The Swedish start-up Aerit has received operational authorization from Transportstyrelsen, Sweden’s national transportation agency, to pilot last-mile drone delivery in Sweden. “The authorization is an important milestone in Aerit’s journey to become the world’s leading drone delivery service. I am…
What do Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Williams, Lotus, Tesla, BMW, Amazon and Maserati have in common? All these companies have (part of) their vehicles made by one and the same supplier. The supplier in question is completely unknown to the general…
To develop individually effective treatments against cancer in the future, the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) wants to use the quantum computer in Ehningen, Germany, as a partner of the Fraunhofer competence network Quantum Computing. Cancer patients often accumulate up…
Global warming is setting the world the immense task of ending the use of fossil fuels in industry and transport. Europe must become CO2 neutral by the year 2050. Other countries also want to move in that direction. But how?…
By Marc Seijlhouwer Drax Energy, the company that operates Europe’s largest biomass power plant, is working on an upgrade of the reactor. It is going to be more efficient so that more electricity can be generated from the same amount…
Optimizing crops without the use of pesticides, additional fertilizer or watering is high up on the agenda of the agriculture and horticulture sectors. A group of scientists from three Dutch and Belgian universities now say they have made a small…
First of all: How does such a tidal turbine work? A current of water is created by the tides, which drives the blades of the tidal turbine. Those rotating blades then drive a generator that produces electricity. This form of…
The Dutch TU Eindhoven student team KEBL has come up with some handy rechargeable lights so that you never have to cycle without lights again. Last year, they won the ASML Maker Award during the TU/e Contest. At the end…
The Dutch government’s aspirations for hydrogen are lofty. The National Hydrogen Program reveals that the government is wholeheartedly committed to hydrogen as the energy system of the future. But where is our hydrogen society and economy faring? In the summer…
An unmitigated pleasure. The Chief Government Architect of the Netherlands (‘Rijksbouwmeester’), who is relatively unknown to the general public, makes his debut as the main act in the iconic Dutch VPRO program Zomergasten (‘Summer Guests’). Once upon a time the…