“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” These words of Henry Ford resonate with a lot of inventors and entrepreneurs. To date, the automotive industry has seen many Henry Fords in various forms.…
The United Kingdom, Belgium and Denmark are three of Europe’s most innovative economies. This is evident from a six-factor survey of funding sources. Some of the factors looked at were the number of start-ups, number of companies per capita and…
Within the Climate Accord, agreements have also been made regarding the process manufacturing industry on reducing CO2 emissions, as well as the raw materials transition. The opportunities and sticking points that these entails were discussed at the online summit held…
The energy market is developing at lightning speed and changing equally rapidly. What seems to be a solution today is by tomorrow already outdated technology and superseded by a better invention. The American chemist John Goodenough won the Nobel Prize…
The climate is changing and we are all going to notice the consequences, all over the world. There are plenty of plans to prepare for this or even to reverse the process. But as an alderman for a medium-sized city…
You might not think about it much, or ever, but the shoes you’re bringing into your home could actually be posing quite a threat to your health. Every day when you leave the home, you’re going to and from work,…
The Spanish port city of Málaga gave us Pablo Picasso and now also Europe’s first self-driving city bus. The bus is twelve meters long and seats 60 people. Equipped with sensors and cameras, it connects the port of Málaga with…
The downside of electric power is that raw materials (such as lithium) used in batteries are scarce and battery recycling is in its infancy. Not to mention that not all power is generated in a green way. A first step…
“I learned from the outset how to make a prototype.” “The instructor gave me the confidence to try out my ideas.” “The teachers motivated us to go even further than we ever thought possible before we took the course.” These…
It is clear that transport is switching over to an electricity cable on a global scale. These developments are moving very fast in some areas. This year, the Italian company Sealance will be introducing an electric water jet engine with…