Human trafficking, cybercrime, drug trafficking or the current corona pandemic: all major, complex issues that affect the security of our society. If the current pandemic has taught us one thing, it is that developing policies to combat a crisis must…
The last several weeks have once again been very exciting. The October vehicle registration figures trickled in. At the same time, the OEMs published their quarterly figures. The short version. Car sales of internal combustion vehicles are declining, sales of…
As a consequence of climate change, the bee population worldwide is declining, and along with it, the biodiversity of nature. Macedonian Honey, with their generation-long experience in beekeeping, has developed a new hive that benefits the bee population and wildlife…
City streets are full of noise, but what if we could visualize that? Sorama – an Eindhoven-based company in the Netherlands which is working on acoustic visualization technology – created a spectral zebra crossing where people can interact with sound. The project is part of the GLOW…
“Precision work down to the nanometer” is how Robbert van der Waal describes the work that Philips MEMS Foundry does. As part of Philips Engineering Solutions (PES), the company mainly makes a lot of components for customers outside of Philips.…
A few months ago, it seemed like such a wonderful prospect – a carefree summer vacation with the pandemic behind us and two vaccination shots in our upper arms. Unfortunately, 2021 has not become the year ‘in which everything turned…
The Italian company Grycle wants to reduce the mountains of waste in the world with their self-developed technology. They turn undefined waste into reusable raw materials on site. Co-founder Daniele Pes has the floor. What is Grycle? “Grycle has developed a…
Solar farms, to some an eyesore and a waste of agricultural land. For others, a much-needed step in the energy transition. How do we find a way through all these arguments for and against? For example, the agricultural organisation LTO…
How can we as a society benefit even more from the knowledge that is being developed at our Dutch universities? How do you transfer this knowledge into innovations that boost our economy and offer solutions to our major societal challenges?…
The international company B’ZEOS is taking up the fight against plastic pollution through the use of their own technology. They are doing this by making biodegradable packaging material from seaweed. Founder Guy Maurice explains what they do. What is B’ZEOS? “We…