After gas and commodity prices recently skyrocketed, it is now the turn of our drinking water. As of 2023, the cost increase for an average Dutch household will vary anywhere between €20 and €50. This is partly because suppliers will…
In 1983, I started my studies in architecture at the Eindhoven University of Technology here in the Netherlands. A defining time in one’s life when you got to meet intriguing and highly motivated, strong-willed young people who (and you did…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has come to control our lives step by step. Not everyone is equally aware of this, which is both convenient and risky. It is convenient because even people who know nothing about the technology behind it can…
For the past few months, I keep coming across them in my ‘LinkedIn bubble’ – the videos from the Federatie Vruchtgroenteorganisaties (the Dutch Federation of Fruit Vegetable Organizations, FVO) entitled ‘Get out of the greenhouse‘. In six episodes, eco-modernist biologist Hidde…
People had the opportunity to taste what you will be eating in the future at the Brave New Food Challenge in the Dutch city of Utrecht last week. One of the aims of this competition is to draw attention to…
You are just about to unlock your bike and you are in a hurry because showing up late for your job interview is not an option. Or you are inserting your key in the lock of your car. In ten…
The aviation industry still has a huge lag to overcome in terms of sustainability. In 2020, the Dutch aviation sector emitted 7.6 billion kilograms of CO2. The more kilos that are released into the air, the higher the amount of…
In 2019, cyclone Idai destroyed and damaged seventy percent of all buildings in Beira, Mozambique’s second largest city. The country is among the poorest ten countries in the world. Most people are deprived of access to finance; only three percent…
In the past, you needed to have the ability to draw in order to draw a good picture. But nowadays, you simply type in what you want to see, and an AI software turns it into a nice picture. One…
Until now, robots have worked almost exclusively on factory floors, separate from humans. Their work area is fenced off to prevent accidents, which cannot be ruled out when automated tools and humans collide. If robots had social skills, things would…