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From outdated POS system to personalized butler with Mr. Winston

A lot of POS systems in the hospitality sector are outdated and complex. Koen Lavrijssen decided that things could be simplified and Mr. Winston was born: a POS system with the personality of a butler. What is Mr. Winston? “In…

  • Mees van Dijk
  • October 21, 2021
  • Mobility

Chips from NXP: putting smarter, safer and greener vehicles on the road

Trucks that automatically follow each other in a convoy to save fuel. Or advanced driver-assistance systems that support drivers in dangerous traffic situations. At NXP Semiconductors, based in Brainport Eindhoven, they are working on smarter, greener and safer forms of…

  • Aafke Eppinga
  • October 21, 2021
  • Sustainability

Precision agriculture: data comes before harvest

Quite a few Dutch farmers are looking abroad for the future. There is more and cheaper land, there are fewer rules. But the country’s most technological farmer is not even considering crossing the border. “Where better to farm than in…

  • Ewout Kieckens
  • October 20, 2021
  • Start-ups

This start-up removes plastic from water – sustainably

Removing plastic from water and reusing it sustainably, that’s what start-up Noria does. Founder Rinze de Vries tells us more about it. What does Noria do? “We provide plastic-free water. We do this by means of the 3R Method: Research,…

  • Aafke Eppinga
  • October 20, 2021
  • Digital

At Dutch company Marlan, employees work next to sanding ‘cobot’

For the employees at Marlan, a Dutch company that supplies custom-made plates, molds and freestanding bathtubs, heavy, repetitive sanding work is a thing of the past. Starting next month, a cobot – a robot that works together with people –…

  • Elcke Vels
  • October 20, 2021
  • Sustainability

A web over highways to protect insects

We already have tunnels in the Netherlands for wildlife and even complete ecoducts. In this way, animals can migrate from one nature area to another, just like in the past, unhindered by the freeway that cuts the landscape in half.…

  • Mauro Mereu
  • October 20, 2021
  • Mobility

Free power in times of rising energy prices

With energy prices exploding, the question is legitimate whether this is going to slow the growth of electric driving. After all, doubling the kilowatt-hour (kWh) price from, say, €0.20 to €0.40 is very hefty. How would the average car driver…

  • Maarten Steinbuch
  • October 20, 2021
  • Digital, Sustainability

Full focus on ‘Tech for Good’ and ‘ecosystem intelligence’ in Extreme Tech Challenge

Dutch and Belgian impact-driven tech startups now have their own dedicated support community for the Extreme Tech Challenge, the world’s largest ecosystem and competition for purpose-driven technology. The contest is inspired by the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The…

  • Bart Brouwers
  • October 20, 2021
  • Sustainability

‘Harness the potential of the ocean and there will be enough energy for the entire world population’

Turbines that work with the tides and generate energy that way? Tocardo from Wieringerwerf in the Netherlands is back in a new guise and ready to make a difference in the energy sector. Andries van Unen is the CEO. What…

  • Andreia da Silva
  • October 19, 2021
  • Sustainability

Make your new interior decor out of the plastic soup

A house made entirely out of sustainable plastic, from the flower pots to the plates and from the mattresses to the chairs. Can you already see yourself living there? Maybe in the future, these plastic products will actually be for…

  • Linda Bak
  • October 19, 2021
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