Martin Kristelijn has received the DSPE Wim van der Hoek Award. The prize was handed over at the Precision Fair in Veldhoven. The award is for his TU/e graduation project "Design of a motion compensation mechanism for offshore load transfer". The Wim van der Hoek...
"High tech Bayern!" it sounds through the meeting room when the screen comes up again. The presentation appears on the screen again thanks to a 'German' dongle from one of the visitors. Problem solved. A Bavarian business delegation visits Holland to strengthen the...
There is an urgent need to prepare work-floor employees for working alongside a new generation of smart robots, says Josje Verbeeten, managing director and co-owner of Robot Academy, the training agency which was set up with the support of robot employment agency...
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This year, GLOW is presenting 32 light artworks from the Netherlands and abroad. As always, great emphasis is placed on the innovative and experimental work of local makers. New in this year's festival is the collaboration with Nanjing, sister city of Eindhoven, in...
Fast action is what counts during rescue operations. Only then can it be guaranteed that casualties can be quickly found and cared for. Therefore, every time a rescue operation is carried out, helpers have to obtain a precise picture of the situation within the...
Starting next year, startups in the digital world are welcome in Heerlen. A new startup program will start at the Brightlands Smart Services Campus in 2019. Brightlands HIVE, as the name will be, stands for Hi-Tech Innovation & Venture Engine. Startups in the digital...
World’s largest car maker invests in fully automated metal additive manufacturing system for tooling Volkswagen and Additive Industries have entered into a long-term partnership to additively manufacture advanced tooling and spare parts for the Volkswagen Group. In...
ForeScout Technologies acquires the Eindhoven-based company SecurityMatters for 113 million dollars. SecurityMatters was founded in 2009 and is a spin-off of the Eindhoven University of Technology. The company provides network security for operational technology (OT),...
By Frank van den Nieuwenhuijzen, Fontys Source Although he once graduated as a "philosophical engineer", Taede Punter now wants to be mainly practical. In the Strijp TQ building, where part of Fontys University of Applied Sciences ICT is located, Punter's inaugural...
"The Netherlands will be free of natural gas by 2050", is what many newspapers had as their headlines in 2016. And today, many offices and homes are already being built without a gas connection. Take, for example, the Brainport Industries Campus, which is...
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‘Precisely because things are going so well in Brainport Eindhoven, it is important to link the power of today to the challenges of tomorrow’. Arnold Stokking, Managing Director Industry at TNO and initiator of the future exploration of Brainport Eindhoven; where are...
In recent months - or even years - there has been little positive news from the car industry. Manipulated software, billions in fines, diesel scandals and driving bans, among much more, have been a major problem. One manufacturer who was (involuntarily) in the...
Eight speakers, with eight very different topics around one theme: high tech. In addition, a 'market' with innovations by 24 exhibitors from inside and outside the High Tech Campus Eindhoven. With almost 500 visitors, the first edition of "High Tech Next" was so...
It only seems such a short time ago: the first time I visited the Evoluon. I was about ten years old, together with my parents, my sister and brothers. In the hall was a very tall robot with three microphones on his head. When you clapped your hands or made another...
Over the next three years, Philips will invest in the renovation of two facilities at the Philips Innovation Center in Best. The investment consists of a transformation of the Research & Development buildings to create a future-proof working environment. ‘QP’ and ‘QR’...
