Anna Franziska Michel was a fashion designer herself and experienced how time-consuming and inefficient the design process can be. Considering the rapid change in trends in fashion, it’s clear that drawn-out development processes must inevitably lead to backlogs. Data can…
Sugar beet has become increasingly important in recent years for the economy. Centuries ago, the crop was only used to extract sugar, but now all parts of the plant have an economic purpose. “I am convinced that sugar beet –…
Hard work is underway to develop an internationally unique robot lab in the Dutch city of Nijmegen. The newly developed robot lab is headed by Wilhelm Huck, Professor of Physical-organic Chemistry at Radboud University. It was announced this spring that…
The Dutch city of Nijmegen is getting a Digital Twin this week. This digital 3D twin city will help improve safety and make the organization of the event more efficient and faster. Nijmegen is bursting at the seams this week…
Samuel IJsselmuiden and Jodi Kooijman, from the Dutch city of Den Bosch, got to know each other during their studies. Jodi was a professional mountain biker at the time and was persuaded by Samuel’s team, which was building a man-powered…
A crisis like the corona pandemic calls for decisive measures. The EU has freed up €723.8 billion in an effort to use the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) to pull the European economy out of the recession caused by corona.…
Robin Haack worked in finance in the U.S., where he learned about innovative and simple financing solutions for a decentralized energy supply with renewable energy. But in Europe there was not yet a single provider. This was a gap he…
In Germany this summer, you can travel on regional public transport for 9 euros a month. Innovation Origins takes the opportunity to visit a number of future-oriented projects. In this episode, we travel to the IdeenExpo in Hannover. “A future-oriented…
I no longer watch the news on public TV stations. Twitter now drives me up the wall to such an extent that every now and then I even toy with the idea of saying goodbye to all social media. Are…
A factory is a building in which products are fabricated. The word ‘factory‘ is derived from the Latin fabrica ‘workshop’ and faber ‘craftsman’. I only mean to say that the manufacturing industry has existed for a very long time and…