Phosphorus is a vital element for plants and animals. As a nutrient, it controls the energy balance in cells and influences the composition of hereditary DNA. As a fertilizer, it prevents deficiency symptoms in plants and has a positive effect…
Robots have eyes, arms and can react to stimuli. In movies, as well as in real-life applications, they are designed with human features, making them more similar to us. But does it make sense to include anthropomorphisms in all of…
Innovation only really gets off the ground when different companies work together. That may sound obvious, but – especially for young companies – it is not always that simple. Innovation clusters and campuses such as the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in…
France and Germany are increasingly seeking each other out when it comes to the manufacture of batteries for electric cars. At least, that is what it looks like with the new alliance surrounding the French-German company Automotive Cells Company ACC.…
Wiro Niessen, professor of Medical Imaging at Erasmus Medical Center and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), received the Simon Stevin Master Prize in 2015 for a disease-predicting computer. Even back then, you could see that the use of Artificial…
The five-legged sheep. That is how Jos de Klerk describes his role as a systems engineer at VDL ETG (Enabling Technologies Group). It’s a role that you acquire in the Brainport region mainly through years of experience. Ignacio Vazquez, who…
The history of gas extraction in the north of the Netherlands says it all: the province of Groningen is heavily dependent on fossil fuels. Next year, the gas valve in the province will be turned off and in order to…
One of the most important changes that defines our relationship with technology is the role that machine intelligence will play within urban societies. That intelligence promises to contribute to social structures as well as to efficient sustainable societies. But it…
A cow’s first breast milk – colostrum – contains a lot of protein. “Just look at what it does when a calf has just been born,” says Erwin van de Pasch, owner of family business BioNatIn in the Dutch village…
As the chair of the Top Team High Tech Systems and Materials (HTSM) and foreman of Holland High Tech, Marc Hendrikse is at home in the world of high tech. In the past ten years, he has drawn attention to…