Through the Dutch 4TU Impact Challenge, the four technical universities in the Netherlands – Delft, Twente, Eindhoven and Wageningen – want to stimulate students to combine innovative ideas with entrepreneurship. Following four regional preliminaries, the final is this afternoon (19…
The virus that triggers COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, spreads not only by droplet infection, but also via aerosols that can remain in the air for up to several hours. Smear infections via contaminated surfaces can also play a role in the spread…
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…
For two weeks now, my car automatically stops at a traffic light. Fifty or even one hundred meters ahead of time, it indicates that a traffic light is coming. I can see in my display whether the light is red…
An interdisciplinary team of scientists from six different Fraunhofer Institutes in Germany has been working on how individual luxury mobility can be designed for the world in the year 2040. In a world where the focus will be on the…
Ever since developing electric speedboats at Ripple Yachts, I have always been fascinated by the cleanness, power, and efficiency of electric traction. Speedboats and aeroplanes are not that different actually. They both require high levels of power and low weight,…
In general, it takes decades or even centuries for plastic to decompose. A plastic bag needs about ten to twenty years, while a PET bottle probably as much as 450 years. In the meantime, however, researchers are increasingly working on…
“First of all, it’s all about facts, of course,” Auke holds his head a little closer to the screen. “Telling a story is not the same as turning the facts to your advantage or – even worse – inventing something.”…
How will robots change the world? A frequently asked and as yet unanswered question. After all, we do not have a crystal ball. What we do know is that digitalization and automation have changed the world enormously in recent decades.…
Within the next 20 years, NASA wants to send a manned mission to Mars and, if possible, build a research station there. Although it really hopes to be able to colonize the Red Planet over the long term. An international…