De Ingenieur7y
Kitty Hawk presents autonomous flying taxi
Kitty Hawk, a company headed by the ‘godfather of autonomous driving’ Sebastian Thrun, unveiled its autonomously flying air taxi Cora on 13 March. The electrically powered aircraft takes off and lands ...
De Ingenieur6y
Elon Musk builds innovative metro system
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has won an order to build an underground transport system in Chicago, USA, between O’Hare airport and the centre of the city. Small electric cars for up to sixteen ...
De Ingenieur6y
Competition for solar panel polishing robots
The best solar panel polishing robot was built by a team from the University of Hasselt. Twelve Benelux student teams competed against each other during the Dutch Technology Week in Eindhoven. It is ...
De Ingenieur6y
Electric truck from the Netherlands
DAF Trucks and VDL have presented their first electric truck. With a range of 100 km, it was designed for the distribution of cargo in cities, where the need for quiet, emission-free vehicles is the ...
De Ingenieur6y
Bionic eye made by a printer
Researchers have managed to print photosensitive cells in a dish shape, laying the foundation for a bionic eye that could help the blind see again. Although putting cells that convert light into ...
De Ingenieur6y
'Tax on robots not particularly profitable'
A tax on the purchase of robots will not result in significant welfare gains for a country. That is the conclusion of research by the Swiss doctoral student Uwe Thümmel, who has defended his ...
De Ingenieur7y
Dutch start-ups to keep an eye on
In its ‘Dutch Funding Overview 2017’, StartupJuncture reports that over 757 million euros was invested in Dutch start-ups in 2017 – significantly more than the 260 million euros or so in 2016. The top ...
De Ingenieur6y
Maja Rudinac: Robo assistance at home
People who are not strong enough to walk or who may sometimes lose their way due to dementia, are at risk of becoming isolated. Maja Rudinac has developed Lea, a robot in the form of a walker. Rudinac ...
De Ingenieur1h
Europees ruimtevaartbedrijf lanceert eerste raket
De eerste lancering door het Duitse Isar Aerospace eindigde zondag in een ontploffing. Toch spreekt het bedrijf zelf van een succes.
De Ingenieur2d
De dokter heeft nu tijd voor u
‘Voorsprong door techniek.’ Echt waar?, vraagt redacteur Jim Heirbaut zich af. Een column over hoe AI de zorg beter kan maken ...
De Ingenieur3d
Onsterfelijkheid op bestelling
Wie geld heeft, kan technologie benutten om minder snel te verouderen. Dat toont de nieuwe Netflixdocumentaire Don’t die.
De Ingenieur3d
'Filosoof als teamlid vergroot praktische waarde academisch onderzoek'
In het DREAM-project, dat zich richt op circulariteit via chemische procesontwikkeling, is dit nadrukkelijk een van de ...