Chemist Wolfgang Kroutil is researching methods that enable the simple and inexpensive manufacture of medicines. To do this, he uses a form of biocatalysis which is also environmentally friendly. The high cost of medicines can often make therapies quite unaffordable.…
Last week I thought back a little wistfully on a few years ago. It must have been sometime around 2006. I had become the happy owner of two chickens (Fieke and Antoinette) and a rooster (Guus). In my city garden…
Patients with chronic conditions are the biggest users of the majority of healthcare resources. The Norwegian start-up Dignio is working towards a system that allows the patient to be more involved in their treatments themselves, without having to physically go…
At the moment, the battery-powered car is still the main focus of attention among German car manufacturers as the means of transport for the future. For a few weeks, however, the word “hydrogen” or “fuel cell car” has become increasingly…
Glasses have been around since the early Middle Ages. While they were worn as an optical aid in the past, today they are increasingly used as a fashion accessory. And although every face, every head shape has its own individual…
The Eindhoven-based photonics company Effect Photonics is becoming more and more of an international player. A doubling of the staff meant that the company had to move to a new and larger office. They found this space in the Microlab…
Every week four freight trains run directly between Tilburg and Chengdu. China has found North Brabant to be an important logistics hub. Can the province prevent it from ending up in a political web? It is also referred to as…
The start-up bound4blue is helping shipowners reduce their pollutant emissions as well as reduce their fuel-related costs, aiming at shipping vessels in particular. The Spanish start-up has developed a patented foldable, wingsail solution that reduces toxic emissions which are related…
Data collection by our smartphones is not only valuable for advertisers. It can also be used to tell interactive stories, as ‘story designer’ Steye Hallema has discovered. A form of narration that fits in an era wherein our media consumption…
Visit any major city and you see E-Scooters everywhere. Some people claim it is a great sustainable alternative for the car, others think it is far too dangerous. IO makes an overview of all the pros and cons. Read more…