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Merien ten Houten
Merien ten Houten is entrepeneur in Eindhoven an founder and owner of Media52 BV, the publisher of innovationorigins.com.
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Features
ASML’s academic investments, the magic of light, and feeding our livestock with insects: IO’s podcast #4
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Features
What if… we were governed by AI
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Column
Philips’ spin-off success: is it time to divest medical tech?
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Analysis
Diving into the future: Data centres take the plunge
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News
Breaking free: Europe’s options for energy independence by 2040
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Analysis
How hydrogen transport can not die
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Column
How moral envy creates a barrier to change
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Analysis
Shell’s U-turn on green goals: Focusing on fossil fuels and profits
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Column
Generative AI: Europe’s glaring absence
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Analysis
The next solar revolution: Everything will be a PV panel
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Column
Web3: The Thinking Web Takes Centre Stage
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Analysis
CCS & fossil hydrogen: failing the climate change fight
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News
Rich people are disrupting sustainable urban water management
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News
Russian spy ships: Mapping undersea infrastructure for sabotage?
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Analysis
Zero traffic fatalities: It is possible, if you want it
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Analysis
Its not easy being green
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Column
A smaller Schiphol is a great opportunity
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Analysis
Fast Breeder Reactors: A solution for nuclear waste or an eternal empty promise?
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