The ClimateCafe approach is a quick-scan method to monitor riverine and urban areas and discuss the impact of climate change. ClimateCafes consist of transdisciplinary fieldwork during which students, young professionals, stakeholders and scientist come together to collect data and design (potential) …

The rapid implementation of large scale floating solar panels has consequences to water quality and local ecosystems. Environmental impacts depend on the dimensions, design and proportions of the system in relation to the size of the surface water, as well as the characteristics of the water system (currents, …

Large floating projects have the potential to overcome the challenge of land scarcity in urban areas and offer opportunities for energy and food production, or even for creating sustainable living environments. However, they influence the physical, chemical, biological and ecological characteristics …

Unmanned aircraft systems or drones are becoming increasingly more popular, as well amongst hobbyists as for scientific research. They provide new ways for artists to creatively express themselves and make certain studies in fields as wildlife ecology much easier to execute. However, the effect of drones …

In dit designdocument onderzoekt Marieke Smits de vormgeving van de vlieger.Via een designonderzoek ontwikkelt zij vliegers met de vormgeving van drones.

Bekeken wordt of er een samensmelting kan plaatsvinden tussen drones en vliegers. Hiervoor heeft de auteur naar de geschiedenis van de vlieger gekeken en is ze zelf aan de slag gegaan om vliegers te maken.

In de landbouw is al veel ervaring opgedaan met drones, drones worden daar gebruikt om gegevens te verzamelen met betrekking tot gewasopbrengsten, bodemkwaliteit, metingen van voedingsstoffen en het ontdekken van ziekten en plagen. Op deze manier heeft de teler diverse tools om zijn gewas te monitoren. …

The term last-mile delivery refers to the final leg of a business-to-customer service, in which products are shipped from a depot to a destination point bymeans of land transportation, such as vans and small trucks. Although these vehicles provide a common and easy way to consign products, companies …

Full tekst beschikbaar voor gebruikers van Linkedin. Driven by technological innovations such as cloud and mobile computing, big data, artificial intelligence, sensors, intelligent manufacturing, robots and drones, the foundations of organizations and sectors are changing rapidly. Many organizations …

Closer Look: Poster exhibition on climate adaptation studies1. Institutional design for the transition to flood resilience in developing countries, Naim Laeni, Doctoral student, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen2. Living with floods: The rise of civil society in local flood resilience …