Fifty-three cities across twenty-one European countries are invited to embark on the NetZeroCities Pilot Cities Program. The project is managed by the Mission Platform of the EU Mission on Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities (EU Cities Mission). These 53 cities will…
When optical fiber connections are not feasible, laser-beam technology can be a solution. Aircision, a communications start-up from the Eindhoven-based accelerator HighTechXL, recently demonstrated the ability to scale the bandwidth of their optical head to a system performance of 1.2Tbps.…
OASYS NOW is building a digital vault for DNA data. As a result, people who do a DNA test at a commercial company can decide for themselves with whom the sensitive data is shared. But it doesn’t stop there for…
One is developing molecular glues to better treat difficult-to-treat cancers in the future. The other plans to save a gigaton of CO2 emissions with iron fuel by 2050. What binds them together is that they are dealing with two of…
You want a new couch. In the shop you are immediately overwhelmed by the offer. In the corner is a beautiful velvet sofa, which might fit nicely in the living room. But how do you decide? You don’t just take…
Today, I found an EIB press release in my inbox that really frustrated me. The first bullet point read, “EU firms are less likely to innovate or adopt new technologies than their US peers.” Well, duh! Billions of subsidies are…
The fine vistas from the beach would have you believe otherwise, but the North Sea is actually a very busy expanse. Space is needed for shipping, fishing, military exercises, recreation and, of course, nature. What’s more, the North Sea plays…
Reproduce real cheese with microorganisms and a stainless steel cow: that’s exactly what they do at Those Vegan Cowboys. Jaap Korteweg and Niko Koffeman sold their former company De Vegetarische Slager (The Vegetarian Butcher) to Unilever in order to launch…
Nowadays cars are true innovation hotspots, with cutting-edge technologies to improve driving and travel experiences. They are becoming more and more mobile computational units with dozens of sensors that detect, track, and share information all the time. Like many other…
It was not altogether coincidental that I recently walked into a municipal council meeting here in the Netherlands where the environmental vision was on the agenda. With this vision, which the government requires, municipalities have to determine the main direction…