Not only dogs and rats can sniff out explosives. Genetically modified bacteria can do so too. Or so students from TU Delft, Leiden University and the Hogeschool Rotterdam believe.
The historic collection of surveying instruments was moved to the tower room of Kanaalweg 4 last summer. The objects have returned to the place where surveying in the Netherlands started.
Pats! Ai, dat ging harder dan ik hoopte. Madelon kijkt giechelend om en veinst dat ze m’n hand op haar billen afkeurt. Haar vriendin rolt met haar ogen.
It’s definitely the cleanest place on campus and possibly one of the cleanest places in Europe but these are just normal operating conditions for the Class 100 cleanroom within the Dimes Technology Centre (DTC) where the Electronic Components, Technology and Materials (ECTM) group does their research.
Marco Marino, 25, moved from Naples, Italy in August 2011 to pursue a master’s in aerospace engineering but he couldn’t come without his moka pot.
The Baby Monitor 3G app turns any two phones, tablets or Macs into a single baby monitor. One device remains in the child’s room capturing live photos, video and sound while the other remote device receives regular updates.
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.
