A major shortcoming of most electric vehicles is still their relatively limited range before the battery needs recharging. But the problem is not just insufficient storage capacity in the battery. The entire powertrain can also be improved, achieving a few…
What was it again about Tolkien’s ring? ‘One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them…’ The German Fraunhofer institute IGCV is now working on such…
Whereas in other sectors it is becoming increasingly more common for parts or products to roll out of a 3D printer, the construction industry is still lagging behind in this. But that is about to change. For example, in 2017,…
Uniting the pleasant with the useful. That, in a nutshell, is the philosophy of a newcomer to the old Rotterdam port area. Stadshaven Brouwerij is endeavoring to work as sustainably as possible by reusing wastewater and residual heat in the…
An international research team led by the Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands) has used 3D printers to turn algae into a living and environmentally friendly material. This new material has multiple potential uses. One of the most promising applications…
In the Netherlands, we are in the midst of the firestorm of 2021: A prime minister who lies. Now I don’t think anyone was surprised by the fact that the prime minister lied, but more by the fact that the…
Some days, even in times of COVID-19, the world seems to be one huge traffic jam. Everybody wants to be somewhere at the same time, with the same means of transport. The result: congestion everywhere, lots of frustration and higher…
These days, artificial intelligence (A.I.) is the end all and be all. It’s like a magic word. But magic does not always lead to added value. As far as the Italian company qbrobotics is concerned, robotic hands can do very…
A question that preoccupies me as a moral philosopher is to what extent artificial intelligence (AI) is capable of making moral judgments. To address that question, of course, we first need to know how humans arrive at moral judgments. Unfortunately,…
An implanted antenna in your head that enables you to ‘hear’ colors. Or online seismic sensors in your feet that allow you to feel earthquakes. No, this is not science fiction. Cyborgs and artists Neil Harbisson and Moon Ribas have…