Signicat, a pan-European leader in Digital Identity, has integrated Italy’s e-ID system in Europe for the first time, says the company in a (Dutch) press release. SPID (Short for Sistema Pubblico di Identità Digitale) is an Italian government system that…
Gilbert Technologies designs and develops medical devices to improve health care, offering a better quality of life. The technology is applied in novel medical inhalation devices with lung deposition characteristics for pulmonary medicine administration for patients with asthma or other…
Solar power is accelerating, but photovoltaic (PV) cells convert only a fraction of solar energy into electricity, with the majority wasted as heat. A solution is presented in the newly proposed PV-leaf, a bio-inspired hybrid system that leverages biomimetic transpiration…
South Africa’s energy crisis has worsened since 2003 due to frequent blackouts. This is deepening the country’s class divide. Richer people are investing in seperate power solutions, leaving the poor to struggle. The crisis, caused by insufficient electricity generation, corruption,…
Is a century-long trend of globalization reaching its limits? Although the world is still one big marketplace, with consumers buying stuff from different continents just as easily as from the local grocery store, the big powers are taking steps toward…
Jan Willem Erisman, chairman of the Dutch Scientific Climate Council (wetenschappelijke klimaatraad), recently stated that in the future, car ownership will no longer be taken for granted and that car sharing should be made mandatory in most cases. Maarten Steinbuch…
Jan Willem Erisman, chairman of the Dutch Scientific Climate Council (‘wetenschappelijke klimaatraad’) and advisor to the government, argues that many Dutch people may have to give up their cars for a completely climate-neutral transportation system. Given the environmental impact of…
Integer Technologies was founded in December of 2021 as the spinoff of Team CASA, a TU Eindhoven student team focused on accelerating the energy transition in the built environment by developing a Comfortable, Affordable, Sustainable, and Alternative solution for Dutch…
Every summer, when I return from holiday, I resolve: I’m going to read more, go outside more, relax more. But when I am lying on the sofa reading, ‘normal’ life soon knocks on the door (I still have to pay…
Slush is one of the world’s most famous start-up events – organized annually in Helsinki. For several years, the creators have also held smaller versions of the event in different places under the name Slush’D. Among other places, Slush’Ds were…