Inland vessels often have little room to maneuver. For skippers, entering and leaving locks, for example, is precision work. Now, scientists at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), together with industry partners, have developed a…
Every year, thousands of kilos of fishing nets end up in the ocean. Marcel Alberts, the founder of Healix, based in the Dutch city of Maastricht, is determined to rid the oceans of fishing nets. Together with other companies, he…
Europe wants to become more independent, but without completely isolating itself. That means: committing to innovation and cooperation. That was the message during the opening of the academic year at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Robert-Jan Smits, president of…
Fast fashion is detrimental to the planet in many ways. But for some reason we are still buying clothes daily regardless of the facts. Despite its negative impact, fast fashion is easily accessible and provides us with solutions to all…
Eindhoven is a veritable hotspot for (high)tech start-ups. Now, another key ingredient is being added to the start-up ecosystem in the Dutch Brainport region. At the LEVEL UP event, tech start-ups are put in the spotlight, and companies, financiers, and…
In Germany this summer, you can travel on regional public transport for 9 euros per month. Innovation Origins is seizing this opportunity to visit a number of future-proof projects. In this final edition, we visited the port city of Rostock.…
If the stories are to be believed, we now have the solution for feeding the world’s growing population: vertical farming, urban farming, or plant factories. These are all terms that promise systems whereby we can produce enough food, safely and…
In our weekly recap on Sunday, we as editors look back at the past seven days. We do this at the suggestion of our cartoonist Albert Jan Rasker. He chooses a subject, makes a drawing, and we take it from…
Concerns about the shortage of medical personnel continue to escalate worldwide. Artificial Intelligence (AI) developed by a research group at TU Darmstadt can come to the aid of less qualified personnel by helping them to perform screenings and even operations…
Retail was raided by Alibaba, Bol.com and Amazon, the hotel industry has been turned upside down by Booking and Airbnb, and journalism and media upset due to Google, Facebook and other platforms. The music industry has been utterly transformed –…