The Hyperloop concept is never going to take off, Carlo van de Weijer says. According to the head of the Strategic Area Smart Mobility at the Eindhoven University of Technology, it’s not flexible enough and it doesn’t fit into the…
Tech company Sioux has joined forces with Romanian software developer Qubiz. The two parties have been working together for some time now, but are now going one step further. The fruitful cooperation is now entering its next phase with the…
LifeSense is introducing its smart underwear in Singapore as part of a study assessing the efficacy of the app-based programme for patients with stress incontinence. The study will be conducted at the National University Hospital (NUH). The effects of the…
In recent years, Pillow’s Willow in Eindhoven has made a big impression with the award-winning VR game Spark of Light. As a company in the rapidly developing market of VR games and applications, however, you constantly have to reinvent yourself.…
Millions of children and adolescents around the world play the Fortnite game. What makes this game so popular? Research teacher Mirjam Baars researched it and found out that it’s not just because the game is free. This article was previously…
London-based Predina Tech Limited, emerged from Entrepreneur First, one of Europe’s leading deep tech accelerators, has successfully completed its seed round of venture funding and continues to grow and expand its business on a larger scale. With its pioneering Guardian…
Ships are – as far as their relative emissions are concerned – still among the worst polluters in the transport industry. They use heavy oil as fuel. Measurements by the German Nature Conservation Association (Naturschutzbund Deutschland) at port terminals revealed…
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 be like. The six columnists, occasionally supplemented by…
People from many different countries live, study and work in Eindhoven. Every week, Innovation Origins has a talk with an international about what brought them here and what life is like in Eindhoven. Name: Liz Montelongo, also known as Momo Country…
Admittedly, every list is debatable – and certainly if there are hardly any arguments put forward to indicate the difference between number 1 and 10, we must be wary. But if a company that has the mission to speed up…