Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common rheumatic disease of the musculoskeletal system, with the knee as the most affected joint. The number of people with OA of the knee is likely to increase due to the ageing society and the obesity epidemic. The predominant clinical symptom of knee OA …

Speech interactions are often associated with virtual assistants and smart home devices, designed primarily for private contexts. A less developed domain is speech interfaces in public contexts. In a smart city development project, we explored the potential of distributed conversational speech interfaces …

Trekt een hologram in de winkeletalagemeer dan alleen aandacht? Hologramtechnologie biedt retailers nieuwe mogelijkheden. Door sfeervolle elementen of producten op driedimensionale wijze te tonen, hoopt men niet alleen aandacht te trekken maar ook meer bezoekers en kopers aan te trekken. Maar werkt dit …

Research and publishing have always been closely related but are currently undergoing changes. Informed by technological and cultural developments, their practices and definitions are being debated. For new forms of interdisciplinary and artistic research, there is a corresponding need for new forms …

Om tot een circulaire economie te komen, ontstaan er nieuwe initiatieven om organisch afval decentraal/ lokaal te verwerken tot compost. Deze initiatieven maken gebruik van nieuwe meetsystemen, die procesdata genereren om de verwerking van afval tot grondstof beter te kunnen besturen. De huidige sensoren …

Since 2016, the Amsterdam Dapperbuurt in the East of Amsterdam, has its own Zero Waste Lab (ZWL), a collection and recycle centre for separated household waste. Drawing on the specific case of wood as a waste-stream, the project Circulair Wood for the Neighbourhood supports the ZWL (initiative of the …

Since 2011, Hogeschool Rotterdam (Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences) operates a FabLab specialized in sensing, data processing and digital fabrication. The lab acted primarily as an educational infrastructure for electives and course modules within minors, and it was a making infrastructure for …

Over the next 10 years, the City of Amsterdam plans to develop major housing schemes provide 90,000 new homes within the existing urban fabric. At the same time, an urban renewal program is being launched to revitalize the most deprived neighbourhoods. Together, these challenges call for more evidence …

Het lectoraat Ondernemen in Verandering, een samenwerking tussen Hanzehogeschool en Alfa-college is de initiatiefnemer van dit vignet. De opstellers van het vignet (partners en medewerkers van het lectoraat; co-auteurs), Alexander Grit, Maaike de Jong, Eduard Plate en Eti de Vries beschrijven de uitgangspunten …