Cars today are mainly made of steel. Aluminium is a lighter and better option. Problem is, aluminium cars wear out too quickly. A special new coating for aluminium can prevent this.

Dr. John Glossner, from America, has been given 34 million guilders in venture capital for his company to develop hardware for mobile phones. While at TU Delft, he developed the micro-architecture of a processor that provides fast execution of Java-scripts.

FilmFilmhuis Lumen .Doelenplein 5 – Tel (015)2140226Summer of Sam, tues.

.kop Connecting dots the aboriginal wayThe International Student Chaiplancy teaches “Dot painting, the aboriginal way”. But those who immediately think of students painting like Tasmanian Devils or Jackson Pollock, wildly splattering paint on canvas with artistic aplomb, have got it all wrong.

Architecture students from Manchester and Delft met last week to create sustainable designs for dwellings for a season, decennia, or for five hundred years from now.

Digital logic possible with nanotubes The research group of Prof. Cees Dekker has successfully produced a chip with several logic circuits, using carbon nanotube molecules. The nanotubes behave similar to conventional silicon transistors at room temperature, but are much smaller.

In Southeast Asia a new tetonic plate is being formed, according Dr. Marleen Nyst, who received her PhD from TU Delft last Monday. This means the region can expect earthquakes.

FilmFilmhuis Lumen Doelenplein 5 – Tel(015)2140226La Pianiste, thurs to wed. 22:00; sexy yet terribly deep and existential in the grand old French film traditon.

ChurchAn ecumenical service for international students in the English language will take place in the Raamstraat (behind the station)on Sunday October 21st.

Students dissatisfied with TU – Integrating strategy According to several reliable sources, Professor Jacob Fokkema will become the TU’s new rector in January. The professor in technical geophysics admits that there is a good chance the TU will announce his appointment next week.