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Drones for Work win ESNC NL Challenge

Drones for Work win ESNC NL Challenge

And the 2017 ESNC Award in the Netherlands Challenge goes to… Drones for Work! The start-up based in Delft had the idea to use GNSS data to position and stabilize their drones. Drones for Work develops a control systems to allow drones to operate in harsh off-shore...

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SBIC team visits European Space Week

SBIC team visits European Space Week

The team of SBIC Noordwijk spent most of this week in Tallinn, Estonia, for the European Space Week 2017. EUSW2017 is the biggest space business event in Europe, and combined events such as the Copernicus Accelerator Bootcamp, the Garage48 Space Hackathon, the...

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Converting waste steam into profit

Converting waste steam into profit

Anyone living near an industrial area will be familiar with the sight: the white tufts of steam coming from the chimneys of factories. “Waste,” figure the factory operators. “Energy!” say Tjewei Hu and Sana Fateh, co-founders of ESA BIC incubatee Synext. Synext...

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Out to Lunch with HeatAway

Out to Lunch with HeatAway

Having lunch outside of the house is usually a choice between a soggy sandwich from a lunchbox, or an expensive (and often unhealthy) meal from a take-away shop. ESA BIC Noordwijk’s new incubatee HeatAway means to change this with their portable, self-heating...

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Haseltine Lake protects your innovation

Haseltine Lake protects your innovation

So you’re a freshly started entrepreneur and you have a brilliant idea that is going to solve a major world problem with technology from space. You probably want to shout it from the rooftops, right? Best not. “One thing that companies may not realise is that they...

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Keeping it cool with Meds2Go

Keeping it cool with Meds2Go

What do you pack for an intercontinental flight? Easy: a change of clothes, a toothbrush, a good book. But millions of people in the EU have to add one more item to that list: a cooling device for their temperature-sensitive medication. Patients suffering from...

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