De kaartenset is een hulpmiddel om out-of-the box ideeën te genereren voor het integraal verduurzamen van bestaande product-verpakkingscombinaties. Het maakt gebruik van de strategie Rethink, een circulaire strategie die hoog op de R-ladder staat. Het is een creativiteitstool om de strategie Rethink …

NL:  Tijdens het ontwerptraject van deze Tolhuijs stoel stond het woord simpel centraal voor zowel destoel zelf als de productietechniek. De intentie is om de stoel te laten produceren in socialewerkplaatsen. De benodigde materialen voor de stoel zijn afkomstig van afvalstromen van anderebedrijven, waarbij …

Background: Current technology innovations, such as wearables, have caused surprising reactions and feelings of deep connection to devices. Some researchers are calling mobile and wearable technologies cognitive prostheses, which are intrinsically connected to individuals as if they are part of the body, …

People in western countries spend approximately 90% of their time indoors. This severely affects their health (WHO 2013; Klepeis et al. 2001). The health risks are exacerbated if people travel between indoor spaces by car or public transport. Buildings on streets specifically designed to create a human …

Doesn 't anyone see what a horrible uniformity we have begun to create worldwide? Doesn 't anyone see that we would be much better off if we were really connected and focused on each other, instead of learning to frame each other through rules and protocols? With our machinations we have created a …

Especially well-educated people increasingly say / write that opinions should only be expressed if they are well informed. For example, social media is forced to post a warning or to remove bad or uninformed opinions that are shared or read beyond a threshold. What 's wrong with this?

It is of utmost importance to collect organic waste from households as a separate waste stream. If collected separately, it could be used optimally to produce compost and biogas, it would not pollute fractions of materials that can be recovered from residual waste streams and it would not deteriorate …

Nowadays the term “neurodiversity” is used more and more to indicate people with a form of autism and/or ADHD. The idea here is not to view autism or ADHD as a disorder or a deficit, but as a natural variation in the development of cognitive processes in the human brain. In this article, our research …

In this study, several aspects of Saxion spin-offs have been analysed, the numbers, workplaces, location, migration, gender issues, different economic sectors and survival rates. The main question underlying all these analyses was what the impact of Saxion as university of applied sciences is on the …

Among runners, there is a high drop-out rate due to injuries and loss of motivation. These runners often lack personalized guidance and support. While there is much potential for sports apps to act as (e-)coaches to help these runners to avoid injuries, set goals, and maintain good intentions, most available …