This week and last week, Innovation Origins has been looking at the growing influence of wireless communication within today’s society and in particular at data transmission via electromagnetic radio waves with ever-higher frequencies, such as 5G. Eindhoven is home to…
After a successful research phase, a new type of Accommodating Intraocular Lens (AIOL) capable of effectively treating presbyopia is looking for a place in the market. Scientists from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) are hoping to have the first…
[Update] The discovery of an antibody against Covid-19 was a world first at Erasmus MC and Utrecht University. The scientific publication, which was recently published in the leading journal Nature, will lead to a medicine within six months, says researcher…
Some of you guys are gonna go back to work at the office. At work, there are many factors that make employees feel comfortable or uncomfortable, such as temperature and lighting. This smart technology in office buildings creates a healthy…
”Your sneak preview of the future” is the slogan of Innovation Origins, and that’s just what we will highlight with our Start-up of the Week column. Over the past few days, five start-ups of the day have been featured and…
Deutsche Bahn’s Medibuses are currently being used in a large-scale study by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) into the COVID-19 distribution in Germany. By using the Medibuses, researchers and physicians have access to high-quality laboratory environments, which can also be…
Core Life Analytics, a Utrecht founded AI startup will, thanks to new investments, accelerate the development of StratoMineR, a data analysis platform for the development of new medicines. BOM Brabant Ventures, Utrecht Holdings, and TechFund One together invest 1 million…
Jheronimus Academy of Data Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, and Tilburg University, together with Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, are creating a “Toolkit Artificial Intelligence” that should be applicable for the industry. To this end, the public-private partnership ‘CERTIF-AI’ has…
Koen Hindriks is a Full Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and head of the social artificial intelligence group. Within this group, he and his team focus on making the interaction between machines and people more…
At one of the press conferences on corona held by the Dutch Prime Minister Rutte, I heard him say we must now “decide for 100 % with only 50 % of the information.” He has repeated that oneliner many times…