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The large-scale introduction of onshore and offshore wind turbines remains a societal challenge, despite its potential for providing sustainable energy. In the Netherlands and elsewhere issues of social acceptance have meant that offshore wind energy is increasingly being considered as an option, despite greater technical and economic difficulties as compared to onshore wind. The application of…

Google has been working hard on their self-driving vehicle (SDV) technology in the past six years. They are planning on creating a commercially self-driving vehicle available in 2020. It is amazing to see how this technology has developed itself. Googles goals are to make mobility easier, safer and more enjoyable. I’ll discuss my view these goals. SDV’s will make mobility easier for certain…

If you’ve seen the movie Batman: The Dark Knight you probably remember the scene where there were two boats filled with explosives (if you haven’t seen it watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4GAQtGtd_0 ). One of the boats had all the cities criminals aboard and the other the regular citizens. Both boats had a remote to destroy the other one. If one of the boats was not destroyed before…

5 years ago I came across a start-up company called Puralytics. They created a plastic bag that not only filters, but also purifies water. By that time they were just a small garage company, but today they are a big company that creates mainly water purification systems. So how does it work? You fill a SolarBag with 3.5 liters of water from any source. This can be from rivers, ponds or ground…

In the last decade the amount of people using social media has grown tremendously. I believe that all this sharing on the internet has changed our culture. People nowadays share pictures and opinions so easily on the internet without really thinking about the consequences. In most cases you don’t have to, but in the case of sexting you do. I’ve had several pictures of naked girls that have been…