Over the past few years a growing number of artists have critiqued the ubiquity of identity recognition technologies. Specifically, the use of these technologies by state security programs, tech-giants and multinational corporations has met with opposition and controversy. A popular form of resistance …

This chapter diagnoses the situation of high-tech small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Eindhoven Brainport region in the south of the Netherlands, based on desk research and additional background interviews. This region has an ecosystem with a very proliferated heritage of technology-based companies …

Een nieuwe technologische ontwikkeling binnen de voedingswereld is de 3D-voedselprinter. Verwacht wordt dat men met dit apparaat gepersonifieerde voeding kan maken en dat de printer een tool kan worden om snel en gemakkelijk een gezonde maaltijd te bereiden. Het 3D-printen van voeding is echter een nieuwe …

The ‘precision’ in Precision Livestock Farming is not the same as that of precision engineering in high-tech industry. It’s not about micro- and nanometers, but about the precise control of farming management with the aid of sensing and data processing. However, there is overlap in the technological …

A large consortium of project-partners joined forces to rethink the modern use of fuel in aviation. Contributing to this cause is Clean Tech Aviation B.V., which was officially opened on the 27th of october. Several speakers took the stage that day and Prof. dr.ir. J.A.M. Dam was one of them.

The challenges faced by business and society in the rapidly-changing 21st century require skills and capabilities that our education system, essentially fit-for-purpose in the 19th Century, struggles to provide. In this brief paper, presented at the Rotterdam TEDX-Rotterdam Clean Tech Delta forum on …

The additive manufacturing (AM) of high-quality products requires knowledge of the 3D-printing process and the related design guidelines. Allthough AM has been around for some years, many engineers still lack this knowledge. Therefore, Fontys University of Applied Sciences sets great store by training …

At the department of electrical and electronic engineering of Fontys University of Applied Sciences we are defining a real-life learning context for our students, where the crossover with regional healthcare companies and institutes is maximized. Our innovative educational step is based on openly sharing …

Dit is een afstudeeronderzoek naar milieuwinst in de bouwsector. Voor het nieuwbouw project genaamd het Clean Tech House project is onderzocht welke bouwmaterialen toegepast kunnen worden en welke bouwmaterialen de meeste milieuwinst opleveren. Er zijn drie bouwconceptvarianten ontwikkeld met als uitgangspunten …