the latest, most new buildings would be a i supported when the a, i knows which actions to carry out. why do you need a smartphone or to calling a slot? and the tech giant envision that in the near future will be fully integrated into a virtual parallel world in which we work, travel and play. so we need to lay down legal and ethical rules for this brave new

world. now, because even if smartphones are on their way out, our growing dependence on technology will continue the measure. this is an integrated network of 3 d virtual worlds augmented, mixed and virtual reality. but experts say that building it is expected to take another 20 years because it requires so much more computational capacity than what's currently available. and how exactly will it work? in the measure, this is a virtual space populated by people's avatars. the next generation internet, basically where you can enjoy immersive into active environments and experiences, entertainment, games, crypto currencies and everything else you can currently find on the internet. and not just fantasy worlds,

but duplicated real life environments to forget shopping on websites. this virtual world enables you to actually visit the store. it's designed to be fun, but useful to you can meet up with friends and colleagues who are far away in the real world. that's the promise of them it averse. it all sounds very exciting, but can you really imagine living in a parallel, digital world like the motor verse? that's what we asked mirrors on d. w. social media channels. maxima, roblis thinks it's pure fantasy. he writes, reality is always superior. the virtual world will not supercede the real one, but it's something louis sample can imagine. humans, he says, are known for their ability to adapt, so it won't be any different when it comes to a constantly evolving digital world. for may more the met averse doesn't make any sense in terms of the prospective experience. although it might be interesting from

a shopping fashion and beauty perspective, victor a is fenmont, compares the to taking drugs to escape reality. but at some point, you have to return to your real life career can't imagine any benefit from living in a virtual world and prefers the real one draw lima reckons it's going to cause problems across society for those who are exposed to these technologies and grow up with them, it will affect an entire generation social and communication skills and thank you for your comments. ah. the societal problems caused by the most diverse that joe lima mentioned in his post, already evident in smartphone use. for many teenagers, their smartphones are given in germany 96 percent of all 16 to 18 year olds used one among 10 to 12 year olds, the figures 86 percent,

and 21 percent of 6 to 9 year olds already have a smartphone 3 years ago. researchers at london university conducted a study covering young children and teenagers. 23 percent exhibited problematic signs of excess of use, which can lead to depression and stress. did you know that using a smartphone has an impact on your brain on our phones help us navigate. remember birthdays look up the info and capture special moments, but if you know that relying on them heavily could be harming your memory. studies show, let taking lots of photos can make us remember things less seeing the world grow.

our phones distracts us from many details around us. how something feels, smells, sounds. our brain links this info to create stronger long term memories. but smartphones shift our focus. research even suggests that when we capture a moment with the intention of sharing it, we are more likely to remember it as it was captured, not as we experienced it. we look at our lives from the outside. there is one upside. our visual memories could be getting stronger in a steady museum visitors who took photos noticed more visual details and looked at more objects than those who didn't. but what about those fun facts? the museum guide shared? many had forgotten them. another problem is cognitive offloading.

we don't feel the need to remember something when our devices are already doing the job. we use them as our brains external hard drive. but like a muscle, the memory storage of our brain. the hippocampus, literally grows. when we train it, do you know any numbers by heart? can you find your way without your phone? why not try it for a day? if i was let is read why i gave you a do you have a science related question? then send it in. if we feature it in our show, we'll send you a little surprise as the thank you. come on. just don't

even see our postal address at the end of the show. but you can also find us online at d, w dot com slash science or on twitter. this garage is said to be the birthplace of what eventually became the apple cooperation . many of today's tech giants had humble beginnings. now they influence the everyday lives of millions of uses. how will the digital world of the future luck? one of today's young inventors wants to help the visually impaired to navigate their way through every day. situations on the street. and rush can ahead clar volota right? what else? rudolph people mayor, is almost completely blind, but he can still identify objects around him. thanks to an invention that gives him

