2019 High Tech Piek Award for Steef Blok
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...
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Dutch universities are working on a brain-inspired system
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....
Reach climate targets? Convert CO2 into formic acid
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...
Smarter innovation with Asperger’s
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...
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How innovation works: “Humans must become a kind of God for robots”
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...
How innovation works: ‘A perfect human being is the danger that genetic manipulation poses’
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 passé? – “They’re still going to be built one hundred years from now”
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,...
“No excuse for a sensor designer who ignores dark skin tones”
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...
Start-up of the day: Kindow guarantees smart use of sunlight
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...
“It’s utopian to think that people can make infallible AI”
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...
Lack of real emotion from characters betrays deepfake videos
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,...
Mutual cooperation: 4 technical universities are bundling their expertise for a better world
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...
Eindhoven AI Systems Institute: ‘Universal law against misuse of AI is needed’
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...
In China and South Africa they talk about the ‘wonders of Eindhoven’
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...
Soon everyone will be a Knight Rider with the KITT from NXP – or maybe not?
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...
Start-up of the day: Energy Floors is making smart parking spaces in Rotterdam
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....
EU Commissioner Vestager to present new AI law at the start of 2020
Over the next three months, European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager will draft a new European law for AI. As of December, she will be responsible for the digitization of the European market. She...
Start-up of the day: Heat Power generates extra energy when there is no sun or wind
During his mechanical engineering studies at the TU in Eindhoven, Henk Ouwerkerk came up with a system that allows combined gas and steam turbines to generate supplemental electricity ‘on...
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[UPDATE] How we can lower the risk of antimicrobial resistance
An ever-increasing proportion of bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics. Overuse or misuse of antibiotics causes bacteria to become immune to them. This is the reason why antibiotics no...
ECsens wins 4TU Impact Challenge with sensors that enable faster diagnosis of cancer
ECsens has won the 4TU Impact Challenge. The start-up from the University of Twente is designing sensitive sensors for a faster diagnosis of cancer. This year, for the first time, the technical...
How seaweed contributes to sustainable food production
Seaweed. You no doubt recognize it as the green stuff that tickles your feet when you swim in the sea. That creepy stuff can help solve social problems such as the impending food shortage and the...
Keyboard recognizes typing behavior and provides enhanced computer security
A pressure-sensitive keyboard can be used to improve the security of a computer. “The computer not only looks at what you enter as a password, but also how you type it,” says Kayle...
‘Faster transition using a scale model for sustainable energy’
An interactive model that shows the consequences of sustainable energy on the TU/e campus. Team RED wants to use their tool to support policymakers in decisions on the construction of, for example,...
Specialized incinerators for recycling metals: ‘Solution to a rising shortage’
The manufacture of batteries, telephones, laptops and other electronics is continually on the rise. The mountain of electronic waste is also expanding. Thousands of kilos of recyclable metals are...
Best read: Navigate a busy city? Make self-driving cars more aggressive’
Trams, cats, colliding cyclists – they can make it pretty difficult for self-driving cars. Especially in a city like Amsterdam. Carlo van de Weijer, director of the recently opened Eindhoven...
