Floods and high water levels are not only a technical challenge for first responders, they can also pose immediate health risks. Bacteria, specific unicellular and multicellular organisms, viruses, spores, and fungi can infect people. These pathogens can remain infectious and…
The Brainport region is an important growth engine of the Dutch economy. It is therefore very important, both for the region itself and for the country, to further strengthen this position. The fact that this not only increases the earning…
With a vaccine and group immunity approaching, the question arises as to whether we will again start to travel as much as we would like to. Or even more than that; that we’re going to make up for our travel…
The start-up ecosystem in Brainport Eindhoven plays a “cautious role” on an international level: from StartupGenome’s most recent research among more than 1,000 ecosystems worldwide, the region ranks 193rd. “That can and should be higher,” says alderman Stijn Steenbakkers. In…
After more than nine months of the corona pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, and mask-wearing in our lives, you can now see them everywhere: the see-through shields. They are enjoying increasing popularity as an alternative to conventional mouth-nose coverings. Even if they…
A lab-on-chip, an intervertebral disc, or an ultra-thin grid in an X-ray machine. All examples of applications with 3D printing in the medical world. Promising production technologies in a world where new products have to meet strict quality requirements. Three…
Alessandra Farris knows better than anyone what it is like to go deaf in life. Not because she doesn’t hear herself, but because both her parents are deaf. Farris saw with her own eyes what the stumbling blocks in the…
Many people know all about this even in conventional cars without even sitting in the opposite direction of travel: While the driver calmly drives around the curves and up and down mountains, the passengers in the back seat feel sick.…
Researchers at the Dutch University of Twente’s (UT) MESA+ Institute are developing a rapid test to detect cancer. The test detects DNA fragments in bodily fluids such as urine. It is essential that the test does not miss any fragments.…
Many thousands of companies in Brainport Eindhoven, all with their own expertise, a connecting network, and an accumulated experience from which everyone could learn something. How logical, then, is it that all these lines come together to make the whole…