In our Sunday newsletter, we, as editors, reflect on the past seven days. We do this on the initiative of our cartoonist Albert Jan Rasker. He chooses a subject, draws a picture, and we take it from there.
Albert Jan knows his classics – and how to adapt them to the innovations we love at Innovation Origins. In this case, it was another very special one: at 49 centimeters long and weighing just over 3 kilograms, a Swedish newborn represented the latest proof that science has taken our healthcare system another step forward. Indeed, the child came into the world after a uterus transplant performed using a robot on both the donor and the recipient. The breakthrough became possible thanks to years of research by the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Colleague Mauro Mereu dove in and wrote this story about it.
Whether such a start offers guarantees of a life full of Hakuna Matata, by the way, remains to be seen. It is as with all innovations: only with perseverance and a platoon of helpers will you make it in the long run. ASML’s CEO Peter Wennink explained this once again last week during the Deep Tech Connect event at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven. We were there.
But we were in many more places – after all, the world of innovation knows no boundaries.
Here’s what else caught our eye last week:
- The artificial tree that uses sunlight to produce hydrogen
- The great superconductor controversy: high hopes fade, and new options emerge
- TU Delft students build the world’s fastest and most efficient hydrogen car
- Get ready for the exciting future of urban transportation
- The rise of electric flying taxis
- Groundbreaking discovery: human gene shield against bird flu
- Datenna will be the Netherlands’ next tech giant (if you ask the founder)
- A future of infinite free energy lies ahead – if you want to see it
And in response to June’s record-breaking temperatures, we asked Laio, our AI-supported assistant, for tips on living a Mediterranean lifestyle. Here they are.
May you enjoy an innovative week!
