“What a sight!” says Harrie Dekkers when he sees ‘his’ home for the next six months. Together with his wife Elise, Harrie is going to live in the first ever 3D-printed house. The house, in the shape of a giant…
Large festivals with performances by rock bands, singer-songwriters and DJs – we’ve been missing out on them for a while now. The atmosphere, the music, the people. But such a three-day festival leaves a pretty big carbon footprint. All performances…
Today, the Italian government is presenting the “national plan of recovery and resilience” (PNRR after the Italian acronym) to the European Commission. Earlier this week, the Italian Parliament approved the 270 page text. If the plan is approved by the…
In the mid-1980s, Kennispark Twente was the first Dutch science park to focus on the combination of R&D and entrepreneurship. It turned out to be a bull’s eye. Numerous spin-offs found their way to the market, including Demcon, Xsens, Takeaway en Booking. It led…
Microsure, a leading Dutch developer of micro-surgical robotics, closed a financing round of € 2.7 million, as an extension of the 2020 Series B round. The funds will be used to continue the initial clinical roll-out of MUSA, the company’s…
Hearing voices is a common symptom of psychosis and schizophrenia. For people affected by this, these auditory hallucinations can be debilitating and sometimes require medication to treat them. Avatar Therapy offers a new approach to this condition and will soon…
The device, developed by medical technology company Medtronic, is the size of two matches and is injected under the skin into the chest. The procedure takes less than ten minutes, under local anesthesia. The device is connected to an app…
Is the long-drawn-out corona marathon in its final sprint here in Europe? It’s beginning to look more and more like it. Whereas the British and Portuguese were the first to introduce a relaxation of the rules at the beginning of…
A new, localized plastics recycling plant is opening today in Almere to address one specific problem: mixed plastics. These are the lower grade variety plastics – such as single-use plastic bags and dirty containers – that we throw in with…
Most motorcyclists cherish their helmet like a baby. After all, that protection can save your life. There’s another reason, too. That protection can deteriorate drastically if you accidentally drop your helmet. In the event of a fairly hard impact, the…