Willem Bulthuis ends his lecture at the Beyond Tech event with an example that clarifies the real heart of innovation. He takes us back to the time when the first settlers tried to build the city of Boston. “The story…
Do you walk properly? This question seems simpler than it is. How convenient would it be if everyone had access to advanced motion analysis without a referral to a laboratory? Quite a bit, right! That’s exactly what Utrecht start-up ORYX…
Even if you can’t imagine it with a snowy or rainy winter like this one: In the long term, the European floodplain forests are threatened due to the long periods of drought caused by climate change. But not just that:…
With the increasing popularity of electric cars, the number of batteries needed for this purpose is also increasing. This poses new challenges not only to the industry, but also to storage and recycling companies. On the second Battery Day, which…
Aircision, a deep-tech venture from the Eindhoven-based start-up accelerator HighTechXL, is ready to test its laser-based 5G communications technology. This will be the first test of Free Space Optics (FSO) as a viable link for 5G networks, and will entail…
Because of the expected business advantages and the much-needed innovations, Vanderlande decided to separate a group of employees and position them as a stand-alone business unit in 2017. Today, almost two years later, Vanderlande’s Director of Strategy & Sustainability Esther…
In a reaction to this morning’s articles on Chinese industrial espionage, ASML has announced that this is not a conspiracy by a government. According to ASML, the employees who stole the company’s secrets also happen to include Chinese citizens. The…
What was only science fiction until now, or theory at best, was confirmed as being a reality on April 10, 2019. At six simultaneous press conferences around the world, scientists from the “Event Horizon Telescope” unveiled the first image of…
The first branch of Techpro Europe in the Netherlands will be at Brainport Industries Campus (BIC). The company, headquartered in Hong Kong, produces self-adhesive products for the optical and medical technology industries. Techpro expects to be able to build up…
It’s a fascinating sight: underwater shots, in which feather stars and sea lilies sway their tentacles rhythmically with the movement of the water. These types of images from the Arctic depths stem from remote-controlled underwater vehicles, which roam the almost…