MUSA is the name of the first robot for super-microsurgery. MUSA was developed in recent years by researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, the MicroSure company and plastic surgeons at the Maastricht UMC+ medical center. The only thing MUSA…
The number of e-cars registered in the Netherlands (battery + hybrid) has now passed the 200,000 mark. The number of charge points is also growing rapidly. By the end of last year you could already charge your car in more…
Everybody is familiar with the white condensation trails that planes leave in the air on beautiful days. Most people like them, but what few people know is that these aircraft tracks, or contrails, contribute almost as much to global warming…
The Railway Zone – ‘Spoorzone’ – in the Dutch city of Tilburg will provide new accommodation for start-ups. The ‘Startup Kitchen‘ is meant to form a link in a newly created local start-up ecosystem. The first entrepreneurs have already registered…
The number of electric buses in Western Europe is skyrocketing. In the past year, more E-buses were registered than between the years 2012 and 2018 combined. This was the outcome of a study by Chatrou CME Solutions. Almost 12% of…
Each week we take a look with EV specialist and Innovation Origins columnist Auke Hoekstra at what caught his eye on topical issues or what he runs into where the preservation of our planet is concerned. This week Auke explains why…
Climate change and its consequences can be felt all over the world. More and more species are threatened with extinction. Not only mammals and insects, but also fish and marine organisms. The marine ecosystem is severely damaged by the warming…
Hannah Wundsam and Cornelia Sochor were in a master’s program at the University of Economics, Vienna (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) when they noticed that a lot of take-away packing was being thoughtlessly thrown away on campus. They decided to change that with…
The population is rising and we are getting older and older. As a result, healthcare is becoming more and more expensive. We need to redesign our systems in order to keep healthcare manageable and affordable. Technology can play an important…
On behalf of the European Space Agency( ESA), the Eindhoven-based company HighTechXL is to market space technology which have been developed within the ESA. In doing so, HighTechXL, propelled by the Eindhoven Startup Alliance, will once again team up with…