This week and next, Innovation Origins will focus on the increasing influence of wireless communication in society by means of data traffic using electromagnetic waves with increasingly higher frequencies such as 5G. Wireless communication is actually a very strange term.…
Start-up Angiogenesis Analytics, a spin-off of the Eindhoven University of Technology that currently works from the JADS Venture Campus in Den Bosch, is developing software that allows early detection of prostate cancer. It is a long term project: “Within four…
”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…
In the weekly ‘follow-up’ section we present a sequel to last week’s best-read article here on Innovation Origins. The story this week was about a study carried out by TU Berlin that shows that the coronavirus stays in the air longer…
By mid-March, teachers all over the world were faced with a tough challenge: a rapid transition to online education would have to be made. This prompted hilarious commentaries, such as this adaptation of Gloria Gaynor’s biggest hit, I Will Survive,…
The COVID 19 crisis is holding the world in its grip. The coronavirus is spreading rapidly, resulting in high infection rates around the world. Many governments had no strategy in place to start out with and were forced to develop…
Much progress is currently being made in computer science. Regular computers that work with bits are gradually being replaced by futuristic alternatives. Think of DNA-based computers or quantum computers. Is the computer of the future so advanced that it can…
“Okay, Zoomers,” the professor said, “Go ahead, you tell me!” He found the wordplay rather funny … but on the other side of the screen there was hardly any response. He had been approached by two students who had to…
Localie earns money with things like online tours whereby locals can walk through their city and tell stories or give tips about Amsterdam, Paris, or anywhere else via a live stream. Localie can also help if you want to study…
Architecture has (re)discovered wood as a building material for urban spaces. In recent months, the two tallest wooden buildings in the world were built in Vienna, Austria, and Brumunddal in Norway. Plans are even underway for a skyscraper in Tokyo.…