Crypto currency bitcoin is going through the roof. Is this coin going to shape our future economy? If so, it might cause an environmental disaster. Bitcoin expert Johan Pouwelse is not fearful. ‘Bitcoin is so 2009’.

The famous Delft-made flapping wing drone, Delfly, can now use stereo vision to avoid objects. Dr Sjoerd Tijmons of the Delft micro aerial vehicle lab taught the little dragonfly lookalike to recognise objects and see depth just like humans do.

MRI is one of the most powerful technologies for viewing the inside of the body. Unfortunately it is too expensive and complex for developing countries. That is why Martin van Gijzen, Rob Remis (TU Delft) and Andrew Webb (LUMC) are working on an affordable, simplified version.

How to combine porous structures with the nanoscale surface structures that bone cells are so fond of? Professor Amir Zadpoor’s group chose origami as their key technology. They published their results in Science Advances last week.