Update: Pre-order ongoing for German solar car, launch in 2022
The German solar car Sono is on course for launch in 2022. As of now, the cart can be ordered at a competitive price of 25,000 euros.
Maurits Kuypers
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.
‘Superintelligent machines are uncontrollable’
According to researchers at the Max-Planck Institute in Germany, it is impossible to program an algorithm that can detect whether or not a superintelligent AI might harm the world.
DSM and TU Delft join forces to work on AI and biotechnology
The AI4B.io Lab will serve as a laboratory for artificial intelligence to promote bio-based innovation.
Microscanner mirror gives cars the eyes of an eagle
The Fraunhofer Institute in Dresden has developed a 3D scanner that enables cars to look 200 meters into the distance.
Sound insulation made from fungi, GFT and food scraps
Fraunhofer makes insulation material from a mixture of green waste and living fungi that are then killed in a kiln at the end of the process.
MRNA technology can revolutionize the fight against cancer and other diseases
Apart from a lot of misery, the corona crisis also yields plenty of new insights into the treatment of other diseases.
3D-printing with a laser, hologram and synthetic resin
Berlin start-up Xolo has developed The Xube in collaboration with two German universities, a new type of "volumetric" 3D printer.
AI helps develop a test that diagnoses eye disorders three years earlier
UCL hopes the test will minimize the damage caused by age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
EWE and DLR start a pilot project for underground hydrogen storage near Berlin
The German federal state of Brandenburg is becoming more and more a center for sustainable energy.
80 passengers will fly emission-free by 2030
H2Fly is competing against British ZeroAvia with its hydrogen-powered HY4 aircraft in the race for emission-free aviation.
Audi no longer sees a future in hydrogen-powered cars
Hydrogen cars are dying a slow death in Europe. Althpugh expectations remain high for trucks, buses, trains, ships and airplanes.
Fortum claims breakthrough in recycling lithium-ion batteries
The Finnish energy group wants to create a recycling cluster for batteries used in electric cars in Harjavalta.
InScience/Maastricht showcases how AI is changing our lives
With lectures from Katleen Gabriels, Marko Jelicic and Annelien German and documentaries about Oliver Sacks, discriminatory facial recognition and Deep Brain Stimulation.
A 1000 kilometer drive is easy with this battery
The Dutch company SALD expects to be able to provide batteries with an ultra-thin layer that makes batteries three times more powerful by 2022 or 2023 at the earliest.
Tecnalia maps out fungi and pests using drones and AI
Commissioned by the German chemical group Basf, the technique for automatic image recognition will be further perfected over the coming years.
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.
An affordable microscope for invisible infrared light
A group of researchers from Berlin has developed a new kind of photon microscope that can be of great value to microbiology.
Mineral sponge filters toxic PFAS out of water
PFAS are non-biodegradable chemical compounds that are bad for the environmentand and are notorious in the Dutch construction industry. KU Leuven has developed a method that filters them out of water.
Peatlands are key to stopping climate change
The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research says in a study that drained peatlands are one of the main causes of climate change. Even worse than aviation.