Standing still is a step backwards. Entrepreneurs from various disciplines feel an ever-increasing need to innovate. Exactly how they should approach this often remains difficult, especially for...
In order to offer technical students who fled from war zones a better chance in the Dutch educational system and thus also to help solve the shortage of technicians, Fontys University of Applied...
Researcher Chris van der Lee hopes that journalists will lose their fear of the robot journalist. As the executive behind the robot project PASS, he has a close look at what automation can do for...
In the train from his hometown Den Hoorn to his work in Eindhoven at the Fontys Paramedische Hogescholen, Tim Gerbrands scrambled together an excel file, hoping his students could take it further....
Data collection by our smartphones is not only valuable for advertisers. It can also be used to tell interactive stories, as ‘story designer’ Steye Hallema has discovered. A form of...
No, the public lecture which Collette Cuijpers and Maike Kooijmans will give next week will not be full of empty praise for the digital world. Yet nor should we expect a string of warnings, never...
How can journalists and data scientists best shape the debate about a data-driven society? This question is central to a new research project by the Fontys Hogeschool Journalistiek (FHJ) in Tilburg...
Of course, there is a huge difference between a computer and the human brains. “But why do we keep on framing this as a struggle? Why not focus on the opportunities that arise from this new...
The Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e) focuses on stimulating business activity more than ever before. Students are prepared for business in various ways. “This is the result of a demand...
While the background sounds make all guests aware of an exciting Night of the Nerds in the connecting rooms, the Klokgebouw also gives the floor to five speakers on the themes of Technology,...
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“Ah, here’s a loose cable”, says a Belgian student lying under a robot on wheels. “Can you fix it?” The command sounds tense. A student team from the University of...
Although everyone sees and feels that the world is changing, it is sometimes hard to imagine that your own oh-so-important profession will sooner or later no longer be there. For one profession that...
The Fontys team FHICTDigital won €1500 today at the Odyssey Hackathon in Groningen. The team came second in the category “Rethink Retirement”, which had to find solutions for the pension...
She more or less by chance became a teacher, made a name for herself with the Basisboek Neuromarketing and is the associate lecturer and the head of the research group Smart Marketing & Strategy...
TEC for Society, the guideline that Fontys University of Applied Sciences’ embraced last year, can help restore the inclusive society. In her New Year speech, Fontys president of the board,...
The Brabant region in the Netherlands continues to strengthen its position as a flagship location for the Dutch and the European High-Tech Systems and Materials (HTSM) sector, benefitting from...
By Frank van den Nieuwenhuijzen, Fontys Source Although he once graduated as a “philosophical engineer”, Taede Punter now wants to be mainly practical. In the Strijp TQ building, where...
For two weeks now, The Golden Lightbulb Challenge is on its way and a considerable stream of ideas has already been delivered at TU/e Innovation Lab. But of course, there is much more to come. The...
Millions of children and adolescents around the world play the Fortnite game. What makes this game so popular? Research teacher Mirjam Baars researched it and found out that it’s not just...
Turnover of 4.5 million euros in 2017 Report by Petra Merkx, Fontys Bron The Fontys Student Entrepreneurs Scheme applies to students who want to combine business with a study. This is evident from...
The idea is as logical as it is ingenious: divide all the knowledge you have in your home into parts that meet the specific needs of the regional business community, turn it into manageable public...
More than fifty pupils from five secondary schools in the area of Eindhoven visited several high-tech companies during the Young Talent Tour. This educational trip is part of the Dutch Technology...
Two new Technology Masters at Fontys In a 200-signature document, the Brainport region agreed to double the number of graduates in technology and IT by 2025. This is desperately needed because of...
In five years’ time, every company in the region that has a demand in the field of ICT will have to be able to walk in to Fontys at Strijp-T in Eindhoven. Director Ad Vissers of Fontys...
What started out as a school project of Fontys students to solve a global problem is currently on the verge of becoming a sustainable enterprise. Miraz develops a machine that produces water from...
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