A new MIT-produced terahertz laser, about the size of a comma, has been stabilised by PhD-student Yuan Ren. His achievement signals a major step forward in terahertz astronomy.
The spectacular spead sailing boat Vestas Sailrocket 2 set the record over 500 meter on 109 kph with a top speed of 199 kph in Walvis Bay, off the coast of Namibia last week.
The tramway under construction on campus will feature a patented, world’s first compensation system for the tram’s stray magnetic fields. Here’s how it works.
Name: Annemarie Mink (31)
Nationality: Dutch
Supervisor: Prof. Prabhu Kandachar (Industrial Design Engineering)
Subject: Integrating the capability approach and design for development
Thesis defense: In two years
“What kind of lives do goods enable us to live and what do they allow us to do and be? To give everyone a laptop or smartphone is no good in itself.
Op los zand kun je niet bouwen. Tenzij je er een goede formule op loslaat, ontdekte Tara van der Peet (23) voor haar bachelor-eindproject bij civiel. Het centrum van Den Haag diende als onderzoeksobject.
Het Duitse concern Siemens stapt uit het Desertec-programma, het ambitieuze programma dat Europa en Noord-Afrika van zonnestroom uit de Sahara wil voorzien.
Robot Leo was programmed to teach himself to walk. It took him about five hours, not counting the time he needed to get up from his falls.
Elevators that know what floor you want to go to without you even pressing a button and that switch shafts; Jeroen de Jong believes elevators, not in the least the ones in EEMCS building, can become much more efficiënt.
Name: Fatemeh Nikayin (30)
Nationality: Iran
Supervisor: Dr Mark de Reuver (Technology, Policy and Management, section information and communication technology)
Subject: Collaboration for smart living services
Thesis defense: In 1.5
