Corien Oenema, CEO and founder of Coobly was already focusing on online entrepreneurship with her company before the outbreak of the corona crisis. However, now perhaps more than ever she sees her (potential) clients struggling to make that step. Especially…
Norwegian scientists have developed an app that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help combat migraines. A daily training session of 10 minutes with this app could reduce migraine attacks in a lot of patients, according to the researchers. One in…
Kiki Bertens has won the prestigious Madrid tennis tournament! Has the coronavirus gotten into this columnist’s head? Didn’t Bertens win last year in La Caja Magica? Or did I miss something? I hear you all thinking that. No, the coronavirus…
If you suddenly can’t taste or smell properly anymore, it could mean that you are infected with the coronavirus. Researchers at Wageningen University, Netherlands, are therefore now developing a special home test. “This will allow people to test whether they…
105 cities around the world including Berlin, Mexico City, Heidelberg, The Hague, Los Angeles and Iskandar have been named on CDP’s Cities A-List for their transparency and action on climate change. Almost one third (34) of the crowned cities are…
Over the past month, which has been invariably dominated by corona news, Innovation Origins has each weekday also featured a Start-up of the Day. Since real innovation doesn’t allow itself to be slowed down by adversity like this, we once…
On Monday, Italy will lift its strictest corona restrictions. Meanwhile, Venice is licking its wounds. Yet hotels do see a ray of light. The wooden gondolier’s booth on the Riva Degli Schiavoni is closed. Dozens of gondolas are moored in…
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 the province of North Holland and the Hardt Hyperloop start-up. They state…
Viruses are the building blocks of life. They have made human evolution possible. But they can also make us ill. “When viruses make people ill, in most cases, they are themselves to blame. Because they have upset their balance,” virologist…
Little by little, schools and businesses are opening up again. Yet it remains a big task to take enough distance from each other. Fortunately, innovations from the technical field can help us do that.