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Discover technology at ROC Friese Poort Drachten
Curious about training in technology? Come to ROC Friese Poort Drachten on Wednesday evening, November 15. Then our collaboration partner presents how much fun technology is.
It worked! All Frisian primary schools have a robot.
It worked! All 420 primary schools in the Province of Fryslân have received their robots. And now we challenge the schools with a special EDU-Robotics challenge.
Industry summit in the Northern Netherlands: ,,Top talent: use it or lose it!''
Social support for entrepreneurship is growing. And that is a good thing, according to Lamber Zwiers, director of VNO-NCW Noord. ,,Because if we want to retain talent for our companies in North-Northland, then we need entrepreneurship.' tech companies of Innovatiecluster Drachten. Putting the region on the map as innovative, technological and knowledge-intensive.
TU Delft wins World Solar Challenge
The Nuon Solar Team from TU Delft has won the world solar race for the seventh time. After five days it was the first to cross the finish line in Adelaide. A great achievement, partly thanks to our techno starter MGElectronics from Leeuwarden.
Best kept secret of Dwingeloo 'brings you the universe'
“Although we bring you the universe, we are still learning on the job. Therefore we are very proud to join the cluster!'' With these words, Professor Carole Jackson, general manager of ASTRON, signed the collaboration with the high-tech companies of Innovatiecluster Drachten on Friday afternoon, September 29.
ASTRON newest member Innovatiecluster Drachten
ASTRON, the Dutch institute for radio astronomy, will join our high-tech cluster on Friday 29 September. Innovatiecluster Drachten chairman Kor Visscher is proud: "We can learn a lot from our new scientific partner, and I'm not just talking about stars and planets."
All primary schools in Fryslân have a robot
One thing is certain, technology will change and determine the future of our children. That is why we hand out a robot with a teaching package to every primary school in Fryslân.
Children choose technology by robot in class
25 students from Het Mozaïek primary school in Drachten are enthusiastically clamoring for their new friend, one of the 400 EDU robots. They help with packing and preparing the robots for shipping, because from today all Frisian primary schools will receive a robot with a teaching package.
EDU robots ready for primary schools
The special EDU robots, of which every primary school in Fryslân will receive one, will be packed and prepared for shipment on Wednesday 6 September. Children from primary school Het Mozaiek in Drachten help.