From climate change, safety and mobility to circularity, health care and water: these are all themes that challenge the growing world population. At Innovation Origins we are looking for solutions...
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Visit any major city and you see E-Scooters everywhere. Some people claim it is a great sustainable alternative for the car, others think it is far too dangerous. IO makes an overview of all the...
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The Gerard & Anton Awards have been presented again! High time to take a closer look at the winners and what we can expect from these start-ups. Today: SPIKE Technologies. Read all the articles...
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Last week, we reported that the Institute for Science and Technology (IST) Austria developed a prototype of a quantum interface. In this explainer we dive deeper into the world of quantum computing....
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“The Stella Era marks the beginning of a new era wherein the car no is no longer just focused only on itself,” is how Mick van der Spoel, project manager of the Solar Team Eindhoven,...
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The Lightyear One caught its first sunrays in the early hours of Tuesday morning. In a crowded theatre in Katwijk, the Netherlands, the first prototype of the Lightyear One was unveiled at sunrise....
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The Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes established the theory of superconductivity in 1911. He discovered that mercury loses its electrical resistance at 4.2 Kelvin (- 268.95 °C ). Since then,...
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The Eindhoven company Intrinsic ID has secured a loan of €11 million from the European Investment Bank (EIB.). The company is a market leader in chip security, and with the loan, it can expand its...
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The Eindhoven scale-up SMART Photonics has successfully closed a loan agreement with PhotonDelta to the amount of 3.75 million euros. The company, located in Eindhoven on the High Tech Campus, plays...
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In a reaction to this morning’s articles on Chinese industrial espionage, ASML has announced that this is not a conspiracy by a government. According to ASML, the employees who stole the...
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While some startups are making sexy products and love to be in the spotlights, others are working hard on techniques of which we will probably see very little. One of those is Taylor Technologies, a...
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To determine the position of a rocket to within a few centimetres during its entire flight – that is what a team of researchers and students from Eindhoven University of Technology and Radboud...
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How do you build the smartest district in the world? With this question and dream in the back of her mind, Elphi Nelissen started preparing in 2016. The answer: it’s not a one-man job,...
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Invented stories, distorted facts: fake news is spreading like wildfire on the internet and is often shared on without thought, particularly on social media. In response, Fraunhofer researchers have...
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Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and Signify have examined LED lighting. LED lighting can flicker or show a stroboscopic effect, which can cause fatigue and even headaches....
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The Eindhoven startup Salvia BioElectronics B.V. has received additional investment from the Brabant Startup Fund (BSF), bringing the total seed funding to €3.1 million. The startup already received...
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The Eindhoven company Ioniqa has completed a financing round of €12 million, with The Coca-Cola Company as one of its investors. With this money, a factory can be built on the Brightlands Chemelot...
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Together with six partners, The Eindhoven University of Technology will develop a nervous-system-on-a-chip. This will enable medicines to be tested accurately and will eliminate the need to test on...
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Every week there is a news item about the latest technological breakthrough, almost every day a new app or gadget appears. But what impact does all this technology have on our society? Which...
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The first commercial, industrial 3D concrete printing facility in Europe was officially opened this morning in Eindhoven. Weber Beamix and BAM Infra will experiment here with 3D printing of concrete...
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When the end of the year is coming, it is time to look back, even for a forward-looking platform as Innovation Origins. 2018 was a year full of innovation, from electric cars to high tech ski...
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In a brand-new factory hall on the Automotive Campus in Helmond, the production of the first Lightyear One will start. The fast-growing car manufacturer is certainly ready for it, but how will the...
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Researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology and DIFFER have developed a nanolaser that provides light in all directions. The fact that the laser gives light all around is due to...
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A new European photonics project has kicked off in Eindhoven this week. The R&D costs that are involved in developing photonic chips are high, 12 12 partners from northwestern Europe are...
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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....
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