It was a full house for AI Patent Insights: Securing Future Innovations at the AI Innovation Center this week. Bart Jan Niestadt from V.O. Patents & Trademarks and Twan Uijttewaal from Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) came together for a knowledge…
In today’s world, energy storage is gaining importance. Innovations in this field are evolving quickly. However, it’s easy to overlook one of the most remarkable power sources of all: the human body. We are, in essence, walking batteries, brimming with…
In a strategic move, Snap Inc., the parent company of the popular social media app Snapchat, acquired GrAI Matter Labs, a French/Dutch start-up spearheading ultra-low latency computing. At least, that’s what French media reported about at the end of last…
The arrival of five thousand Chinese electric cars in the port of Vlissingen: some see it as a good development, others as an invasion. It marks a symbolic shift in the European car market. As Chinese companies such as BYD…
Scinvivo, an Eindhoven-based medtech start-up aiming to change cancer diagnostics, has closed an investment round of €4.7 million. Santec OIS Corporation, the NLC Health Impact fund, current shareholders, and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) Innovation loan are behind the investment.…
A lab-grown piece of fish on your plate, or ‘chicken breast’ made from special fungi. These are promising alternatives in a world where traditional meat and fish are increasingly under discussion. Reporter Elcke Vels visited Berlin start-ups Bluu Seafood and…
A consortium, including the University of Twente (UT), will develop a cooling system for the Einstein Telescope (ET). The ET is a planned advance observatory that will measure gravitational waves and might be built in the south of the Netherlands.…
The developer of ship battery systems EST-Floattech received an investment of 4 million euros from the Energy Transition Fund Rotterdam and other investors. EST-Floattech develops and produces high-quality lithium-ion battery systems for electric and hybrid propulsion of inland vessels, ferries,…
A group of researchers successfully detected circulatory standstill, a condition similar to cardiac arrest, using a smartwatch. They demonstrated this in patients undergoing heart surgery when blood circulation is stopped as part of the operation practice. The Radboud University Nijmegen…
Delivering quality healthcare is becoming an increasingly complex puzzle, especially in sparsely populated border regions. Here, finding qualified staff is more difficult, and the lack of intensive care beds (the Netherlands) or sufficient medication (Germany) is more significant than in…