The launch of Founded will give North of the Netherlands startups a boost. Founded is a partnership of regional governments, knowledge institutions, support programs, businesses, and investors. With an integrated and data-driven approach, the initiative joins the forces of all…
There are days when 24 hours do not seem enough to encompass all the things we need to do. Busy work schedules or heavy study routines can have a significant toll not only on our mental health but also on…
The complexity of our societal challenges is too great for a monodisciplinary approach. Systems Engineering brings together disciplines within the high-tech manufacturing industry and provides much-needed coordination. In a series of interviews with experts from industry and research, we create…
Hundreds of thousands of Dutch suffer from crystal diseases such as gout, pseudogout and osteoarthritis. With the pioneering microscope from Limburg-based Crystalytics, which works with advanced spectroscopic techniques, they can count on a faster and more accurate diagnosis in the…
Every year, about 3000 people in the Netherlands are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. This form of cancer is one of the deadliest. Only about 9% of the patients suffering from pancreatic cancer are still alive five years after the diagnosis.…
Twelve ambitious AI startups have been selected to compete in the AI Pitch Competition. The finals are on November 7, 2024, and Innovation Origins will portray each contestant in the run-up to that event. The AI Pitch Competition is a…
This Tuesday afternoon, the Evoluon venue was filled with some 300 young professionals from high-tech companies like ASML, NXP, VDL, Vanderlande, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Bosch. They were invited to the event by their higher management to get to know…
Unfortunately, fossil fuels won’t be phased out suddenly. Our dependence on them is forecasted to be lower, but we will still be (partly) relying on them for the decades to come. Emissions won’t go down to zero then, and climate…
Over the weekend, central and eastern Europe have been enduring the devastating consequences of torrential rains. Floods have hit several countries, including the Czech Republic, Poland, and Austria, where authorities have reported the highest number of casualties so far. The…
“The classic image of startups is true. Perfect ideas arise in attic rooms. But we see that startups only really start to grow when the entrepreneurs connect,” says Job Nijs, director of Braventure, a Brabant partnership to support startups. The…