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The power of the human touch

On 25 December 2015, Lucien Engelen wrote this column for E52, the predecessor of IO+. Since then, we repeat it every year at Christmas.

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25 December

People power the high-tech manufacturing industry

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25 December

Immersive technologies are leaving the lab, entering daily life

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24 December

The 2025 EV balance: a year of recalibration and harsh realities

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24 December

Netherlands to open a €134M fund for clean tech pilots

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24 December

How Washington exports its ideology via tech dominance

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24 December

AI is no longer a tool - it is an actor in education and research

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15 December

Power consumption data centers in the Netherlands increased again

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9 December

“The energy industry needs to understand more about compute”

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6 December

Watt Matters in AI: Radical rethinking in an energy-hungry AI era

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How seven students unmasked Russia’s ‘drone motherships’

While European intelligence agencies struggled with bureaucracy, seven students filled the defense gap.

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18 December

China’s all-or-nothing race for chip independence

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17 December

Antennex secures ESA contract to boost satellite testing

Peter Wennink presenting his report on December 12, 2025

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12 December

Wennink report shows urgency, discomfort: “The future won't wait”

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ASML is a global leader in chip production and a technological center of gravity in Brainport Eindhoven. Based in Veldhoven, the company develops lithography systems that are indispensable for the latest generations of microchips. ASML's innovations set the pace of digital progress - from smartphones to supercomputers.