Martin Kristelijn has received the DSPE Wim van der Hoek Award. The prize was handed over at the Precision Fair in Veldhoven. The award is for his TU/e graduation project “Design of a motion compensation mechanism for offshore load transfer”.…
“High tech Bayern!” it sounds through the meeting room when the screen comes up again. The presentation appears on the screen again thanks to a ‘German’ dongle from one of the visitors. Problem solved. A Bavarian business delegation visits Holland…
There is an urgent need to prepare work-floor employees for working alongside a new generation of smart robots, says Josje Verbeeten, managing director and co-owner of Robot Academy, the training agency which was set up with the support of robot…
This year, GLOW is presenting 32 light artworks from the Netherlands and abroad. As always, great emphasis is placed on the innovative and experimental work of local makers. New in this year’s festival is the collaboration with Nanjing, sister city…
Fast action is what counts during rescue operations. Only then can it be guaranteed that casualties can be quickly found and cared for. Therefore, every time a rescue operation is carried out, helpers have to obtain a precise picture of…
Starting next year, startups in the digital world are welcome in Heerlen. A new startup program will start at the Brightlands Smart Services Campus in 2019. Brightlands HIVE, as the name will be, stands for Hi-Tech Innovation & Venture Engine.…
World’s largest car maker invests in fully automated metal additive manufacturing system for tooling Volkswagen and Additive Industries have entered into a long-term partnership to additively manufacture advanced tooling and spare parts for the Volkswagen Group. In September, Additive Industries…
ForeScout Technologies acquires the Eindhoven-based company SecurityMatters for 113 million dollars. SecurityMatters was founded in 2009 and is a spin-off of the Eindhoven University of Technology. The company provides network security for operational technology (OT), where computers can adjust physical…
By Frank van den Nieuwenhuijzen, Fontys Source Although he once graduated as a “philosophical engineer”, Taede Punter now wants to be mainly practical. In the Strijp TQ building, where part of Fontys University of Applied Sciences ICT is located, Punter’s…
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.12.2″] “The Netherlands will be free of natural gas by 2050”, is what many newspapers had as their headlines in 2016. And today, many offices and homes are already being built without a gas connection. Take, for…