Balaji Srinivasan, investor and internet entrepreneur, sees 2020 as the tipping point at which the internet age really began. Where previously preference was given to physical items, such as a newspaper, nowadays the focus is on digital. To stick to…
Heading into the New Year, it’s once again time for the traditional good intentions. You know them well: losing weight, exercising more, living a healthier life, eating fewer sweets, quitting smoking and/or working less hard. But fortunately, we sometimes have…
The University of Antwerp (UAntwerp) and the Port of Antwerp in Belgium are looking into how 3D sonar sensors can make automated shipping safer. Unmanned shipping offers many advantages, such as lower staffing costs and the option of circumventing expensive…
Before the world can make the switch to one hundred percent renewable energy, at least two persistent problems must be resolved. One is to be able to ensure continuous availability of energy from renewable sources such as sun and wind.…
Researchers from several universities and hospitals in Sweden have developed a model that enables them to predict the number of corona patient hospitalizations three weeks in advance. Predictions are made based on data showing the number of travel movements within…
Ten years ago, 3D printing was the preserve of a select group of hobbyists. Now there’s a good chance that your mother-in-law will also happily print in 3D to make that one special lever for operating an indispensable piece of…
The French med tech company Carmat has been granted European approval to supply the Aeson artificial heart that they developed. The company announced that this week. For the time being, Aeson is only allowed to be implanted temporarily and as…
The world needs to stop subsidizing the major oil and gas companies as soon as possible in order to be able to live, work, and produce goods in a CO2-neutral way. That’s what Daniel Kammen, Nobel laureate and professor of…
Solar Team Eindhoven is changing course. Since 2012, the student team from the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) has been working on a solar-powered family car. They previously participated in the biennial World Solar Challenge in Australia. In this competition,…
In the not too distant future we will be able to catch a cab in the sky. Emission-free that is. Aitor Martin from Barcelona is absolutely convinced of this. With his start-up Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), Martin has developed a…