It is getting easier and easier to have a nomadic life. Trailers and mobile homes alike have allowed people to move their living rooms around the world. Nevertheless, the start-up Brette Haus SIA...
Generally speaking, most people find the idea of workers being replaced by robots or software worse than if the jobs are taken over by other workers. But when their own jobs are at stake, people...
This week, the European Hockey Championships will be held in Antwerp. Hockey is a sport in which the Netherlands traditionally does well. However, competition has grown over the years and that means...
“Apple listens to sex via Siri” has been headlining the media a lot over the past week. So, Apple joins Google and Amazon, the illustrious list of companies that listen in on our lives...
”Your sneak preview of the future” is the slogan of Innovation Origins, and that’s just what we will highlight with our Start-up of the Week column. Over the past few days, five start-ups of the day...
Stefan Sahlmann is head of MAN Transport Solutions and advises cities on the roll-out of electric mobility. We asked him where the key obstacles lie for municipalities and why a truck manufacturer...
It was actually launched in the summer of 2016: the car for women. The SEAT Mii by Cosmopolitan was the result of a collaboration between the SEAT design team and the editors and readers of the...
Music is one of the oldest art forms known by humankind. While it might be difficult, maybe impossible, to know how prehistoric music sounded, we do know it was around. Throughout history, it has...
Pain and stress, not the first association you have when it comes to festivals. Okay, admittedly finding a good place for your tent when you arrive can be quite stressful. Or that one beer too many...
World Economic Forum (WEF) asked a group of international technology experts to identify this year’s Top 10 Emerging Technologies. After soliciting nominations from additional experts around the...
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The Arctic climate changes will not increase the chance of colder winters in the short term. Analysis of climate models shows that relatively cold winters and Arctic sea ice decline occur...
Exoskeletons are there to help people with partial paralysis walk. They are technological tours de force, but to date, they have only provided limited movement possibilities: forwards or backwards....
Inflatables – inflatable stand-up paddleboards (SUP) in the main – have conquered the water sports market in recent years. But times are changing – these days hardboards are in...
The development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in video games could form the basis for new applications in the real world. This is the starting point of the Serpentine student association. They...
Self-propelled robots are increasingly more common in industry. RUVU makes software that allows a robot to work autonomously. That’s how they help various companies in various industries with...
We all visit the bathroom. But what does such a trip say about our health? Imec Nederland is trying to find out during the Lowlands music festival by using toilets full of sensors. During a visit to...
World Economic Forum (WEF) asked a group of international technology experts to identify this year’s Top 10 Emerging Technologies. After soliciting nominations from additional experts around the...
Twenty start-ups in robotics have a chance this to win a total of 220,000 euros from a European subsidy pot as part of the Horizon 2020 innovation program. This will enable them to pay for the...
After three years of prototyping with Additive Industries’ MetalFAB1 in Taufkirchen (near Munich), Airbus’ daughter company APWORKS has decided to scale up to series production for its...
Within a radius of about 250 meters around my residence, there are also families from China, India, Chile, Turkey, Egypt, Norway and Scotland. And no doubt there are more nationalities to be found....
Researchers at KU Leuven and data intelligence company SciSports have developed a new algorithm to assess football players’ on-the-ball actions. Their model goes beyond traditional player...
TU Eindhoven Professor Sjoerd (Georges) Romme is the recipient of this year’s Distinguished Scholar-Practitioner career achievement award of the Academy of Management (AOM). He received the award...
If you want to keep the talent pool for your region well-filled, you have to start young and throw the net wide open. That’s exactly what the Young Brainport Summer School, which introduces a...
T-shirts can testify to having undergone long journeys. Prior to being offered for sale in Germany, they first migrate from the cotton plantations in the USA to the weaving and dyeing mills in India...
Was the death of cyclist Bjorg Lambrecht, last week after a crash during the Tour of Poland, a stupid accident? Should the course have been made safer? Or is there something structurally wrong with...
