As head of innovation for the Shanghai-based XNode powered by HighTechXL, Luuk Eliëns has devoted the past two years to helping to build scalable tech companies in China. Speaking at the recent Beyond Tech HighTechXL showcase at the High Tech…
Plastic waste is one of the greatest problems of our time. While in the 1950s about 1.5 million tons of plastic were produced per year, today it is almost 300 million tons. According to a WWF estimate, up to 12.7…
Broad confidence in technology is essential for the competitive position of the Netherlands, according to FME, the employers’ organisation for the technology industry. “But many people lack imagination about what they can do with technology themselves, so there is still…
Granted: The idea needs getting used to – a camera that, for example, offers all-round surveillance at home. While current Smart Home components depend on a continuous internet connection, the camera system of the Chemnitz-based start-up 3dvisionlabs GmbH– in which…
Thanks in part to closer cooperation with FME, the employers’ organisation for the technology industry, the Dutch Technology Week this year is bigger than ever. This is particularly visible in new events in Tilburg, Breda, Delft and Nijmegen, among others. “The…
The Fontys team FHICTDigital won €1500 today at the Odyssey Hackathon in Groningen. The team came second in the category “Rethink Retirement”, which had to find solutions for the pension system. Supervisor Erdinç Saçan looks back: Here are all winners…
Kadans Science Partner, an innovative housing company, is teaming up with biotechnology companies Genmab and Merus to develop a new Life Sciences building at the Utrecht Science Park. The building, called The Accelerator, will be located close to the entrance…
Almost two months ago, the Heidelberg University Hospital made global headlines with a “milestone in the early detection of breast cancer”. Prof. Dr. Christof Sohn, Medical Director of the University Women’s Hospital, explained: “The blood test developed by our team…
Vacuum’s empty, isn’t it? Or is it not? At least not for quantum physicists. Because they assume that even here, particles and anti-particles fluctuate. So far there is no definite proof for this assumption. But German physicists Werner Heisenberg and…
The world is changing. And our Brabant landscape is changing along with it. That will always be the case. Business as usual, one would say. Yet many people experience this time differently than before because at the same time we…