The winners of an iF Award 2019, the German Innovation Award 2018, Deutsche Zukunftspreis 2017 and has recently been named “Time Best Invention of 2018” have landed on Brainport Innovation Campus (BIC). WiredWorkers’ Franka Emika Panda – the robot arm…
The ten winners of the European Startup Prize for Mobility 2019 will be pitching their innovations at this year’s ITS Congress, which will be held in Brainport Eindhoven in June. The mobility contest, which is supported by both the European…
Unique nanomesh combines high porosity, unprecedented surface-to-volume ratio and ease of manufacturing More efficient batteries, better catalytic converters, fuel cells and hydrogen production: that’s (part of) the promise that imec expects from a novel nanomesh material. “This could mean a…
Innovation comes in waves, small ones and sometimes huge brutal waves. Once at the coast they also retract, go down under. Same goes for innovation; after initial euphoric results and (media) hypes, setback kicks in, bringing in the need to…
GUCY1A3 is the name of the risk gene that influences the anticoagulant effect of aspirin. This has now been established by scientists at the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) and the Clinic at the Technical University of Munich (TUM).…
Several teams worldwide are researching a method of feeding yeasts with carbon dioxide from the air. A PhD student in Vienna succeeded for the first time. Now the new technology is supposed to be used for the sustainable production of…
While Uber recently raised $1 billion for its autonomous car division, the hype surrounding autonomous cars is declining. According to Gartner’s Hype Cycle, every new technology follows a process in which expectations initially rise (go uphill) and if goals and…
NXP and Hawkeye have entered a strategic collaboration in 77GHz radar, “a key technology for safe, autonomous driving”. Hawkeye Technology, based in Nanjing, can help NXP secure its place in the Chinese automotive radar sector. Hawkeye brings in its 77GHz…
This headline almost seduces to immediately change one’s dietary plan and incorporate more yogurt, sauerkraut and Miso – foods, which are fermented by a probiotic – into the stressful everyday life. According to the WHO, probiotics are “viable microorganisms that,…
200 Electric shared cars and 50 e-bikes, spread over 40 locations in some 20 towns and villages in four countries: although more is expected, figures that already fill Goodmoovs-director Edward Bongers with pride. The Netherlands is his home base, but…