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Parents provide career information
What does a concern controller or work psychologist do? And what does your day look like if you are a judge, primary school teacher or GP? What studies did you follow if you became an Industrial Cost Engineer or shipbuilding project manager by profession? This is now a lot clearer for the students at CSG Liudger havo/vwo location Raai. The location organized with help...
If this camera doesn't see anything, it's invisible
Easily classify digital holiday photos without having to manually view all files? This question gave Gerrit Baarda (1969), founder and owner of ZIUZ, the idea ten years ago to write a handy software tool that automatically recognizes faces and situations in photos and places them in a logical order. Today, police forces around the world use its…
Knowledge circle about visual intelligence
A first session on visual intelligence within the ICD was held on Wednesday, November 11. Host Ziuz is of course very specialized in this area and has taken the lead. With two presentations on the subject. First, visual intelligence with vision cameras was discussed. In one of Ziuz's devices, three cameras are used to check pill sachets....
Delta Instruments works within Innovatiecluster Drachten
Predict which cow is pregnant or has a disease? Delta Instruments wants to bring this within reach with advanced data analysis, partly developed with partners in the Innovatiecluster Drachten. "With this information, farmers can produce more efficiently and prevent their cow from becoming ill," says R&D manager Anne-Gerben Terpstra. 'Farmer happy, cow happy.' ...
Neopost wins innovation prize Logistica Award
On November 10, 2015, Neopost received the prestigious Logistica Award for the fully automatic packaging machine that packages products exactly to size. Jury chairman René de Koster of the Logistica Award is full of praise for Neopost, not only because of the machine but also because of the approach to the innovation process. "The machine has been in practice for a year...
Knowledge Circle Technology & Innovation management
On Wednesday, October 14, the T&I management knowledge group held another conclave on the theme of roadmapping. Roadmapping is a widely used methodology to create a medium-term R&D agenda. Knowledge was exchanged in 3 subgroups about the different types of roadmaps, the different functions that a roadmap can have and finally the basic principles...
Innovation is in our DNA
Innovation, innovation and innovation. Divorcing Philips director in Drachten Rob Karsmakers (54) wakes up with it and goes to bed with it. “In the Netherlands and in Europe we are very good at it. With smart industries, smart production processes and techniques, you have the chance to compete worldwide. That's a must, but it's also fun. To win...
'Own' waste yields new vacuum cleaner
A vacuum cleaner largely made from recycled soft drink bottle caps and other discarded vacuum cleaners. It has recently been for sale in Friesland. The plastics processing company AKG developed the product in collaboration with Philips. Household waste from the Frisian population is used for the production of the vacuum cleaner. The device is currently only available in the Drachten region....
Philips Drachten best factory in the Netherlands and second in the European Industrial Excellence Award election
Yesterday, September 29, Philips Drachten came in second in the European Industrial Excellence Award election. The election was held during the annual Industrial Excellence Conference in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The prize is an initiative of renowned international business schools, such as Eindhoven University of Technology, INSEAD in France and WHU in Germany. Rob Karsmakers has represented our site....