There will be a new version (https://brainporteindhoven.com/int/techxperience/) of the Tech Xperience Week (https://innovationorigins.com/nl/een-tech-trip-door-brainport-eindhoven/), which was conceived in 2018. This time with more candidates (not ten but twenty), a stricter selection and several ‘challenges’. The goal, however, remains the same: to grow ambassadors who tell the story of Brainport Eindhoven and Brabant in their own country. “So that their colleagues, family or friends have our region on their minds when they consider looking for work or setting up a start-up in high tech”, says Brabant Branding’s Sandy van den Hoogen.
The set-up of the Tech Xperience is slightly different from the first edition. “This time we try to match interested candidates based on their profile as well as a possible fit with the companies they will be visiting so their background fits with what the companies are doing”, says Yvonne van Hest of Brainport Development. “That makes the visit more interesting for both the talent and the company. At the same time, we also want to appeal to people with more different backgrounds.” The campaign focuses on people from outside the Netherlands, but within Europe.
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30 Jan 2020
IO Bites S1E22: reha buddy
Physical therapy following, for example, hip surgery is fine. But what does a patient do when he is back home? Physical therapists and doctors can now follow that with the help of the app reha buddy. Reha Buddy is designed to facilitate the rehabilitation process. The app of this Viennese start-up registers movement data and can provide feedback on the course of physical therapy by means of special algorithms.
By 2050, the number of people over the age of sixty will have doubled worldwide. This demographic change will also be reflected in an increase in the number of people in need of some form of physical rehabilitation. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are currently 75 to 110 million people worldwide who suffer from joint arthrosis (wear and tear of cartilage). Consistently implemented physical therapy can significantly improve patients’ lives. However, only one in three manages to perform the prescribed exercises on a regular basis.
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29 Jan 2020
IO Bites S1E21: social robots
Studying together with a social robot can help children learn. Researchers at the University of Twente (UT) discovered that primary school children are better able to explain what they are studying if they do that together with a robot.
This is stated in the study ‘Now we’re talking: learning by explaining your reasoning to a social robot‘ presented by UT (https://www.utwente.nl/en/news/2020/1/275176/primary-school-children-benefit-from-learning-with-a-social-robot). The study continues to build on the understanding that explaining out loud to yourself or to others what you are learning about leads to a better grasp of a subject. However in situations where someone is working on their own, it’s not such an obvious thing to do.
A social robot can be of help.
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