26 April 2013

When we hear the word refinery, we immediately associate this with smokestacks and the chemical industry. A refinery is in fact nothing more than a factory equipped with a fractional distillation column that separates the various compounds out of the oil, in order to enable these to be processed into industrial platform chemicals.

25 April 2013

On Thursday 18 and Friday 19 April, BiomimicryNL gave an introductory workshop at Saxion University of Applied Sciences. Biomimicry is a new science that studies nature and translates the designs and processes found there into innovation and development directions. The key question in biomimicry when confronting a problem is: how would nature solve this?

19 April 2013

Urogyn, a young and innovative company in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, has developed a product offering a solution to urinary stress incontinence that can also be used to perform sterilizations in women. Last Wednesday, the first stress incontinence patients to receive this therapy were successfully treated in HagaZiekenhuis in The Hague.

11 April 2013

The plastic ‘soup’ - the huge patches of plastics garbage that pollute the oceans - is a huge threat for the world’s marine life. Plastic soup is found in two major areas between America and Asia, where the Gulf Stream currents have trapped vast amounts of plastic debris. This plastic soup is caused by the fact that we are using increasing...

3 April 2013

The field of plastic electronics is currently developing at an unprecedented pace. Plastic electronic components are already being applied in packaging and apparel. Plastic diodes, transistors and memory cells are also becoming increasingly available. The latter, however, had long proved to be complicated and expensive to make. Up to now, there was also the...

28 March 2013

Everyone is familiar with Dyson’s bagless vacuum cleaners. But Dyson has also developed a range of other products as well, including a bladeless tower fan. Now, a company called Exhale Fans has taken the bladeless concept a step further, developing a ceiling fan that has revolutionized the design of this venerable icon.

25 March 2013

Sensor and controller manufacturer Sensata Technologies has developed a new, premium Differential Pressure Sensor (DPS). These sensors are used in cars to regulate exhaust gas emissions. Without these sensors, today’s exhaust systems can no longer function properly.

15 March 2013

“Good News from the Netherlands” is a collection of 50 inspiring innovations, which, in what has now become a biannual tradition, have been carefully reviewed and selected for publication by PDMA.NL. Every two years, PDMA.NL scours the market for novel developments and innovations in the Netherlands, picking 50 of the best for inclusion in their...

15 March 2013

“Good News from the Netherlands” is a collection of 50 inspiring innovations, which, in what has now become a biannual tradition, have been carefully reviewed and selected for publication by PDMA.NL. Every two years, PDMA.NL scours the market for novel developments and innovations in the Netherlands, picking 50 of the best for inclusion in their...