Just a few weeks ago I flew to India for a short holiday/business trip (more on that in my India Blog). During this 8 hour flight there are really only two things you can do. Put your headphones on and watch a movie and ignore the world or when possible get some shuteye…
On 19th December RTL 7 visited Fontys Objexlab for the program “Ondernemend Nederland”. A few interviews and a guided tour through the lab should give a good inside in the mission, vision and activities of the brand new 3D printing lab Objexlab
A few months ago I started an experiment by asking students if they were aware of what they were studying and if they were aware what the Engineering field actually is and what an Engineer does and how his or her work environment looks like. Of course if you start…
Fontys Objexlab teamed up with iFontys at the Dutch Technology Week 2014 in IGLUU Eindhoven. It was all about disrupting education by thinking out of the box and being innovative by bringing teachers and students together to create processes and products for a better educational eco-system. Not just talk but…
Yes! 3D printing is indeed a hype. Hypes really have 2 states only. A hype can become a trend or a hype just explodes and never comes back in that particular form again. Remember the internet bubble? But I believe 3D printing will stay and will have a huge impact…
Directly after the very succesful Rapid Pro conference in Velhoven the Additive Manufacturing Academy was launched. The founding partners Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Additive Industries and Mikrocentrum have the ambition to bring to gether every course, training and learningprogram about additive manufacturing. Different levels for different groups. Helping management to…
The SEFI 2014 conference will take place in Birmingham UK with the following theme: Educating Engineers for Global Competitiveness. Fontys University and the Brainport Region in cooperation with the Dutch government have developed a program to create a new educational ecosystem. This abstract gives a glimps of and explains the organization…
Formula 1 is still worlds number one sport. Not so surprising. New technologies really are born here. It is the perfect environment to test new ideas and technological innovations. From engine to body parts and from aerodynamics to light weight constructions with a lot of software and control engineering. And…
This year the RapidPro conference in Veldhoven The Netherlands was just amazing. 3D printing was the main attraction. Fontys Objexlab presented itself and is part of this great adventure on putting 3D printing in plastic and metal in the spotlight of one of the most promising and emerging technologies of…
