The appeal for a more flexible admission of high-tech talent to the Netherlands is gaining widespread support. Hartjes, vice president of marketing at the solar car start-up Lightyear and columnist at Innovation Origins, called for a more flexible work visa…
In the Netherlands, the calls for making the wearing of face masks in public places mandatory are becoming increasingly louder. Especially now that a study carried out by UMC Utrecht (the medical university of Utrecht) and Utrecht University shows that…
For 400 years we have been honing the technique of pattern-cutting. We work out the design of a three-dimensional body on a flat sheet of paper. Additive printing and 3D modeling could revolutionize this traditional technique – and that’s a…
In July last year, the Hyperloop team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Germany won for the fourth time in a row the international Hyperloop competition held in Los Angeles. The team’s pod reached a record speed of…
If the Corona crisis makes something clear to us, it is that the solutions of the past no longer work for today’s problems. But to achieve those new solutions and create real innovations that benefit society, something has to change…
Apparently, the novel Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus is able to spread through human cells by disrupting the cells’ protein expression. This means that even those proteins that are vital for the body’s immune response system can no longer be produced. At the…
In the last article of this series, Auke had already reflected on biomass, and this week he wants to revisit this topic. Because he is not yet done talking about biomass. “I have, as it happens, stated that I am…
After a tough struggle and more than four days, the 27 heads of state of the European Union agreed on the largest budget and financial package in its history: the next EU general budget for the years 2021 to 2027…
Who isn’t familiar with this frustrating issue? – A smartphone battery always happens to be empty the moment you need to make an urgent call. Even though you charge it every day. Or the battery of an electric car lasts…
The summer holidays have officially begun. Something we have all been looking forward to after a turbulent six months. Nevertheless, the coronavirus has by no means taken a vacation. This is evident from recent developments in several countries: new lockdowns…