Solar Boat, the project was born in 2009 by a group of enthusiastic students of mixed educational backgrounds who wanted to fill their free composition course points in a special, more meaningful way. They came in contact with DTIW and established an agreement of what they could offer each other, eventually …

While many health-care issues and technological solutions are viewed locally, developing new technological solutions might benefit from lessons learned globally. The aim of this study was to develop a shared international research agenda of health-care ICT, applied to rehabilitation and daily living …

Covid-19 made us realize that educational practices in higher education must change AND can change. A possible solution for practicing lab work is working in a remote lab: a real lab in which students and the equipment/instruments are physically apart. The concept of printed touchless electronics was …

Waterschap Scheldestromen is curious about a 4-electrode conductivity sensor from Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre(imec), which provides a larger working range than Waterschap’s commercial 2-electrode sensor. The project aims to test the performance of this imec sensor, and couple it with Arduino …

Masonry structures comprise a significant portion of the historical building stock all over the world. Previous studies have clearly pointed out that unreinforced masonry buildings are vulnerable against extreme loading conditions, such as seismic actions. Therefore, strengthening is inevitable in most …

Light enables us to see and perceive our environment but it also initiates effects beyond vision, such as alertness. Literature describes that at least six factors are relevant for initiating effects beyond vision. The exact relationship between these factors and alertness is not yet fully understood. …

This paper introduces the design principle of legibility as means to examine the epistemic and ethical conditions of sensing technologies. Emerging sensing technologies create new possibilities regarding what to measure, as well as how to analyze, interpret, and communicate said measurements. In doing …

In veel zorginstellingen wordt het welzijn van bewoners 's nachts bewaakt met behulp van audio en video. Om meerdere cliënten efficiënt te bewaken vindt er op video en geluidsstromen een met de computer geautomatiseerde voorselectie plaats. Voor geluid vindt deze voorselectie momenteel plaats op basis …

Voor stemloze patiënten die beperkt zijn in hun communicatie door verwijderde stembanden (larynchectomie), zijn er stemprothesen. Een stemprothese is een chirurgisch ingebracht ventieltje of niet-invasief een electrolarynx. In de VS is ook een kunstgebit met ingebouwde elektronische stemprothese en afstandsbediening …

mHealth 24/7 is een dienst die diabetespatiënten helpt om op eenvoudige wijze toezicht te houden op hun eigen gezondheid. mDiabetes 24/7 is een prototype app binnen de dienst mHealth 24/7. Op dit moment kunnen patiënten met het prototype van de app hun bloedsuikerwaardes, een eetdagboek en de hoeveelheid …