Clothing brands now produce almost twice as much clothing as they did twenty years ago. What’s more, demand is expected to keep on growing. But clothes that are no longer worn are being dumped en masse into the environment without…
One of the best kept secrets in the Netherlands. That is what you could call the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Geleen. It is the old site of De Staatsmijnen, (the Dutch State Mines). More commonly known as DSM, when Limburg…
In the wake of the recently burgeoning anti-racism movement, attention is also being increasingly focused on diversity and inclusion in the workplace. A positive development, all the more so, considering that all professional domains should ideally be a reflection of…
Hunting or sweeping mines at sea is very time-consuming and not without danger. It is almost always carried out by mine-clearing vessels (minesweepers and minehunters). It has long been known that this can be done in different ways. For example,…
The fact that we will soon be deploying robots for tasks that are too dangerous for humans, or are just uncomfortable, comes as no surprise to anyone. This is already the case in a number of places. Yet there are…
The story of how David Ellington joined the LUMO Labs Scientific and Industry Advisory board is the story of how a European innovator impressed a player from The Valley, an investor. Because of his global connections, Ellington is a keen…
If ever there has been an innovation of tremendous importance in 2020, then it is the development of the corona vaccine. To a large extent, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has set the agenda. Even in the world of science and innovation.…
One of the things that strikes you when your hearing deteriorates is that you can no longer filter individual voices out of the din at a party. A hearing aid seems to be the solution. But it doesn’t always amplify…
One of the major hurdles to the expansion of renewable energies has so far concerned the ability to store energy that has been generated. This is why various alternative options to lithium-ion technology are being researched so that larger amounts…
Data storage has been around for ages. In the beginning, for example, there were hieroglyphics, marks on stone and walls. Now it seems possible to use a car tire to process a huge amount of data as a solution for…