Microsurgical robots are set to redefine surgical procedures. These robots, controlled by surgeons, translate human movements into precise, scaled-down motions, enhancing surgery accuracy. The robots are predicted to expand the scope of microsurgery, potentially tapping into a $2.5 billion market…
In a world where electric vehicles sales are expected to exceed one million in the US by 2023, a revolutionary technology is emerging that will transform the EV industry. Wireless EV charging while driving is the next big thing. Companies…
Lightweight, flexible, and wafer-thin. That’s how EnFoil‘s solar panels look like. The company, a new spinoff of the Hasselt University (UHasselt), Belgium, and imec – the leading Belgian R&D institution – recently introduced its millimeter-thick solar panels. Although thin, the…
It is one of the biggest challenges in the Netherlands. On the one hand: the housing shortage, which bureau ABF Research announced last week, has risen sharply again (an increase of 75,000 houses in 2022 to a deficit of 390,000…
In the eight years he has been working for Picnic, Daniel Gebler has been through all the innovation iterations you can think of. From the outside, Picnic may still look like a grocery delivery company. But on the inside, it…
Skylark Lasers, a Scottish photonics company, has secured an investment of more than 2 million pounds from Innovate UK. The funding is set to catalyse the development of the next generation of quantum-enabled navigation and time-keeping systems, says the company in a press release. Anchoring Quantum…
A new technology, developed by the Technical University of Munich (TUM), will facilitate quick, easy and precise fertilizing in the fields. The combination of biosensor test strips and satellite-based remote sensing data will determine the nutritional condition of cereals and the perfect amount of fertilizer,…
Heat has emerged as one of Europe’s greatest enemies. In the new series ‘Europe battling heat‘, IO finds out how cities (can) arm themselves against it. Today: the harsh reality of urban heat islands in Europe. To the mountains or…
A groundbreaking revelation by scientists at Sandia National Laboratories and Texas A&M University has fundamentally challenged our understanding of metals. The team observed a self-healing phenomenon in metals, where cracks formed due to fatigue appeared to autonomously heal, a process…
Insect farming is gaining ground as a sustainable alternative to traditional food production in Europe, with France and the Netherlands leading the way. The French company Ÿnsect, the world’s largest vertical insect farm, grows more than three trillion mealworms that…