Tomorrow is Good: Realising Dreams

In a weekly column, alternately written by Lucien Engelen, Maarten Steinbuch, Carlo van de Weijer, and Tessie Hartjes, E52 tries to find out what the future will look like. All four contributors – sometimes accompanied by guest bloggers – are…

Bloomberg: NXP purchaser to be purchased

Broadcom Ltd. is considering a bid of more than $100 billion for Qualcomm Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be the biggest-ever takeover of a chipmaker. According to Bloomberg.com, Broadcom is speaking to advisers about the potential…

Minsung from South Korea

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: Minsung Wang Country of Origin: South Korea Work:…

Hugsy wants to raise €40,000 on Kickstarter

Hugsy makes baby blankets and cuddly toys that simulate the parents’ smell and heartbeat. In order to further develop it and to enable new scientific research, the Eindhoven startup is launching a Kickstarter campaign today. Hugsy hopes to collect 40,000 euros in order to…

NXP starts R&D center in China

NXP has signed an agreement for the establishment of the NXP China Applications Development Center for Auto Electronics. This is the first step towards a development center in the Chinese city of Chongqing. The center will help China’s domestic automobile…