Ants are considered nature’s strong and hard workers making them an ideal candidate for biomimicry. These BionicANTs do not only look like ants, but they can also perform group tasks, just like real ants. https://youtu.be/FFsMMToxxls “We aim to inspire and educate by...
EFFECT Photonics, located in the Videolab at Strijp-S in Eindhoven, announced earlier this week that it had completed a new financing round. Reason for an interview about the current status and goals. "This is the perfect time to take our product to market," says...
Young chemistry companies take part in the Gouden KIEM competition organized by the research organization NWO and Holland Chemistry. The winner will receive 25.000 euro prize money. This year all three finalists of the competition come from Eindhoven University of...
FlyCroTugs stands for Flying miCro Tugging, meaning small drones that can lift or pull objects many times their own weight with the use of smart add-ons and technologies. This approach opens up a plethora of new opportunities, for instance, in dangerous environments....
FormNext, the number 1 global tradeshow for 3D printing in Frankfurt, has brought Additive Industries yet another big agreement: Intech has ordered its first Additive Industries MetalFAB1 system. "The order of the leading metal additive manufacturing company in India...
German astronaut Alexander Gerst has been on the International Space Station ISS since June 8, 2018, and should have returned on December 13th. However, he and his colleagues, US-American Serena Auñón-Chancellor and Russian Sergej Prokopjew, had to extend their stay...
Almost half of all elderly people in a care home are suffering from sleeping problems. They have difficulty falling asleep due to the use of medication or suffer from "call and error" behaviour due to diseases such as dementia. Qwiek thinks it has found a solution for...
LONDON / VIENNA, 19 November 2018 - Sophie Skach experiments with electronic textiles. She tries to find out what data on human social behaviour can be obtained from clothing - and how this knowledge can be used in a meaningful way. Since 2015, the Austrian PhD...
Altaeros developed the first commercial demonstration of its BAT (Buoyant Airborne Turbine) product. The BAT uses a helium-filled, inflatable shell to lift to high altitudes where winds are stronger and more consistent than those reached by traditional tower-mounted...
EFFECT Photonics, a leading developer of high-performance DWDM optical components based on its optical System-on-Chip, has completed a series-B funding round led by Innovation Industries. Financial details were not revealed. EFFECT Photonics' headquarters is in the...
Productivity has been the focus in Dutch agriculture for many decades. However, at present, other aspects of food production have received increasingly more attention. One of the aspects that have been scrutinized is the length of the current supply chains for which...
DELFT/EINDHOVEN, 19 November - No doubt, this what consumers all over the world are waiting for: phone sensors that measure air quality, tiny solar panels for device charging, phone batteries that might never run out, highly efficient fuel cells and batteries for...
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Yvonne van Hest is responsible for the PEOPLE domain as Program Director at Brainport Development. In her columns for IO Eindhoven, she focuses on regional developments, backgrounds and trends in education and the labour market. In order to do my job well, data are...
The apple of the Polish government's eye are start-ups. With a 700-million euro programme Start In Poland the authority has ambitions to make Poland a start-up hub for Central Europe. This is the second of two articles about the innovation climate in Poland. WARSAW,...
With a special short movie, Eindhoven has started the holiday season. In the ten minute video, two of Eindhoven's trademarks are combined: the light and the Eindhoven vibes. Steye van Dam plays the role of the civil servant who has to come up with a solution for the...
