Assistive Technology (AT) is any technology that supports people with functional difficulties to per form their daily activities with less difficulty and/or obstruction, thus contributing to a more fulfilling life. This refers to people of all ages and to all kinds of functional limitations, either permanent …

It is much easier to run our projects right (project management) than to do the right things, or ask the right questions (leadership). also for me and my research group. We proudly report that cobots are gaining ground and that this is understandable given the major staff shortages and the need for companies …

Historian Yuval Harari writes in his 21 Lessons for the 21st Century that due to increasing automation and robotization, large groups of people will probably become completely redundant in the labour market in the near future. He proposes a basic income as a solution. In this article it is argued that …

There is a difference between doing the right (or wrong) things and doing things right (or wrong). The first is often referred to with the term leadership. The term managing refers to doing things right (planning, organizing, etc.). Leadership and management concern two related but clearly distinguishable …

The Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week reaches many audiences with their message about sustainable fashion, but notably struggles to reach teenagers. Previous research done for the DSFW by Been et al (2019) suggested to them to look towards interactive application, such as e-learning or games to tackle this …

GeoExperience GeoFort wants a new, intuitive and vandal safe VR experience to gain further attention from families and schools. Inspired by the online game “GeoGuessr”, the requested game has quiz elements to teach the player about floods in the Netherlands, while letting the player explore different …

To assess the acceptance of urban air vehicles by the general public, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is conducting a study with a mixed reality air taxi cabin simulator. This simulator needed a user interface (UI), that visualizes information to increase the passengers’ feeling of safety. The competition …

This project 's objective was to create a hyperreality experience of the tropical storm that hit Borculo in 1925. Previous teams have demonstrated the technical feasibility of this project, but the required level of graphic quality has not yet been attained. To address these problems, research has …

This research investigates the possibility of implementing ACES into the current visual effects pipeline of Het Nieuwe Kader. Het Nieuwe Kader had the feeling that their pipeline was outdated. It did fulfill their needs, but they thought the work could be done better and more efficiently. Aside from …

Purpose Early mobilization of critically ill patients improves functional recovery, but is often hampered by tubes, drains, monitoring devices and muscular weakness. A mobile treadmill with bodyweight support facilitates early mobilization and may shorten recovery time to independent ambulation as compared …