“In the early days, we took shoes apart by hand and put the materials in the microwave or in a pan on the stove,” says Danny Pormes of Fastfeetgrinded when he first started trying to recycle footwear five years ago.…
Online fitness sessions lack interactivity. There isn’t a trainer that sees and corrects our mistakes, or that motivates us to keep up and do our exercises right. But FittyAI has got us covered and has developed software to solve this…
If you have photovoltaic panels, then you know how convenient it is to have some energy stored for those times when the sun doesn’t shine. Energy generation and its consumption don’t happen at the same time, which is why it…
The climate is changing and we are all going to notice the consequences, all over the world. There are plenty of plans to prepare for this or even to reverse the process. But as an alderman for a medium-sized city…
The sport utility vehicle (SUV) has enjoyed an unparalleled triumphant march around the world, and it’s not over yet. This triumphant march resulted, for example, in the proportion of “wall units on wheels” sold in Germany reaching a market share…
Boats are an important means of transportation in Southeast Asia. At present, they all run on fossil fuels but the British company GEMPaCS is going to change that. CEO Corrado Accardi talks to us about it. What is GEMPaCS? “GEMPaCS stands…
Making the chemical sector more sustainable calls for the recycling of raw materials, combined with innovative, sustainable electrification solutions. Chairman Arnold Stokking of ‘Green Chemistry New Economy’ talks to IO about the latest developments. Chain formation, financing and appropriate government…
Gijs Dubbelman became enamored with artificial intelligence during his studies. Fifteen years later, as co-founder and CTO of AIIM (AI in Motion), he is still busy working every day on making systems more intelligent. “At AIIM, we develop flexible and…
It is highly likely that we will very soon be rid of the Delta variant that is currently gripping Europe. But don’t be too quick to jump for joy, as the next dark cloud is already gathering. We don’t know…
When it comes to making the earth more sustainable, claims are being made all over the place. But what is true? Together with sustainability expert Auke Hoekstra, better known on Twitter as ‘Debunker-in-Chief‘, Innovation Origins sets out to find this…