Pioneers of the TU/e (8): Maarten Steinbuch

For a Cursor Special about the explorer, Monique van de Ven and Tom Jeltes interviewed eight pioneers of the Eindhoven University of Technology. Today: university professor Maarten Steinbuch. “I want to create a thousand jobs here within ten years in surgical…

Pioneers of the TU/e (7): Lex Hoefsloot

For a Cursor Special about the explorer, Monique van de Ven and Tom Jeltes interviewed eight pioneers of the Eindhoven University of Technology. Today: Lex Hoefsloot, CEO of LightYear. He aims to produce the first commercial car powered by solar energy.…

Pioneers of the TU/e (6): Alex Dings

For a Cursor Special about the explorer, Monique van de Ven and Tom Jeltes interviewed eight pioneers of the Eindhoven University of Technology. Today: Alex Dings, COO of start-up BitSensor. “I’m not that talented – the largest part remains hard work,…

Tomorrow is Good: Shaping the stories of 2018

This Sunday column normally deals with the (mostly technological) solutions to the problems of our time for 51 times a year. With columnists, Maarten Steinbuch, Mary Fiers, Carlo van de Weijer, Lucien Engelen and Tessie Hartjes, E52 tries to find out what…

Jutta from Austria

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: Jutta Prünner Country of origin: Austria Work: physical…

Pioneers of the TU/e (4): Ton Backx

For a Cursor Special about the explorer, Monique van de Ven and Tom Jeltes interviewed eight pioneers of the Eindhoven University of Technology. Today: professor Ton Backx is utterly convinced of the power of light as an information processor. Pictures by…