Buildings of the future will leave a small footprint and be a sight for sore eyes at the same time. That is what the fifteen student teams from countries ranging from Europe to Taiwan showcased at the end of July…
The gas crisis is once again forcing us to face the facts. We are all too dependent on countries outside of Europe for essential processes that keep society running. Europe is also striving to become more independent where the manufacture…
Belgian-Dutch start-up Classified is operating at full speed. The manufacturer of gear systems has once again managed to bring investors from the elite cycling world on board. Classified’s technology constitutes an innovation in the field of road bike drivetrain systems.…
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.…
Until now, realistic vehicle simulators have been resource and cost-intensive because cockpits and driver cabs had to be physically recreated. With the mixed reality simulator from the Viennese startup NXRT, actual vehicles can be used for simulation. It uses artificial…
In the fight against food waste, a scanner developed by start-up OneThird can help predict the shelf life of fruit and vegetables. All supply chain partners are important here, from grower to consumer. OneThird is aptly named, given that about…
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. In retrospect,…
Not long ago, the so-called traffic light coalition in Germany made a bold statement: they want to see 15 million electric vehicles on German roads by 2030. What’s the problem? It seems that none of the protagonists bothered to perform…
Normally, we always ask our cartoonist to draw a picture of a subject that we as editors suggest. This summer we are doing it the other way around: Albert-Jan Rasker chooses a subject from our weekly production and makes a…
Autonomous harvesting is drawing closer. Computer vision techniques, sensors and AI are getting better at monitoring and predicting crop growth, and robots are increasingly capable of more accurately harvesting strawberries or tomatoes. So the future is just around the corner,…