The numbers don’t lie. About 1.2 to 1.3 million Dutch people suffer from burnout every year. They experience stress or are constantly tired. Leo de Penning wants to do something about this with Noomi. With the use of artificial intelligence,…
Twenty years ago, Maarten Steinbuch, professor of Systems and Control at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), saw a surgical robot from the United States at work for the first time. Just a small tap caused the robotic arm to wobble.…
Spain is grappling with an ever-growing mountain of waste, 64 percent of which is plastic in terms of weight. Every year in this country, they go through 5 billion plastic straws, 1.5 billion disposable coffee cups and 207 million disposable…
The planning phase is often difficult for the builder because he cannot imagine the paper version of the floor plan in reality. Some things can only be seen when the framework of the building is already in place or when…
Whether it’s for breast cancer screening or a bone fracture, X-rays provide insight into the condition of the body, which makes them an essential part of healthcare. But X-rays are harmful if you are exposed to them too often and…
Co-creator of the Hungarian Smart Capacit System, Kristóf Lengyel, studied Marketing and Communication at the Hoge Hotelschool in The Hague before joining his father’s IT company. They are working with a team of four on software to make the energy…
The Dutch province of Brabant occupies a leading position when it comes to medical technology: one in five Dutch MedTech companies is based there. The life sciences and pharmaceutical sector in North Brabant is at least as robust. The sector…
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.…
Success should be celebrated. Last month, the European Digital Markets Act was passed. A new European law that curbs the market power of big tech companies and brings back competition in the digital domain. Together with a number of other…
It was a bit like looking for Easter eggs in the overview of the National Growth Fund, since it lavishly scattered billions of euros: 5 billion to be exact. For those of you who are interested in reading the entire…