Somni Solutions, a small startup from The Hague, provided fiber-optic tilt sensors for the new Genoa bridge, which recently reopened, two years after the tragic collapse. CTO Remco Nieuwland explains how his company acquired this prestigious assignment and why we should start monitoring our own aging infrastructure.
On 24 September, we’re happy to organize the System Architecting Conference again, with a corona-proof event concept in Eindhoven. The closing keynote speech will be delivered by Jon Holt (Incose UK). Check out the full conference program here and make sure you register in time, as seating capacity is limited.
Can billions of micropillars make for a better battery than we currently have? Yes, Holst Centre believes, after the final piece of the puzzle fell into place in the lab recently. Now, the institute is looking to scale up and commercialize the technology.
The world has moved from planned and offline to real-time and online. The risk is that we lose track of the long term in favor of an overly strong sprint focus.