The 6th CASSINI Hackathon will focus on innovative solutions to advance international development and humanitarian aid. Participants are invited to explore the ways that space data could be used to plan and monitor infrastructure, improve food security, provide clean water,…
Anyone walking through the factory of high-tech manufacturing company KMWE at BIC (Brainport Industries Campus) will see the most advanced machines and the smartest robots working day and night to make high-quality products. Yet, what stands out are the human…
The battle against nanoplastic pollution might have found a new ally in the natural world: fungi. Research from Lund University reveals a ‘vacuum cleaner’ effect in fungi that could help keep these harmful particles at bay, says the university in…
AI is a rapidly evolving field that requires high-performance and specialized hardware to run its complex and data-intensive algorithms. AI chips are dedicated devices that can handle these tasks faster and more efficiently than traditional processors. They enable parallel computing,…
FlyingBasket, a leading player in Europe’s drone industry, presents the FB3, a heavy cargo drone available for commercial use. With an impressive 100-kilogram payload capacity, says the company in a press release. Drones have revolutionized our perspective and utilization of…
While our passports are being checked and phone calls are being made back and forth (after all, without an official press request, you can’t just enter anywhere in China), our guides update us. Both say they want to remain anonymous…
The Dutch space instrument TROPOMI provides an always up-to-date global map of methane concentrations. This is important because methane contributes a quarter to global warming. A number of individual sources leak large amounts of methane and thus constitute the “low-hanging…
Autonomous cars still have quite a few bumps to overcome. The technical, financial, and societal ones have been discussed many times by now. That is not true of a more medical implication of autonomous vehicles: they cause car sickness. In…
NL Moonshots ’24 challenges students of all levels to develop their moonshot: a clever, innovative solution to a challenge we face as a society. Inspired by the unique perspective of an astronaut in space, moonshots can be about anything: from…
In our Sunday newsletter, we, as editors, reflect on the past seven days. We do this on the initiative of our cartoonist Albert Jan Rasker. He chooses a subject, draws a picture, and we take it from there. We’re exactly halfway…