Nice choice again by Albert Jan. Also because the article he chose is the debut of a new IO-contributor: Jeroen Priem. And how much nicer can it get than to be immediately chosen for the Sunday newsletter on your first…
Are you an evil person? Then you probably still drive a combustion engine, fly to your vacation destination at least once a year, and eat meat. Conversely, only vegans, vacation cyclists, and electric car drivers are good people. According to…
Where we are working en masse at home to save as much as possible on gas and energy, it is different in the business world. After all, office buildings waste as much energy as a million Dutch households. All buildings…
Eco-Runner Team Delft unveiled Eco-Runner XIII, their latest hydrogen-powered car. With the new vehicle, the student cohort of the Delft University of Technology aims to set a new record for kilometers driven on a single tank of hydrogen. “Setting a…
In the spring of 2020, Nico Oud was ready for a career switch. For five years he coached self-employed persons and freelancers in taking the next step in their careers. “I also wanted to start my own business again. Then…
Current scientific education is mainly traditional and is offered per discipline. “We don’t know much, except that a lot is changing. This makes it difficult for universities to properly prepare students for the jobs of the future. The solution to…
We come across it more and more: training courses and assessments done through Virtual Reality. But how does an educational institution or a hospital know whether their VR training best suits the end user? SOMAREALITY, based in Austria, develops sensor-based…
Economic rankings try to capture the strength or performance of an economy in a single number. Examples are the Global Competitiveness Index and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Index (in Dutch). These rankings are often highly publicized and help high scoring cities,…
Across Europe, countries are producing green energy. Yet this is not always successful. It is not yet going without fossil energy. For this episode of start-up of the day, Innovation Origins spoke with Jon Sigvert, one of the founders of…
When you think of emission-free generation of energy, windmills and solar panels will quickly come to mind. But you can also generate electricity using plants. This is useful if you want sensors to work in the wilderness, for example, without…