Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) plays a crucial role in driving local innovation, according to a new report by the university and Elsevier: one of the largest publishers of scientific literature. The two parties today announced the results of their…
KOTUG has commissioned the world’s first electric pusher, powered by battery containers developed by EST-Floattech: a battery manufacturer based in Badhoevedorp. This pusher boat transports cocoa beans between Amsterdam and Zaandam. The container can store 2MWh of energy. The container…
There are going to be major changes in the airspace over the coming years. It is getting busier and busier up there and more and more different types of traffic are encountering each other. The big question is therefore how…
To keep ASML in Brainport, the company will work with the municipality of Eindhoven to investigate whether Brainport Industries Campus (BIC) is suitable for the chip machine maker’s necessary further development. ASML expects to employ 20,000 new employees there. Part…
Alphen aan den Rijn-based Aquabattery has secured 6 million in funding. The start-up is working on a flow battery, which stores electricity using water and salt. This battery is considered an environmentally friendly and safe alternative to lithium- or other…
Recently, Effect Photonics announced it had raised 35 million euros in funding. The vast majority of that amount – twenty million – comes from pension funds PMT and PME. They announced they will jointly make one hundred million available for…
Making an echogram, for example to properly visualize the condition of an organ such as the heart or circulation, is usually done by an expert sonographer in a hospital or diagnostic center. TNO has developed a technology in which a…
In a week when the Dutch government announced a 100 million euro investment in battery pilots at solar parks, California celebrated a landmark in battery-powered clean energy. Battery storage supports the energy mix in an ever-growing way. At one point…
In our Sunday newsletter, we editors reflect on the past seven days. We do this on the initiative of our cartoonist Albert Jan Rasker. He chooses a subject, draws a picture, and we take it from there. Today, we discuss AI (obviously),…
New agricultural robots could eventually replace poison sprayers in agriculture. They weed with AI, day and night, increasing biodiversity and reducing chemical use. Growers are embracing the technology; tests with carrots, onions, and chicory have been a success. One such…