To assess the acceptance of urban air vehicles by the general public, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is conducting a study with a mixed reality air taxi cabin simulator. This simulator needed a user interface (UI), that visualizes information to increase the passengers’ feeling of safety. The competition …

Purpose Early mobilization of critically ill patients improves functional recovery, but is often hampered by tubes, drains, monitoring devices and muscular weakness. A mobile treadmill with bodyweight support facilitates early mobilization and may shorten recovery time to independent ambulation as compared …

Bijstandsgerechtigden, ook degenen met parttime werk, hadden tijdens de pandemie nog minder dan anders het idee grip te hebben op hun leven, werk en inkomen. HvA-onderzoekers Judith Elshout en Hafid Ballafkih pleiten voor verbetering van hun arbeidsmarktpositie. De coronapandemie hield ons de afgelopen …

A hospice for the terminally ill amid the buzzing and lively city center of Eindhoven, next to a bar district and a city square, yet also bordering on a green river zone. The set program for a hospice is extended with a diversified program, including social and recreational spaces open to the public …

During the workshop we used a part of our so called 'positioneringsscan', with which members of a supervisiory board can evaluate their position and opinion on the relation with the 'onafhankelijke controlfunctie'. We discussed the outcomes and some cases.

Van Goeden Huize is het onderzoeksproject van de HvA (ism het Zijlstra Center van de VU en Hofmeier, interim dienstverleners en advies) naar de onafhankelijke controlfunctie binnen woningcorporaties. Tijdens het symposium zijn de uitkomsten van het onderzoek gepresenteerd in diverse workshops en werden …

The present invention refers to an autonomous road transport system based on autonomous vehicles operating similarly to trains on railways. In this system, a regular road vehicle, such as a car, bus or truck, can be properly equipped with sensors and computers to drive itself, guided by virtual tracks …

Diversiteit is een feit in de samenleving. Veel organisaties besteden daarom aandacht aan diversiteit. In veel gevallen begint het met een stip op de horizon, wat veel organisaties goed lukt. Wat minder goed lukt, is die stip op de horizon concreet handen en voeten geven. Een goed implementatieplan vraagt …

Abstract Background People with epilepsy and mild intellectual disability have a limited adaptive capacity resulting in difficulties in communication and social skills. Virtual Reality (VR) has the potential to help this group of people to learn how to manage difficult situations. SEIN (Expertise Center …

There are an estimated 350.000 people in the Netherlands who are visually impaired. The largest group of these, about 75%, has low vision and the other 25% are blind. For both groups, their visual impairment has a profound impact on performing everyday activities and has therefore significant implications …