The Dutch government has great ambitions for hydrogen. The National Hydrogen Program demonstrates that the government wants to go all-out for hydrogen as the energy system of the future. But how is our hydrogen society and economy faring? In the…
A ferry without a skipper on board or a train without a driver: it sounds like a pipe dream, but Groningen and the Northern Netherlands as a region are innovating intensively with self-driving transport. One example is a new project…
Traditional engineering techniques such as building dams to protect against flooding are prohibitively expensive for many countries. Nature-based solutions (NBS) offer a promising alternative. These are solutions to socio-ecological challenges that are inspired and supported by nature. At a time…
Last weekend, after 36 years, Circuit Zandvoort was once again the battleground of the fastest race with cars: Formula 1. It’s a grand fest with many visitors and a lot of international media attention for the renewed circuit. Speed has…
Autoscriber, a Dutch start-up developing AI-supported voice recognition software to capture and summarize healthcare professional-patient consultations, receives funding from LUMO Labs’ investment vehicle LUMO Fund II TTT AI. “We are thrilled to have found the perfect partner in LUMO Labs…
Due to climate change, a global water shortage is fast approaching. This is already having a disastrous impact on agriculture. Two young German scientists have an answer to this problem. They developed a technology that optimizes the use of irrigation…
2021 is already over halfway and the conquering of the market with horticultural robots has yet to begin. But, the year is not over yet and the plan remains unchanged, says Harrie Schonewille, director of VDL ETG Projects. Robots in…
Mud houses can cope with water much better thanks to cow manure. A Delft University of Technology (TU Delft, the Netherlands) researcher hopes to contribute to the improvement of these ‘earthen’ houses through scientific research. This offers perspectives, particularly in…
Drones could help save human lives by being utilised as a kind of ambulance for transporting organs. INDOOR – usINg Drones fOr Organ tRansplantation – is a research project developed in Turin by several instituties in the city. Planned for…
It will be one of the focal points this week at IAA Mobility in Munich: all about the market for electric two- and three-wheelers. It is a market that is developing very rapidly. It’s hard to imagine major European cities…