The Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS) will take up residence at the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) in September, following months of planning and negotiations.
The academic year 2014-2015, gets off to an inspirational start. We’re not just talking about special guest, Dutch astronaut André Kuipers, who will interact with the audience at the Opening of the Academic Year, to be held September 1.
Over the summer of 2014, the Dutch railway system discontinued paper tickets, making it necessary for all travellers to have a transport smart card, i.e. an OV-Chipkaart. These cards are mandatory for tourists as well who can choose from either rechargeable ones or disposable cards.
Once integrated on chips, nanofabricated quantumbits hold the promise of ultra-fast quantum computing. Unfortunately however, these building blocks of future quantum computers are very unstable.
TU Delft’s entry ‘Pret-a-Loger’ at the biannual building competition Solar Decathlon earned third prize in Versailles this summer. The terraced house with a second skin was top-scorer on sustainability thanks to the choice of renovation instead of new construction.
Amsterdam will have a new attraction on its classy PC Hooft shopping street next autumn. One of the shops will be getting a unique glass brick wall.
The European Commission brought legal action against the Netherlands before the European Court of Justice in May, declaring that the public transport discount granted to Dutch students discriminates against other EU nationals.
Op de Daewoo scheepswerf in Zuid-Korea dragen arbeiders een robotpak waarmee ze zonder inspanning zware stukken metaal optillen.
Het ideeHet Havenbedrijf Rotterdam zat er maar mee in zijn maag. Al die lege containers die het moest opstallen. Ze namen teveel ruimte in beslag.
