Electric flights between ABC islands makes travel sustainable and affordable
Easy, inexpensive and sustainable flights back and forth between Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. This is ideal for islanders and tourists. Electric aviation offers a solution.
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Using electrically charged nanoparticles to fight Parkinson’s disease
The Dutch university medical center at Maastricht UMC+ and the German Max-Planck and KIT institutes have announced a scientific breakthrough in magnetic deep brain stimulation.
Waste heat conversion to electricity even with small temperature differences
German and Japanese scientists have succeeded in taking a big step towards the goal of converting waste heat into electricity with small temperature differences.
Electric driving continues to grow spectacularly
"The future of automobility is completely battery-electric"
Electric Auke: “Is making a lot of money and getting richer and richer the pinnacle of happiness?
Every other week we take a look with sustainability expert Auke Hoekstra at what catches his eye when it comes to making our earth more sustainable. This week: more money does not make you happy.
More than 90 Dutch companies participate in the 2021 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
In one of the first sessions, American venture capitalists gave tips to Dutch start-ups at the online Consumer Electronics Show.
Electric mobility takes flight
The future of mobility is on the horizon. Lots of European companies in particular are ready to launch their flying taxis, including the Spanish company AAM.
France leads the way with a “Repair index” for electronic products
In France beginning January 2021, many electronic products must be labeled with information about repairability on a scale ranging from 1 to 10
Electric Auke: ‘This is going to be the new way of designing neighborhoods’
Every other week we look with sustainability expert Auke Hoekstra at what catches his eye where the preservation of our earth is concerned. This week it's a plan that he will be working on in 2021.
European-made neuroelectrodes are the answer to Elon Musk
In 2021, an Italian company is set to introduce flexible neuroelectrodes for 'neuromonitoring' during tumor surgery. That makes it one step ahead of the American Neuralink from Elon Musk.
Electric Auke: ‘You can no longer ignore electric trucks’
Every other week we take a look with sustainability expert Auke Hoekstra at what catches his eye when it comes to making the earth more sustainable. This week: The electric truck is on the way.
This battery innovation marks the second electric revolution
Next year, Toyota will launch the prototype of a battery on the market which, according to our columnist Jan Wouters, will lead to the second electric revolution.
Electric Auke: ‘I hope that this is a wake-up call for journalists’
Every other week we take a look with sustainability expert Auke Hoekstra at what catches his eye when it comes to making the earth more sustainable. This week: #astongate
Mining meets electric mobility: Mine water is turned into valuable water
A scientist at the Leibniz Institute for New Materials in Saarbrücken in Germany is researching how lithium, a valuable raw material for electromobility, can be extracted from mine water.
Electric aviation: the underrated future
Entrepeneur Tom Vroemen believes we could do more to get zero-emission aviation to take off. In this article he writes why he thinks this, and how we should proceed.
Electric Auke: Science is more than just a matter of producing strong research
Every other week we take a look with sustainability expert Auke Hoekstra at what catches his eye in terms of making the earth sustainable. This week: Why scientists need to become better storytellers.
Volkswagen transforms Greek island into a model for electromobility
Within 3 to 4 years, the tiny Greek island of Astypalaia will be freed as far as possible from anything that runs on petrol, diesel or gas.
Mooring post with electric charging station is a milestone for Venice
Venice has had a charging station for electrically powered boats for a week now. Let's hope that another 8998 poles will follow.
Electric Auke: ‘Stop sowing panic. Sustainability doesn’t have to be so bleak’
Every other week we ask sustainability expert Auke Hoekstra what catches his eye when it comes to making our earth more sustainable. Today: how scaremongering is not helping the climate debate.
Electric Auke: ‘Skateboard platform’ revolutionizes electric car manufacture
Every other week we take a look with sustainability expert and IO columnist Auke Hoekstra at what he sees when it comes to making our earth more sustainable. This week, revolutionary in-line e-cars.