BioMatrix B.V., a spin-off from the Dutch Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e), is developing a gel to repair degenerative damage to the intervertebral discs located in the lower spine. The...
The corona crisis presents companies and institutions with all kinds of new problems. Solutions are more than welcome in the medical sector, but also beyond. For example, in education. Of course,...
The fledgling consultancy company Drebble is supporting the business community and knowledge institutions in their efforts to digitalize, e.g. with AI and Internet of Things. Willem Remie and Pascal...
Eindhoven-based start-up Fruitpunch AI is developing a system that uses artificial intelligence to analyze how effective the Dutch government’s policy is in combating Corona virus infections....
Data scientists from Eindhoven, The Netherlands, have succeeded in predicting the number of new coronavirus infections and deaths that will occur within the next few days. They do this by applying...
Technology plays an ever-increasing role in our lives. Every day, new technological innovations emerge that improve efficiency in traffic, healthcare or the office, for example. Onging improvement...
Robots can pack things very quickly. That’s why they have become indispensable in distribution centers. But they’re still not very smart. That’s why humans can sometimes do their...
More than thirty babies on an incubator ward with a single nurse. This is quite normal in African hospitals. The nurse is always busy with the day-to-day care. Identifying early symptoms of disease...
The Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) aims to take the lead in European research projects over the coming year. These are research projects within Horizon Europe, the new program that the...
Steef Blok won the 2019 High Tech Piek Award on Thursday night. Blok received this award for his contribution to the high tech and start-up scene in the Brainport region. Steef Blok is in charge of...
Researchers from TU Eindhoven and TU Twente published a study in the Nature journal about the first building block for a new kind of self-learning system or computer which is inspired by the brain....
Simply reducing CO2 emissions is probably not enough to meet the Paris climate targets. The amount of CO2 that’s already in the air must also be lowered. Students at Eindhoven University of...
Students of today are the engineers of the future. They are facing major societal challenges in areas such as sustainability and the environment. But what is it like to work on a groundbreaking...
Innovation Origins regularly speaks to innovation leaders, trendsetters who are high on the innovation ladder. In this series they offer look behind the scenes in their world. Today Carlo van...
The days when an inventor sat behind closed doors tinkering with groundbreaking technology are over. Nowadays, scientists from a variety of backgrounds work together to come up with an invention or...
Wind tunnels are widely used in science and in the sports world. Yet computer simulations that simulate wind electronically are also becoming more and more common. Are wind tunnels still advancing,...
Philosopher Katleen Gabriëls recently published her book ‘Regels voor Robots’ (Rules for Robots) as part of her chair at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Last week Innovation Origins...
The Delft-based company Kindow guarantees smart management of sunlight and natural light in buildings which improves their indoor climate and conserves energy. In the belief that daylight is...
Philosopher and computer ethics lecturer at Maastricht University Katleen Gabriëls wrote in her book ‘Regels voor Robots’ (Rules for Robots, published last week) on the ways in which we...
So far, it has not been possible to create a properly functioning algorithm that can flawlessly recognize and discard deepfake videos that appear on the Internet. This is a cause for concern,...
We cannot solve the societal challenges of our time on our own. That is why the four technical universities in The Netherlands (Eindhoven, Delft, Wageningen and Twente) are jointly tackling the...
Only a universal law on rules of conduct applicable to robots and the use of artificial intelligence can protect humankind against their brutal abuse, so said director Carlo van de Weijer of the...
If you walk around the High Tech Campus of Eindhoven, you can sense the energy. So says Mayor John Jorritsma of Eindhoven. As a mere ‘alpha’, he felt like one of the few laypersons in...
Those who grew up in the 1980s will remember who Knight Rider was. A fearless detective who wanted to make the world a better and safer place with KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand), his robotic...
Over the coming year, Rotterdam’s Energy Floors wants to sell smart surfaces for public outdoor spaces that generate data, measuring how many cars, pedestrians and cyclists are passing by....
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