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.…
“We’re holding a challenge to make the world a more beautiful place,” says Rene Visser of VodafoneZiggo while sitting inside the 5G Hub at the High Tech Campus Eindhoven (HTCE). A space that looks a lot like a gymnasium with…
Spring is beginning, the sun is shining, so you go and sit on your balcony. But then you see it – that one brown plant in the corner of the balcony. It’s been an eyesore for a while now. But…
How does Europe unite itself? Seldom by small incremental steps moving forward. Often it looks like the dancing procession of Echternach. Two steps forwards, one leap backwards and then start all over from the beginning again. And if it doesn’t…
Sometimes things can move very quickly. Last February, these four students from the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and their fellow student from Radboud University had not previously met each other. They got to know each other through a project…
When my colleague Bart wrote last year that we would need a war to finally grasp the severity of the climate catastrophe, I found that remark rather over the top. I could understand that he wanted to make his point,…
When Germany’s so-called traffic light coalition began negotiating, one thing was clear to almost all observers: a speed limit, already in place throughout Europe, would also be introduced in Germany. The surprise was great when it was declared early on…
A rapidly growing number of applications are using printed electronics solutions for wearables. These flexible, wearable electronics with sensors that make body data accessible offer users all kinds of services to make their lives safer, healthier, or more productive. A…
You might wonder if the Hague-based company with roots in Delft still falls under the start-up category. With the help of the software from Solar Monkey, installers in the Netherlands have already fitted about 200 thousand roofs with solar panels.…
The fact that we need to cut down on carbon dioxide emissions at breakneck speed to prevent a 21st century climate catastrophe is more than obvious by now. Judging by the macabre news headlines, alarming research reports and ominous predictions…