Deadly silence is in the packed hall of the Klokgebouw, every single person is listening attentively to Julinka van Keulen. She can be seen simultaneously on seven screens hanging from the balconies. Then her question. “How many prime numbers are there…
Philips has received the King Willem I Prize in the category of large corporations. The Oisterwijk based Tobroco won in the category of SMEs. Queen Maxima awarded the prizes at Radio Royaal at Strijp-S. A few hundred meters away, in the Evoluon,…
A sold-out Philips Stadium, but this time 1,000 pair of eyes are only partly focused on the pitch. The audience also spreads over the dressing rooms, bars, business rooms and meeting rooms with illustrious names such as Ronaldo, Ralf Edström, Eric…
Engineering and technology is not something far away or for after so many years. It is not something that may be imposed on civilians by society. But what technology can do is help us face the challenges of every day,…
The intention was to support the Dutch Technology Week for just one year. But now, after five years, ING is still one of the partners of DTW. “Right from the beginning for us it was about the importance of the…
A constant coming and going of buses, thick rows of students waiting to get inside the Klokgebouw. Once inside, they spread slowly in the large halls. At first cautious, later, gesticulating and pointing. The enthusiasm is growing. Thousands of visitors…
HighTechXL’s Pitch Contest has delivered known and unknown winners. The biggest unknown took the third prize (1,000 euros): VertiWalk is trying to devise a system by which it is possible to run vertically. Indeed, right up against a skyscraper.
If there’s one thing Peter Weijmarshausen keeps getting questions about, it’s his decision to move his company to New York in 2009. Today, at the High Tech Capital Conference, the Shapeways CEO explained this was necessary to get access to…
A group of leading Dutch companies and public sector organizations have formed the Eindhoven Startup Alliance. The goal of this alliance is to support startup accelerator HighTechXL in its mission to create at least 20 high-growth hardware companies by the…
The robot battle is on. The Markt – right in the city center – will be the spot where 15 health care robots are competing for the CCM mechatronics Trophy. Fifteen student teams from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany built a…