Eindhoven may be known to the outside world for its emphasis on high-tech hardware, but a wide range of webtech startups is also part of the Brainport community. Companies that are focused on software rather than complicated hardware. One of them, Klets,…
According to the European Digital Forum (EDF), the Dutch implemented the most startup-friendly policies of all countries in the European Union. The ‘2016 Startup Nation Scoreboard’ describe the Netherlands as a ‘relatively small country with a relatively large entrepreneurial impact’.
Pim Tuyls Intrinsic-ID expanded from High Tech Campus Eindhoven to Silicon Valley, California in 2008. Based in both high tech areas, we asked him about their similarities and differences. “San Jose revolves around business.”
NXP Semiconductors N.V. has joined the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge as a provider of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) technology. With this partnership, NXP, together with its partner Cohda Wireless, will provide the contest’s winning community with wireless…
Ninety people from different backgrounds, nationalities and ages gathered for the second edition of Bliksem en Donderdag this week at Kazerne. Bliksem en Donderdag is a new international podium where designs, concepts, ideas and dilemmas are shared, tested and accelerated in front…
A taxi driver offering cycling tours in Eindhoven? Meet Maurice Meijer. After tearing his cruciate ligaments this 37-years old bought a bicycle to recuperate. What started with just ten kilometers resulted in trips to Oxford and Cambridge, and now even…
According to the European Patent Office (EPO), Philips filed more patent applications than any other company in the world in 2015. Eindhoven as a city (2680 patents) was a clear winner over bigger towns such as Amsterdam (384) and Rotterdam…
Bliksem en Donderdag is a new stage where designs, concepts and ideas can be shared, tested and accelerated. After a successful launch in December edition number two is now scheduled for Thursday 10 March. The evening will bring a number…
Philips has been honored with 48 awards at the 2016 iF Design Awards, including three prestigious iF Gold Awards. As a result, Philips is now #1 in the international iF ranking for design. Each year, the iF International Forum Design…
Preceyes, a spin-off of TU/e, and Nightstar (UK) have entered into a collaboration for the development of a high-precision drug delivery technology in the eye. Nightstar will use the Preceyes robotic device to further refine the delivery of gene therapy…