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Seven Dutch hopefuls in battery technologyThe Dutch high-tech ecosystem has sprouted seven companies that are looking to improve lithium-ion battery technology, or market completely different battery designs. | ||||
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ASML’s offering in its first years: one size fits allWith its current 10,500 developers, ASML has a formidable engineering squad. In its first ten years, however, the company had to make do with one-seventieth of that number. The consequence: it had to focus on only one machine. | ||||
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| Kendrion locks up 3T acquisition | ||||
| Quantum computing unicorn considers European HQ near Imec | ||||
| Semiconductor boom might turn to glut in 2023, says IDC | ||||
| The Netherlands joins European chip collaboration | ||||
| $12M seed round brings Dutch stealth startup Axelera AI to light | ||||
| Loop Robots cleans up with a $2M seed investment | ||||
| TU Delft and NFI investigate next-gen forensic photography | ||||
| Pharrowtech field-tests mm-wave-based fixed wireless access | ||||
| Funding for large-scale research infrastructure “insufficient” | ||||
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How to measure a planetAngelo Hulshout has the ambition to bring the benefits of production agility to the market and set up a new business around that. His journey is taking a small detour. | ||||
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NTS’ new commercial approach removes the seams between sitesBy opting for a more commercial approach, new NTS director Tjarko Bouman expects the various global branches and offices will be able to work more seamlessly together and will realize an unambiguous proposition for mainly international customers. | ||||
In other news | ||||
| Solar Team Eindhoven unveils concept for new solar camper (TUE) | ||||
| How TU Delft unintentionally helps the Chinese army (Delta) | ||||
| Turing Award goes to researchers who made programming easier and more powerful (CNET) | ||||
| Diamond-based quantum accelerator might make quantum practical (EE Times) | ||||
| VW rebrand turns out to be April Fool’s joke (BBC) | ||||
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Bits&Chips podcasts: Emile Asselbergs (part 1)René Raaijmakers talks to the innovators driving the high-tech industry. Listen (in Dutch) to researchers, developers and decision-makers speak about trends, technology, business and their motivations. In edition 9 of the Bits&Chips podcast, Emile Asselbergs on the success of the Phenom tabletop SEM (part 1). |
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Rule 1: Clarify your purposeIn a world where the opportunities are seemingly infinite, you need direction to ensure that you’re using your time and energy in the best way possible. |
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The power of the whyDon’t tell your people how they should be doing things, but why they’re tasked with doing them, says HR manager Hans Odenthal. |
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