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This research paper was written for [Company] which is a start-up company from Delft, The Netherlands. [Company] has developed an innovative new product in the MedTech industry which uses robotics and AI to deliver an autonomous Transthoracic Echocardiogram (an ultrasound scan of the heart). [Company] …

This study shows how learner initiatives are taken during classroom discussions where the teacher seeks to make room for subjectification. Using Conversation Analysis, subjectification can be observed when students take the freedom to express themselves as subjects through learner initiatives. Drawing …

Despite decades of European financial stimulation for cross-border projects, the attention for cross-border cooperation (CBC) is still volatile. Depending on, among other things, political and economic tendencies, it is a hot item, or not. Irrespective of the trend, it is difficult to encourage citizens …

In times of stability, it is relatively easy – or so it seems – to educate students for a ‘known’ future. My argument in this chapter is that we live in a time of multiple transitions (Rotmans, 2015), multiple crises (Capra & Luisi, 2014; Wahl, 2016; Sayer, 1994; Harvey, 2000; Jessop, 2012) and an unknown …

The author illustrates how partial and soft decisions are aggregated via non-linear schemes. Fuzzy logic is used to formally describe sensor fusion. Although intuitively appealing, one may conclude that data fusion has not yet brought about the expected breakthrough. Several explanations for this can …

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 …

Purpose Currently, most technology (robotics, smart homes, etc) that has been developed for the healthcare sector are difficult in use, expensive and often not affordable for individual persons in their home situation. Affordable innovations that activate people instead of taking tasks over can be a …

The presentation aims at sharing concrete innovation efforts by breakthrough startups/SME’s in the Eindhoven Brainport region in the south of the Netherlands. This region has an ecosystem with an very proliferated heritage of technology-based companies. The research includes looking into clusters and …

3D-printen is volop in ontwikkeling en gaat een cruciale rol spelen in de toekomst van HTSM. Het gaat niet alleen een belangrijke rol spelen voor deze industrie, maar ook voor de bijbehorende werkgelegenheid. De eindrapportage van het onderzoeksproject 'Doorbraak in 3Dprinten' bevat alle onderzoeken …