In the Netherlands, three-quarters of business owners have a glaring shortage of staff. And that makes the transition to a green and digitized future quite difficult. After all, windmills don’t go into the ground by themselves and the transition to…
The appeal of the climate case against Shell starts today in The Hague. Three years ago, Shell was defeated by Milieudefensie in a court case. Among other things, it ordered the company to reduce emissions by 45 percent. Now Shell…
Better, faster and cheaper maintenance all improve the availability of aircraft and helicopters for both civil and military aviation. New technology such as digital twinning and artificial intelligence is playing an important role in this. The Netherlands Aerospace Center (NLR)…
The Netherlands is falling short in its investments in technological innovation. By doing so, we risk falling behind in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), says TNO top executive Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi to AD. According to Tjin-A-Tsoi, the Netherlands has invested…
Openness, curiosity, and the courage to fail. These are important qualities for true innovation, according to Maaike Riemersma. She is a strategic advisor for TKI Bouw en Techniek and is involved as a program manager for Regionaal Bouwen aan Human…
TU Delft inaugurated the Mangrove Living Lab in Vietnam last week. Here, ideas for restoring mangrove forests to protect the Mekong Delta from water are being tested. Minister Mark Harbers of Infrastructure and Water Management visited the lab, which was…
Smart BioMaterials Consortium (SBMC), High Tech NL, and the Brabant Development Agency (BOM) are collaborating to accelerate innovations in regenerative medicine. Juliette van den Dolder has been appointed as an Innovation Designer. Her goal is to accelerate the development of…
The demand for renewable fuels is rising sharply due to the energy transition, especially from aviation and shipping. This puts a huge demand on the available renewable energy in the Netherlands and competes with other sectors, such as industry. To…
The cabinet’s planned investments in the Brainport Eindhoven region (€1.7 billion from the state, €0.8 billion from the region itself) emphasize Eindhoven’s role in Dutch technological development. Twente, also known for its technical expertise and entrepreneurship, should benefit fully from…
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. While you are probably just…