Your Sneak Preview of the Future
The Netherlands must be CO2 neutral by 2050. But there is no coordinated plan to switch to sustainable energy. That is why the Eindhoven University of Technology is developing digital models.
At The Business Booster trade fair for start-ups, it transpired that energy generated from ocean waves and the sun's rays via magnifying glasses is quite affordable and suitable for use in industry.
U.S. Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kammen is calling for a worldwide end to the subsidization of oil and gas companies.
Cell therapy producer Lonza cultivates anti-cancer drugs on the Chemelot campus from the cells of patients' bodies. In five years time, automated factories in hospitals should be able to do this too.
Arko van Brakel booked success with the first ready-made internet package in the 1990s. Hugely innovative back then. He is now director of Cleantech Regio, where he supports start-ups.
The Dutch government must be transparent about the unprofitable peaks of renewable energy because otherwise citizens will not understand why they have to abandon gas in order to be CO2 neutral by 2050
Farmers are sceptical about the picking robot since it has failed so many times, says VDL director Harrie Schonewille. But if all goes well, one may be brought onto the market in 2021 that will work.
Niaga makes fully recyclable carpets. Each carpet comes with a code that you can scan when the carpet has been worn out, it is then collected by the manufacturer for recycling.
Good news for Dutch SMEs: there are five field labs where they can turn to for the application of AI in their production process. This became clear during the EAISI Summit in Eindhoven.
Chemical engineers at Arlanxeo in the Dutch city of Geleen have proven that the rubber production based on sugar cane has a much lower CO2 footprint than that of petroleum-based rubber.
Iron would provide a solution for owners of coal-fired power plants, such as Uniper, which is investing in the development of this technology.
Xilloc in the Dutch town of Geleen manufactures 3D-printed implants for the human body out of plastic that living tissue reacts well to. Hospitals from all over the world are placing orders.
EIT InnoEnergy is setting up a center to accelerate the development of industrial value chains for green hydrogen. The first project is a sustainable steel plant in Sweden.
The former site of DSM in the Dutch town of Geleen has been converted into the innovative materials campus Brightlands Chemelot. It also has a pilot plant for producing oil from old sawdust.
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Half of Europe-based SMEs are concerned that they are missing out on the advantages of AI applications because they do not have the ability to implement these yet.
The dosages of the active substances in the pills can be matched to the needs of each individual patient.
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