Evan Kimani Gichuche, is a Christian entrepreneur specializing in solar energy. He is passionate about excellence, integrity and diligence and demonstrates it in how he handles himself and those around him. His vision is to have impacted his community by providing them with reliable technological solutions, increasing their income and...
INCREASING INNOVATION AND COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH START-UPS IN THE EU
Start-up companies have enormous potential to increase innovation and competitiveness in the national economy. Through effectiveness, they succeed in responding to existing needs on the market and serving new requirements through innovations. The development of start-ups is different between countries. For instance, only one of the world’s 20 largest start-ups...
DIGITAL MANUFACTURING IS DRIVING A NEW INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: IS EUROPE FALLING BEHIND?
The world of manufacturing is undergoing a fundamental transformation, quietly, and almost unnoticed. The result, however, will be dramatic. The way we design and produce physical objects will change more in the next 15 years than in the 100 years since the Industrial Revolution. In this article, I am arguing...
HOW DATA AND THE IOT ARE CHANGING SPORT IT ALL STARTED WITH FORMULA 1 IN THE LATE ’70S
Formula 1 is largely, a data-driven business This late ’70s photo shows a Formula 1 car (a Tyrrell F1) equipped with a cassette recorder. Of course, we can say that the cassette was not intended to play the driver’s favourite songs during his race but had many other purposes, useful...
MIGRATION TO INDUSTRY 4.0 – DIGITALIZATION OF THE OPERATIONS FIRST
Advanced manufacturing or Industry 4.0 (I4.0) entails huge opportunity and anticipation. We are all fascinated by the new technologies that are showing more and more in the shopfloor as well as in our lives in general. We are excited by, for example; (i) Artificial Intelligence with IOT that provides predictive...
EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY AND LEARNING EQUITY
Scientific discoveries and the results of research related to the introduction of digital technology in schools have significantly affected teaching, learning, psychology, and pedagogy have forced educational institutions to adopt new teaching methods to be more innovative and responsive to better meet students’ needs. These new findings have influenced teachers’...
HOW TO ASSESS A START-UP: PRACTICAL TIPS FOR AMATEUR ANGEL INVESTOR
Ideas dominate contemporary society. They feed our curiosity, govern our decisions, and fuel our increasingly knowledge-based economy. The startup world houses an industry of ideas, providing mankind with cutting-edge solutions to everyday problems. However, not all ideas evolve past their formative stages. Some succeed and some ultimately fail. To investors,...
HOW EUROPE SHOULD LEAD THE CHANGE FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD THOUGH TECHNOLOGY
BACKGROUND The present is lavish with superlatives. That holds true not only for prestigious technological products and architectural constructions, but also for strategic political and commercial ambitions. China’s Belt and Road Initiative (or the correct translation: ‘One Belt, One Road’), more commonly known as The New Silk Road, is one;...
THERMAL SPONGE CITIES NEW TRENDS TO COOL EUROPEAN CITIES
Abstract: Urban areas are both contributors to and the main victims of the effects of climate change and will be confronted with drastic changes in terms of heat supply (heating and cooling) and urban climate in the years to come. Moreover, conventional technologies for heat supply are future-proof only to...
FIVE CONVINCING REASONS FOR YOUR COMPANY TO PROTECT THE CLIMATE
No other topic - including COVID-19 - has so much destructive power and polarises so many public and private debates as climate change. Often, half-knowledge and emotions dominate the discussion, while concrete and implementable ideas about what companies can do regarding the duopoly of ecology and economy are often missing....