If The Netherlands intends to meet the Paris climate targets, sea and inland shipping must also commit to them. As in become climate-neutral vessels. In the Port of Rotterdam, a number of companies are planning to supply power to ships…
Bufferblock from Rotterdam thinks it has the solution for water problems, especially in areas with high levels of groundwater. Concrete elements just below street level can buffer large volumes of water, allowing it to infiltrate while simultaneously coping with high…
The high tech and medical industry is responsible for a large part of our economic growth, and therefore of our prosperity. It is now well known that this hardware-dominated world cannot do without software expertise, but good process control, reliability…
The days when Spain looked at French, Italian or Asian cuisine with envy have long since passed. According to José Carlos Capel, the southern European country definitely ranks among “the five best countries in the world” when it comes to…
”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…
Yesterday a colleague showed me a deep fake clip ripped from Home Alone. Both the face and voice of the lead actor Kevin were replaced by that of Sylvester Stallone – ‘Home Stallone.’ If you look around for examples of…
It is common knowledge nowadays. The German automobile industry is in a bind. But German cities are also struggling with the transition to a sustainable urban traffic model – the Verkehrswende. Germany wants a traffic revolution, but how will they…
A coalition from Eindhoven and Taipei – start-up Incooling and multinational GIGABYTE – is focusing on developing a new class of two-phased liquid-cooled servers. Both companies believe that using liquid instead of air as a cooling system for servers saves…
As a private company led by former minister Wouter Bos, Invest-NL will provide financing to companies that will make the Netherlands more sustainable and more innovative. With a share capital of 1.7 billion euros, Invest-NL’s focus at launch is on…
The Netherlands is a country with ambitions. It is also a country with challenges. We should be a knowledge economy. We have an energy transition to make. The population is ageing, and healthcare costs are rising. These are all serious…