Inventor Luci Santema is making waves with a bike light she came up with four years ago during her studies in Industrial Design Engineering. By now, tens of thousands of Ziemis have been sold. How does she do it?
In the USA and China, people are no longer surprised by cars without drivers. Europe is lagging behind, says Dariu Gavrila, Professor of Intelligent Vehicles. In the meantime, TU Delft’s Robotics Lab is steaming ahead in research into autonomous vehicles.
By combining AI and radar, Perciv AI has found a way to match the performance of advanced traffic systems at just a fraction of the cost. This breakthrough opens the door to new opportunities for autonomous vehicles, robots, and drones – a potential recognised by investors.
Delft-based startup Oasys Now wants to enable personalised healthcare and empower patients to take control of their own data. With the grand prize of €1 million, they intend to continue developing their system for patient data management.
A geothermal well 2 kilometres below the TU Delft campus produces excess heat during summer and insufficient heat in winter, says Martin Bloemendal. To address this imbalance, a high-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage (HT-ATES) is being developed, turning the campus into a geothermal energy lab.