Climate change exists. Global temperatures rise higher each year, causing polar ice caps to melt and sea levels to rise. It’s an exercise in frustration to rely on governments to come up with a solution. Instead, lasting solutions will most…
In a weekly column, alternately written by Lucien Engelen, Mary Fiers, Maarten Steinbuch, Carlo van de Weijer, and Tessie Hartjes, E52 tries to find out what the future will look like. All five contributors – sometimes accompanied by guest bloggers…
People from many different countries live, study and work in Eindhoven. Every week, E52 has a talk with an international about what brought them here and what life is like in Eindhoven. Name: Stefano Capacchione Country of origin: England Work: writer…
VDL has opened a charging location for electric vehicles on the grounds of VDL ETS (Enabling Transport Solutions) in Valkenswaard. Up to seven vehicles can be charged simultaneously in different ways. The speed at which the transition to sustainable transport…
Last year, the Brabant Development Company (BOM) financially supported 188 companies in their ambition to grow in Brabant, including 39 foreign companies in their establishment or expansion in Brabant. This is stated in the BOM’s annual report for 2017, which…
“Technology also looks promising for healthcare applications such as early detection of neurodegenerative diseases” Imec, the world-leading research and innovation hub in nano-electronics and digital technology, has demonstrated a new wireless eye-tracking technology based on electro-oculography, an ophthalmology technique used…
How can you tempt people to be healthy and active? That is the question the Vitality Living Lab faces. For the coming four years they want to find answers and solutions, René Wijlens says. Wijlens is the driving force behind…
They are working on the mobility of tomorrow: on autonomous cars, new fuels, other engines. Their ‘living lab’ is the A270, that piece of highway between Eindhoven and Helmond. The Automotive Campus in Helmond is a hotspot for everything that…
Jalila Essaidi has won the second prize in the Chivas Venture with her Mestic concept. The founder of BioArtLab, located at the Philips fruit gardens on the Oirschotsedijk in Eindhoven, won 200,000 euro. Mestic converts cow manure waste into biotextiles,…
Philips is going to build Ethiopia’s first specialized Cardiac Care Center, to address the critical shortage of cardiology services in Ethiopia. Under the terms of the agreement, valued at approximately 40 million euro, Philips will be responsible for the full…