Last week, I talked to my students about the adoption of innovations. In doing so, I explained the theory of neuroscientist Gregory Berns to the would-be industrial designers. Berns argues that students, or more broadly, adolescents, adopt innovative products relatively…
Last week, an agreement was reached at the climate summit in Dubai. For the first time, there was a test of whether the world is sticking to the commitments of the Paris Climate Agreement. The EU had two goals: a…
The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), in collaboration with CIDETEC Energy Storage and seventeen European partners, has developed a large-format cobalt-free lithium-ion battery prototype. The battery is currently in the pre-commercial phase. Co-funded with nearly twelve million euros from…
The mishap happened when Elon Musk presented the Cybertruck 2019 and its design star Franz von Holzhausen threw a steel ball at the side windows to show how “bulletproof” they are. The windows shattered. Mainstream vs community While the mainstream…
You must have been living under a rock for over a decade to have missed it: there is a glaring housing shortage in the Netherlands. We don’t tackle it very cleverly either. Almost nowhere else do so few people live…
Generative AI applications that contribute positively to complex issues such as climate change and biodiversity loss are increasingly on the radar of investors. As of 2018, $793 million has been invested globally in startups and scale-ups developing such applications. Generative…
The Gerard & Anton High Tech Peak Awards are coming up again. Once everyone has recovered from Christmas and the New Year, High Tech Eindhoven gathers for another social event. Together we look back on the past year and put…
The Philips Natlab was a breeding ground for unexpected ideas and solutions. Innovation was stimulated there as people from different disciplines could spontaneously meet and catch up. This led to many groundbreaking discoveries. The Brainport region is still benefiting from…
Swiss researchers at ETH Zurich have teamed up with ExoLabs to transform snow depth measurement across Switzerland. Their cutting-edge system zooms into a granular 10×10 metre resolution, a significant leap from the current 250×250 metre standard. The system leverages Sentinel-2…
Next year, economic growth will likely be highest again in Brainport Eindhoven and Greater Amsterdam. According to a Rabobank report, both regions benefit from particularly favorable regional conditions, which have put them in a good starting position for growth for…