In Germany, around 9,500 people are on the waiting list for a donor organ. Most of them are waiting for a kidney transplant; some are even waiting for several organs. While about 5,000 people were added to the waiting list…
Electronic car stealing becomes “impossible” with the new imec Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology for secure passive, non-contact car keys. Imec is one of the world’s most important research and innovation hubs in the field of nanoelectronics and digital technology.…
Student teams from the technical universities of Delft, Twente and Eindhoven have been participating – with great success – in the biennial World Solar Challenge in Australia for many years. This year’s edition, which takes place in October, will see…
With 34 enormous wind turbines on and around the Krammersluizen, Windpark Krammer in Bruinisse is now good for about 102 megawatts of green electricity per year. This is comparable to the energy requirements of 100,000 households, but they will not…
Up to now, the activity in the airspace above our cities is fairly limited. Air traffic to and from the airports is routed around cities as far as possible. The flight operations of sport and private aviation are also subject…
Call it creepy, or frightening, but it also is entertaining and educating: the use of ‘deep fake‘. When used for bad it is creepy and can be frightening indeed; on the other hand, if the purpose is to educate people…
For the eighth year in a row, the High Tech Discovery Route is the highlight of the Dutch Technology Week. This time the annual technology feast is bigger than ever: with new discovery routes in places like Tilburg, Nieuwkuijk, Assen,…
We are living in a very interesting time in which we are going to make serious breakthroughs in the various areas of mobility. We are aiming for zero emissions, no congestion and the number of fatalities must be reduced to…
With Lightyear, Ioniqa, Ibis Power and Smart*Light, Brainport Eindhoven delivers four of the ten finalists for the title ‘National Icon of the Netherlands’. These National Icons are Dutch solutions for global issues in the areas of health, energy, digitisation, circular…
Until a few years ago, clothing served only to protect people and at the same time still had fashionable aspects. But meanwhile, our second skin can do more and more. The measurement of body data such as pulse value or…