Gaming and the world of virtual reality are more than just fun. Whether it is about making children aware of cybercrime or improving communication within the army, gamification has great social value. That is the message of three speakers during…
Connecting start-ups with investors. That is the mission of BeAngels, the Belgian platform for start-up investments. For more than 20 years, the organization has guided and helped young companies move forward during their development phase. This is now more than…
Lawyers are usually busy with several cases at the same time and work under great time pressure. Nevertheless, it is important for a case that they read files carefully and in detail. Former lawyers Caroline Zand-Korteweg and Ingrid van de…
Arjan Paans, our beloved editor-in-chief who always was the conscience of Innovation Origins, passed away Tuesday morning. Eight months ago, he was diagnosed with cancer; last month, he learned that no more treatments were possible. We wish his wife Loes,…
If we are to switch towards a truly sustainable society, materials and energy’s circularity must proceed hand in hand. If the electricity we use to power our cars comes from fossil sources, there is still a relevant environmental impact. The…
Long waiting lists, declining turnover, and increasingly fewer deployable specialists. A selection of the problems that mental health institutions have been facing in recent years. Christoph Lynen and Mike Verhiel came up with a solution in the form of VR…
Electric vehicles are much more energy-efficient than those with combustion engines. But there is still something that separates us from a climate-friendly future for the transport sector: the production of cathodes for battery cells that power e-vehicles is enormously energy-intensive.…
While civil services love complex language and literary sentences, low-literate people are quite the opposite. In total, more than two and a half million people in the Netherlands have difficulty understanding a government text. Such an official text often contains…
For most media, the past weeks were a moment to look back. Not for us, of course; we continue to look forward consistently. The slogan in our first newsroom was “Not What Happened Yesterday, But What’s Relevant Tomorrow”. That’s why…
If there’s one thing keeping the minds busy, it’s the hope for / fear of artificial intelligence. Depending on the degree of your technical prowess, hope for a better future, your pessimistic disposition or your naiveté, there is always a…