He never thought of it himself, but Ed Albers is project manager innovation for Marathon Eindhoven and he does so as a volunteer. The first thing he did was to structure the activities surrounding innovation. “To be honest, it was…
The Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven is the largest design festival in Northern Europe. Every year we pick nine designers that we think are this year’s hidden gems. You can read their stories here. Today: Hein van de Laar and…
Volvo finds new, highly automated driving functions at low cost For the last decades, the computing power of chips has been doubling every 18 to 24 months. It’s the fundament of Moore’s Law, and up to now, it has never…
The Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven is the largest design festival in Northern Europe. Every year we pick nine designers that we think are this year’s hidden gems. You can read their stories here. Today: Foundation We Are “If you…
“Hi, I’m looking for a graduation internship,” says someone in between cutting tomatoes. “Can you help me with this?” Others are more hesitant and concentrate more on preparing the meals. Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo is the stage for Tomorrow’s Talent…
by Han Konings, TU/e Cursor The number of international students staying in the Netherlands having completed their studies is rising, reports Nuffic, the Dutch organization for internationalization in education. In percentage terms, TU/e is leading the way. Of the cohorts…
[box]MyDiagnostick is a medical device, intended to discriminate atrial fibrillation, a common arrhythmia, from normal cardiac rhythm. Atrial fibrillation can cause a stroke, so it’s important to know when it occurs. MyDiagnostick is an ECG recorder that has the shape of…
When can a manufacturer claim that their cookies are healthy? What rules should they stick to? And how is testing done to ensure that these cookies are actually healthy? The Food Claims Centre Venlo is addressing these questions. It is…
Yvonne van Hest is responsible for the PEOPLE domain as Program Director at Brainport Development. Her columns focus on regional developments, backgrounds and trends in education and the labour market. I am 47 years old. I’ve been working at Brainport Development for…
In a weekly column, alternately written by Maarten Steinbuch, Mary Fiers, Carlo van de Weijer, Lucien Engelen, Tessie Hartjes and Auke Hoekstra, Innovation Origins tries to find out what the future will look like. The six columnists, occasionally supplemented by…