To help fight crime in trains, Zhenke Yang (MSc) developed a smart surveillance system that sets off an alarm when people act aggressively in train carriages. The system recognizes faces and walking patterns, and a microphone detects when someone screams.
According to de Volkskrant newspaper, the Dutch minister for energy, Jacqueline Cramer, has conceded that investing in coal-fired power stations may not be such a good idea after all.
The entrepreneur as a lonesome hero who accomplishes everything by himself is an image from the past. The modern entrepreneur operates within a social network. But what kind of network? PhD student Danny Soetanto attempted to find out.
Delta and Delft Integraal/Outlook often write about innovative ideas that offer great promises for the future. But what has happened to them a couple of years later? What for instance has happened to the idea of biogrouting, a process for stabilizing soils with the aid of bacteria?
Name: Nicole HuijtsNationality: DutchPhD supervisors: Prof.dr. Bert van Wee and dr. Eric Molin (faculty of Technology, Policy and Management)Subject: The public acceptance of hydrogen technologiesThesis defense: In less than three years (part-time)“If a hydrogen refuelling station is built in your neighbourhood, what would you think of it? Would you be afraid it might negatively affect your health or would you applaud it? I’m studying the public acceptance of hydrogen stations.
Last Friday, the Dutch cabinet-council supported a proposal to demolish the 48-year old reactor in Petten and to have a new one built.
Despite being energy-inefficient, bulky and expensive, CO2 capture from flue gases will have to be scaled up quickly. It’s the only way to make it affordable as well as necessary, says dr. Mohammad Abu Zahra, who defended his thesis last Tuesday.
A team of TU Delft students has developed bacteria that engage in relay races. In late October, the team will present their invention during the International Genetically Engineered Machines competition, held at MIT.
Delta and Delft Integraal/Outlook often write about innovative ideas that offer big promises for the future. But what has happened to such ideas a couple years on? What for instance has happened to ‘Ghana Moves’, a hand-driven tricycle for disabled street vendors?