a heads up to marsh nash wants to help people with visual impairments and came up with a device where around your neck of, of google to sign a chemical for bought a device, has a camera link to a computer come on and the camera records images that are analyzed using artificial intelligence, the father to identify potential danger, like a car and sensors measure how far away the obstacles are. federal to jimenez mist, rudolph is testing the invention on his daily walks through. regensburg here from the doug, i'd like obstacles to be flagged well in advance for a pedestrian crossing that's not adapted for the visually impaired. it should tell me if the lights green or red if i can walk or not to grilled orders or working through the least navigation aids for people with visual impairments is an expanding market. tomasz who just finished high school, wanted his device to respond to the challenges posed by road traffic. he built

a small computer that uses sensors and a camera to analyze the surroundings in real time. yeah, the color is the cameras, the green ship here. it records 30 image is a 2nd of the road traffic and sends it to the a i system, gets flight up. the system can recognize objects and people and identify whether they're potential obstacles. thomas train the a i system using a database of 60000 images. teaching it to differentiate between 10 different types of objects. he's advanced by a beautiful saying loaded pedestrian nodded. it's cars, as you can see here, would also i suppose, the motorbike or chairs benches, trash cans. when pedestrian crossing lansing an x test have shown that my a i system is about 75 percent accurate hyphen that's right in the middle of the performance range for object recognition networks is foss heights or object there

between about 70 to 80 percent accurate descriptions of social access port, saint thomas also wrote his own software program for the device. the result is a new kind of navigational aid that can identify obstacles in the surrounding area and inform the user through headphones act warnings. pedestrian ahead. let's take a look at how that works. in practice, we'll hear the information that rudolph is hearing, and see what the camera shows. the color boxes show what the a i system is identifying. but not every object should trigger a warning to marsh program, the software to identify which objects are obstacles. after warning, i bicycle ahead and which ones aren't. the invention is still a prototype and intended only as an assistive technology. so rudolph also uses his

came the 1st test, will the device identify and approaching pedestrian act warnings gadarian ahead. the message came relatively late. will the technology react more quickly to an approaching car off warning car ahead. when we were standing in the road earlier, i had the feeling that it reacted a bit late. judging by the sound, the corridor already passionate and form tornado as alternate level by wall. it's not sir, 0 sir. test. i use these kind of talent and recordings, so i can look at it afterwards. form study, what happened and make adjustments to this is stone fossil on this bed at austin naco steele. the next test is an important one in germany. not every pedestrian crossing has an acoustic signal for visually impaired people act

a warning to on the cross walk. light is ranch the stop the on the light is green. see could you may proceed, although no food will open crosswalk, it was really great all at pedestrian crossings. it's especially important because many lights don't have acoustic signals or additional tactile information. so that's a very important situation where this device can really help. richie heard from cold so how happy is rudolf with the invention overall. legacy is good to you being of there are definitely a few things that need to be improved. but it's really on the right path. you'll keep it up to. so it's very me the story orse some, unless i'll use what we've learned here today to make improvements. i'm quite happy with the way that it recognized the cross spotlights. then that's fine. what's very important to me to marsh would also like to make his device much smaller. and he already has a new design in mind. that was this

week's episode of tomorrow. today, whether you've been watching on your phone, your tablet, your computer, or your tv, we have you enjoyed the shall see you next time. and stay curious. with me. ah ah. ah,

with a 77 percent was forced to flee when russia attacked nigerian students living in ukraine. the thing that we really got me skate like being with us. how are they doing now?

restarting is never easy when we got to do it in 30 minutes on w. ah, we're all set to go beyond deal with. as we take on the world, i do all the fields were all about the stories that matter to you. whatever it takes, 5 a deal we are, your is actually on fire made for mine's a

might and the pillar of sticks and society a symbol of arbitrary rule tool in the struggle for justice taxes. in many ways, i think taxation is one of the most extreme actions by a government. but it's also the definition of government because without no government, the right to levy taxes and the obligation to pay them both inherent in the sovereignty of the nation states and their citizens. but what happens when the power of taxation is undermined? attack that's on top of the tax on top of the that's the straw that broke the camel's side. i've been renting forever. thinking to myself here. when's it all going to come crashing down

you pay won't pay. taxation and politics starts october 21st on d. w. with this is d though you news coming to you live from berlin. large explosions are heard in the center of chia. we'll try to go live to our correspondent in the city in just a moment. the ukranian city of supper rachelle is hit by russian strike for a 2nd night running back as vladimir putin prepares to meet with us.