Smart lighting, self-driving cars and service robots that care for our elderly relatives. That all seems to be becoming reality pretty soon. We are already dealing with smart algorithms in less obvious ways as well. Consider, for example, your timeline…
It may take some getting used to for those who are accustomed to traditional agriculture. You also have to forget the image of head-neck -rump, stables and land (and nitrogen tanks). Because the fact is that seaweed farms are the…
The advent of information technology has shaped businesses, economies, and lifestyles like nothing else. Almost every major initiative across the globe is making use of information technology (IT) in one way or another. The use of IT is not just…
Suppose you want to talk to someone in the street for a while. That can be a dangerous activity in times of corona. Unless, of course, you stand under the protective light of the “Urban Sun,” whose rays cleans the…
Forget the 30-kilometer zone. In the future, cities will change their infrastructure in favor of the bicycle. The car will slowly but surely disappear from the streetscape. At least that is the prediction of several founders of start-ups that are…
[UPDATE] – Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) will continue with the Irène Curie Fellowship Program (ICF) in modified form as of May 1. The goal of the program remains at least thirty percent female researchers in the permanent academic staff…
If you run a shipping business, you need to understand the changing business landscape and adapt to it if you want to survive. Like most areas of our lives, technology is having a huge impact on the way that the…
Water shortages are one of the major problems facing the world in the coming decades. Desalination of seawater can offer a solution. But the process is expensive and often unstable. This is partly due to the membranes that are used…
Vertical take-off and landing helicopters are indispensable in places that cannot be reached by road and where no runways are available for aircraft. This is the case in mountain rescue operations, on oil platforms, for medical care in remote areas…
“Failure is the mother of success,” explains an enthusiastic Gadi Rothenberg. He is referring to an ‘accident’ eleven years ago, in which he made an unintended but ultimately very successful discovery. Rothenberg is a professor of heterogeneous catalysis and sustainable…