How technology and common sense can help your business thrive in uncertain times
COVID-19 has changed businesses in a dramatic way - it remains a challenge to make the right decisions and find the right tools to overcome this
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Artificial intelligence helps optimize windmill safety and energy generation
The AI system warns when parts of the turbines need to be replaced, pools maintenance tasks and prevents windmills from being in each other's wind shadow.
Dutch government’s Corona Bridging Loan became the lifebuoy for the market leader in Same Day Delivery
"When the Netherlands closed down, people started ordering a lot more online. From mid-March onwards, we saw a growth of 169 percent in a short period of time. That was a big problem."
Customer care is headed towards an omnichannel approach
Chat is needed, but so is email, a website, a phone line, a business app and moreover: all this should be seamlessly interconnected
Better LCD displays using banana-shaped molecules on the way
Researchers from the UK and the Netherlands have made a new discovery in the area of liquid crystals, commonly used in LCD screens.
The inestimable value of quantum technology: ‘Enormous impact on the economy’
The first quantum network in the Netherlands is to be released around the end of the year. A quantum link will be established between two Dutch cities, connecting and entangling two quantum nodes.
Semiconductor market should “embrace uncertainty” to overcome the Corona crisis
"Companies that begin revising their long-term strategies now may emerge stronger in the next normal"
Database is at the heart of the Italian art squad
A database with data on 1.3 million stolen art objects is the heart of the first and most important art police in the world.
Online mountaineering: cross glaciers after watching a few YouTube videos
In the past, you did an alpine course and booked that adventurous mountain trip with a specialized travel agency. Our columnist and her friends conquered three glaciers with the help of YouTube.
Corona pandemic amplified the streaming industry – and it’s here to stay, Robeco report says
Users continue to shift from analog media, such as television or radio, towards video and music streaming alternatives
A checklist app from EZ Factory for factory operators prevents accidents and mistakes
Innovation Origins rewarded EZ Factory with a Gerard & Anton Award in July. The start-up makes an app that allows operators to systematically finish their task lists for machinery in factories.
Dutch notaries want to find their necessary innovations at Brightlands Techruption
First project: a technology to make the exchange of data more transparent and secure, for example the digitization of wills.
Students build a first radiation-free home at Brainport Smart District
Students at the Eindhoven University of Technology are building a house that blocks the electromagnetic radiation from, for example, bluetooth and telephones - a solution for the hypersensitive
Mobile phones susceptible to eavesdropping due to security leak in 4G network
The new standard for mobile telephony needs to be adapted in such a way that the same problem no longer occurs with the setting up of 5G base stations.
Technology does not replace human contact, but it does help against loneliness
Elderly people feel more connected to their family with the arrival of, for example, WhatsApp. However, human contact remains important. Finding the right balance is a challenge, especially now
Total Productivity and TNO will use Field lab Flexible Manufacturing to demonstrate software
Starting this fall, Total Productivity will demonstrate a software package to support operators in the manufacturing industry in Brainport Industries Campus
Tech2B: the new marketplace for technical parts of manufacturing machinery
Innovation Origins rewarded Tech2B with a Gerard & Anton Award in July. Tech2B developed a marketplace where machine manufacturers can quickly offer parts to production companies.
Mechanics onshore can view and solve onboard problems using AR glasses
Especially during the corona crisis, remote maintenance and repair proved to be the solution to keep ships afloat and save on costs.
Machine-learning methods help Science better understand solar panels
Current research at the Technical University of Graz refutes earlier theories on long-range charge transfer between organic and inorganic materials.
A new process for precision perforation of material layers
Scientists have developed a nano-structuring method for precisely perforating one layer of material while leaving the other layer untouched