Battery breakthroughs are all around us. Each one more promising than the next. But often they involve lab studies. “Nice for a paper, but most of these so-called breakthroughs will never leave the lab”, says Auke being a realist. Yet…
A robot arm that has to take parts from large containers in a factory cannot (yet) do it as well as a human being. Whether the product is upside down or twisted, humans do not have to think about it,…
Every summer, southern Europe is hit by forest fires, destroying hectares of forest and endangering the environment and wildlife. According to the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS, Greece, Italy and Spain were the worst affected countries in 2021. Italy…
The Netherlands is not leading Europe in the production of green energy. Nevertheless, the share of wind and solar energy is rising sharply. On some days the increase is so rapid that there is a surplus of green power. Currently,…
Chancellor Angela Merkel has brought much prosperity to Germany over the past 16 years. The “sick man of Europe” was transformed into a growth diamond. The economy shot up, especially in the first years after the credit crisis of 2007-2008,…
The IAA mobility fair in Munich is the new version of the classic car show in Frankfurt. Divided across the city, last week, there were all kinds of new mobility concepts on display, but most of the attention was on…
The ecosystems around Waterloo University (Canada) and Brainport Eindhoven (the Netherlands) have been connected for some years now, with the main goal to learn from each other’s applications around breakthrough technologies. As a new step in this interregional collaboration, a…
It is becoming increasingly clear that garbage is worth its weight in gold. And using it as a resource for new materials is also environmentally friendly. So, ever tasted plastic? You may soon find it as a delicious vanilla flavor…
“We are still making not enough use of solar and wind energy,” says Horst Fietje co-founder of the start-up Voltgoed, which he founded at the beginning of this year together with Stan Hoppenreijs and Jasper Verhoeve. They are working on…
You think you are being healthy by running, but your digital plaster tells you that you are straining your muscles. It may not be nice to hear, but these interactive stickers can help you to exercise without any injuries. The…