The German Fraunhofer Institutes FEP in Dresden and ISC in Würzburg, together with the Swedish firm ChromoGenics and several other parties, have developed a sunlight-resistant glass that can greatly reduce energy consumption in buildings. The windows are now being tested…
The Planet After Geoengineering Title: “The Planet After Geoengineering”Authors: Rania Ghosn and El Hadi Jazairy Publisher: Actar Publishers Language: EnglishWhy you should read it: To get a picture of what the world will look like if climate change is dealt with Everyone is aware…
A floating solar park will be built off the coast of Belgium to generate electricity in addition to an existing offshore wind farm. It is part of a demonstration project to prove that energy parks generating electricity with a combination…
Soon I will be saying goodbye as director of the Geldrop Castle Estate Foundation after 18 years. I was once asked to supervise the complex restoration and new construction and then stayed on for many more years afterwards with a…
“Keeping chips in stock on the shelves, that just isn’t possible,” explains Jean Schreurs of NXP. But why not? Reports are emerging almost daily about the massive chip shortage the world is plagued by. Companies, including various automobile manufacturers, can…
The camper van is fully equipped and therefore perfect for a fantastic vacation through Europe. You can drive up to 730 kilometers on a sunny day. With the Stella Vita, as the new vehicle is called, Solar Team Eindhoven (in…
Sinkholes are an ever-increasing phenomenon, mostly due to failures and breakages of underground, often obsolete utilities (sewers and water pipes). On top of that, quite a few cities in Italy and other European countries with a long history have stratified…
Two scientists from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands have been awarded the Ig Nobelprijs for their research into how people move in crowds. Federico Toschi and university researcher Alessandro Corbetta discovered, among other things, that on average people keep…
Nobody knows what really goes on inside the mind of a woman or a man. That could soon be over, as Corticale has developed a technology that is capable of recording the bioelectrical activity of neural cells. The neurotech start-up…
The cars of the future will drive the way we do. An Italian start-up is developing a technology that enables self-driving cars to learn different driving styles. Social Self Driving is working on an algorithm to enable this, as the…