Senseglove gets a feel for VR

After developing a physical therapy device for the rehabilitation of stroke victims, Senseglove augmented its scope. Now, the Yes!Delft start-up is using simulators to give trainees at Volkswagen, Google Deepmind and other customers a virtual ‘feel’ for the job.

Keynote - Digital twins, the do’s and don’ts

What is becoming increasingly important in processes in industry are overview, insight and visualization. This is where the concept of digital twins makes its appearance. During the Digital Twin Conference in Eindhoven on 31 October, Guido van Gageldonk (Unit040) will talk you through the why, how and what, and the do’s and don’ts.

Headlines

Braincreators and Advantech put heads together for AI on the edge

Differ leads search for better electrolysers

These innovation stimuli are included in the 2021 national budget

Futurelab pockets new investment and a new home at Evoluon

SALD deposits trust in new advisory board

Vanmoof pedals series B to a €34M payout

Ghent diagnostic startup Antelope gets injected with additional €9M

IBM aims to cross 1000 qubit border in 2023

Pandemic drives rise in fab equipment spending

Smarter bug checking by containing the state space explosion

Ushio sells its first EUV light source

Ushio has received the first acceptance of its laser-assisted discharge produced (LDP) EUV light source. After 15 years of development, the company may earn a place in the EUV arena after all – in the mask shops, not the fab, though.

In other news

China poised to lead in chip equipment spending (EE Times)

Amazon and the all-electric future of fleet vehicles (Wired)

Philips to exit Signify in €357 million deal (Reuters)

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Merging mechatronic systems engineering and software engineering

Traditionally at Demcon, the mechatronic systems engineer took the lead in model-based design, but the software engineer turned out to be indispensable in defining a software architecture. Over the years, both disciplines have come together.

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