The high-tech supermarket of the future knows his customers
Your online shopping behavior is being tracked, but your grocery store is also observing what you buy with lasers, AI and other technology
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Insulation with sustainable Mediterranean seagrass balls
Monika Meier follows the dream of her departed husband Richard and has made a success of posidonia oceanica as an insulation material. Corona has given the "Neptune balls" an extra impulse.
Why 6 billion from Brussels is just a pittance for the Netherlands today
Every Sunday, the Innovation Origins editors send out a weekly review with the best-read stories and a foreword from the editor-in-chief. Today: Let's bring it on, Rutte!
New is sometimes really very old
In 2022, the computer turns 200, but which high-tech companies are taking note? PG Kroeger, in his first column for Innovation Origins, calls for a little more reverence for the past.
Avantium builds first bioplastics plant in Dutch Delfzijl: ‘a historic milestone’
Tom van Aken, CEO of Avantium, recently saw his dream come true. A factory for the large-scale production of bioplastics is coming to Delfzijl, the Netherlands.
Robot kittens and flying cars at CES 2022
Tech giants are showing the world their latest products at CES 2022 in Las Vegas. Alongside laptops and tablets, electric snowmobiles and artificial pets are being shown off.
Corona in Europe – We are all going to get Omicron, even you and me
Each week, data journalist and cartographer Jelmer Visser interprets the corona crisis on a continental level with a fine collection of visualizations.
With the Spark To Go water bottles, drinking water gets fizzy
Every day we put a start-up in the spotlight. Today it's Germany's Spark to Go, a start-up that has developed water bottles that can make sparkling water on the go.
New crystals let your solar panel self-heal
Scientists at Technion synthesized a crystal material able to self-heal.
NXP women’s team wins hackathon
Using a 24-hour hackathon, teams figured out how to get women and young people enthusiastic about careers in Health and High Tech.
WasteShark, the world’s most popular shark, is ready for CES
CES has begun. The Netherlands is being represented there by fifty start-ups and twenty scale-ups. RanMarine is one of them.
Goodbye chemical toxins, hello new silver ink for stretchables
Researchers at the Austrian University of Leoben have developed a novel silver ink for stretchables. The ink is exceptionally elastic and contains no toxic chemicals.
Energy-efficient AI chip lets drones make decisions at lightning speed
A mathematical breakthrough in artificial intelligence will enable AI chips to be used even more effectively in drones and hospitals in the future. The chip mimics the workings of the brain.
The robots from Hyperion Robotics print sustainable concrete in 3D
Every day, we put a start-up in the spotlight. Today it is the Finnish company Hyperion Robotics, a company that develops sustainable concrete and uses it in 3D printing.
Start-up Sibö will save food industry with mealworms
Daniela Arias and Alejandro Ortega want their start-up to make the staples of food production more sustainable by developing new sources of protein, such as insects.
Stronger, lighter glass jars thanks to smart sensors from Xpar Vision
Partly thanks to the sensors of Xpar Vision, glass jars can be made stronger and lighter. That is more sustainable and cheaper.
2022: cleaner, semi-autonomous and smarter mobility
Carlo van de Weijer is looking forward to the dozens of new mandatory driver assistance systems that will make future traffic significantly safer.
Quickly detect damage in wind turbine blades with Tarucca’s AI
Photonic sensors made by the Eindhoven-based company Tarucca warn in time when something is broken in a wind turbine. This makes wind turbines even more sustainable.
After inland vessels, seagoing ships are now plugged into Rotterdam too
The Port of Rotterdam wants to speed up the use of shore-based power for seagoing vessels in order to further reduce CO2 emissions. Research is being carried out into how supply can be expanded.
Chewing gum is now both healthy and sustainable with Organic vitamin gum
People often forget their vitamins. Vitamin-enriched organic gum solves this problem, while allowing the vitamins to be absorbed slowly