Every year, approximately 50,000 birds die in the Netherlands because they fly into a wind turbine. This must and can be done differently. Research that is being conducted at Eemshaven is going to discover whether RWE Renewables painting wind turbine…
As of this week, the final section of the heat stress series. This eleventh episode is devoted entirely to the Twente region, which was mapped out in exactly the same way as the rest. With the help of no less…
Via a detour, Rens Blom, former Dutch and world pole vault champion, is back in his sport. At least, he represents the American sports equipment manufacturer UST-ESSX in Europe and is developing a process with the Brightlands Sportinnovator Center to reuse discarded poles. After…
There will be a time, according to futurologists, in which we will spend more time in the digital world than in real life. That doesn’t mean you’ll never have to think again about what to wear in the morning. Because…
Lake Bracciano is one of the favorite ways for Rome inhabitants to take a break from the city – being only 30 kilometers away. One of the main activities is taking a boat trip in the lake – whose volcanic…
About this column:In a weekly column written alternately by Eveline van Zeeland, Eugene Franken, Katleen Gabriels, PG Kroeger, Bernd Maier-Leppla, Willemijn Brouwer and Colinda de Beer, Innovation Origins tries to figure out what the future will look like. These columnists,…
Albert Jan Rasker’s cartoon is based on this interesting news article. Scottish scientists designed an AI fire helmet that provides firefighters real-time information about the fire. This new gadget will support performing safer and more efficient rescue missions in critical…
Our present society, technology, and welfare have, in the 20th century, been built up with fossil fuels as the energy source. Fossil fuels are ‘solar stocks’, stored solar energy of hundreds of millions of years. Fossil fuels can be seen…
For centuries, factory workers have relied on their experience, intuition, and some paper manuals to make adjustments when needed. This was the usual way of doing things for a long time, but human actions can be error-prone, with consequences. Dependence…
Kivi‘s algorithm is plain and simple: every second Friday of the month, together with Mikrocentrum, they invite a lecturer in the field of engineering for a talk about their field of expertise, followed by an opportunity to meet other engineers.…