It’s visible in many sectors of the high-tech manufacturing industry: in the design process, all the attention goes to the optimal end product, but a lot less to its future maintenance. And that’s exactly what can make the difference between…
Giorgio Metta is scientific director of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), the Italian counterpart of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The institute has a multidisciplinary approach and is particularly strong in technology transfer. Metta (51), an electrical engineer…
When it comes to life and death in an accident or health emergency, every minute can be crucial. For this to happen, both rescue vehicles and rescue workers must be on standby around the clock. Organizing all this, however, is…
Systems Engineering makes a fundamental contribution to the competitive position of the high-tech manufacturing industry in Brainport Eindhoven. Yet you hardly ever hear the term and there are large differences in its interpretation, so that knowledge often remains within one…
There is growing international interest in a new invention developed by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and Catharina Hospital in the Netherlands. It concerns the so-called CoLab score that can serve as an alternative to a PCR rapid test when…
EFFECT Photonics makes optical chips for telecommunications. These chips allow more data to be sent simultaneously over a fiber optic network. With digitization and the emerging Internet of Things, more and more bandwidth is needed on networks. That’s where EFFECT…
Soap has the amazing property that it contains molecules that nestle themselves between grease and dirt on the skin and the skin itself. Once the molecules come into contact with water they dissolve and can be washed away. For researchers…
If it is up to Hologram Sciences, in the future we will all get personalized nutrition advice via AI. The American start-up wants people to eat and live healthier and thinks it can achieve this with food supplements and personalized…
Recently the Dutch cabinet announced that 4 billion euros from the growth fund will be invested in areas such as AI, quantum technology and green hydrogen. The aim of the investments is to strengthen the Dutch economy. What do you…
The Swedish capital, besides the Abba Museum of course, is known for its archipelago. Off the coast of Stockholm there are about 30,000 islands. A good number of these are inhabited and can be visited. Every day about 60 diesel…