The corona crisis has given tremendous momentum to the development of start-ups focusing on online education and homeworking. This week Innovation Origins will therefore pay extra attention to start-ups in this edtech sector. The Dutch educational company Springlab makes ‘motion…
The German Max-Planck Institute has developed a new technique for administering vaccines via the skin instead of injecting them into a muscle. The researchers state that the technique is suitable for all future (SARS-CoV-2) coronavirus vaccines. This was announced yesterday…
Establishing whether a patient is suffering from severe lung disease, possibly COVID-19, within a few minutes: this is possible using fairly simple ultrasound machines that are enhanced with artificial intelligence. A research team at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and…
The corona crisis has given tremendous momentum to the development of start-ups focusing on online education and homeworking. This week Innovation Origins will therefore pay extra attention to start-ups in this edtech sector. 2DAYSMOOD has developed a software tool…
Many ships use heavy fuel oils that contain large amounts of sulphur and nitrogen which end up emitting greenhouse gases and other damaging substances. The TU/e-led consortium Idealfuel seeks to address this issue by developing new, efficient, and low-cost methods…
According to various statistics, an average truck emits around 130 grams of carbon dioxide (CO2) per kilometer. However, this value could be substantially reduced by equipping these vehicles with solar panels. About 6,000 kilograms of CO2 and €2,500 in fuel…
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 in order to achieve those new solutions and create real innovations that benefit society, something has…
The corona crisis has given tremendous momentum to the development of start-ups focusing on online education and homeworking. This week Innovation Origins will therefore pay extra attention to start-ups in this edtech sector. LessonUp is a platform for schools and…
Advances in the field of augmented and virtual reality enable users to have ever-more realistic experiences. Just recently, a computer scientist at the University of Saarbrücken succeeded in making virtual worlds physically “tangible” (IO reported on this). Now, researchers from…
In an attempt to “innovate the Netherlands out of the current crisis”, Dutch Research Organization TNO is finding inspiration in Germany. “Germany increased its national investments in research and innovation right after the crisis of 2008”, says TNO Director Paul…