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New book by Professor Bas Kokshoorn
27 February 2024 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyWhat can DNA traces reveal about events at a crime scene? Bas Kokshoorn and Duncan Taylor explore this question in their new book. ‘There is a high demand for knowledge on this topic. Hopefully, this book can ...
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‘Neuroarchitecture is promising for the future’
10 January 2024 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyIn many cities, building up is the only way to meet massive demand. But how can we ensure all of this dense vertical development does not sacrifice urban quality of life? In their book Neuroarchitecture, Frank ...
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Recap Food for Thought Inspiration Session November 2023
9 January 2024 | Centre for Applied Research FDMCIThe relationship between humans and robots is evolving into an increasingly symbiotic interplay. Ask yourself how often you actually interact with some form of robotics on a daily basis, like the smart hoover, for ...
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AUAS contributes to Dutch Forensic Research Agenda
12 December 2023 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyFrom the police force and the Public Prosecution Service to the higher education sector and the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI), forensics world actors have all joined forces in recent years to develop the Dutch ...
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Robot Lab propels circularity in the hospitality industry
11 December 2023 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyAs often as every 7 years, an average hospitality business renovates its interior. This high turnover is mainly done using new materials. Can that be done differently? That question was the focus of the seminar ...
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AUAS develops teaching package for international SHUTTLE project
30 January 2023 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThe international SHUTTLE project has now been completed after two years of research. In this project, partners from the Netherlands, France, Greece, Lithuania, Portugal and Israel developed a smart, automated ...
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‘We’re inspired by their original ideas and enthusiasm’
21 December 2022 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyOne glance out of the window and they can immediately see what they’re doing it for: from the Robot lab, students at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) look directly out onto Stadhouderskade. In ...
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New mission, new name: Centre of Expertise City Net Zero
26 October 2022 | Faculty of TechnologyThe Centre of Expertise (CoE) Urban Technology, housed in the Faculty of Technology at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), today changes its name to City Net Zero. This name reflects the renewed ...
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5 years Robot Lab: 5 highlights
3 October 2022 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyIn September the Robot Lab of the AUAS celebrates its fifth anniversary. Time to look back! What were the highlights of the past years? Marta Malé-Alemany, Lead of the Robot Lab and Head Lecturer in Digital ...
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Once your door, now your coffee table
30 June 2022 | Faculty of TechnologyTechnology at its best: with the aid of computational design and industrial robots, researchers at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) are working on ways to give waste wood a second life. Currently, this ...
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A second life for discarded hard foam
19 April 2022 | Faculty of TechnologyFrom freezers to wall panels: polyurethane hard foam can be found in many products and objects. Though it is a valuable material with excellent insulating properties, it often ends up in the incinerator or in ...
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KNMI and AUAS establish new Climate Literacy research group
3 March 2022How do we ensure that professionals interpret climate change data correctly? And that they translate this information into a clear message for the general public? These questions are the focus of the new L.INT ...
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Using eye tracking to see how people experience high-rises
18 November 2021 | Faculty of Digital Media and Creative IndustriesDuring the next decade, cities will become more crowded – and taller. The Netherlands aims to build an additional 1 million homes in 10 years, the majority of them in cities, alongside existing buildings. How ...
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From old floor parts to urban element
1 November 2021 | Faculty of TechnologyThis prototype of a sturdy wooden urban furniture, the size of a parking lot space, is the outcome of the two-week Makeathon of the Robotic Production and Circular Materials minor, hosted by the Robot Lab of the ...
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AUAS professor Jeroen Kluck wins IXA Impact Award 2021
28 October 2021 | Faculty of TechnologyFlooded streets, basements full of water and people getting ill or even dying during heatwaves. The Netherlands is already experiencing the consequences of climate change. Jeroen Kluck, Professor of Water in and ...
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From an old window frame to a hip custom furniture piece
15 October 2021You can make trendy things with wood from renovation projects. This has been proven by students and researchers of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). Using digital technology and robots, they ...
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The future of interactive architecture on display in Amsterdam
18 June 2021 | Faculty of TechnologyTechnology affects us imperceptibly and can help society, but it can also undermine it. Awareness of this fact is at the heart of the Media Architecture Biennale (MAB), which is to be held in the Netherlands from 24 ...
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Reusing wood the size of Oosterpark
7 June 2021 | Faculty of TechnologyWood, metal, plastic, stone: many materials come available in renovation projects. But a clear overview of amounts and quality is lacking. Which is unfortunate, because they offer opportunities for reuse. A material ...
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AUAS realises positive energy districts throughout Europe
4 June 2021 | Faculty of TechnologyA year and a half ago, Amsterdam received a European grant for the development of a positive energy district (PED) in the city. The result: Buiksloterham PED. The Centres of Expertise Urban Technology (CoE Urban ...
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Bas Kokshoorn professor of Forensic Trace Dynamics
3 May 2021 | Faculty of TechnologyBas Kokshoorn of the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) has been appointed professor of Forensic Trace Dynamics by special appointment at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) with effect from 1 May. ...
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Robot makes desk for Johan Cruijf ArenA from residual wood
4 February 2021 | Faculty of Technology"Soon we will ask robots to produce objects from residual wood according to our design choices" says Marta Malé-Alemany, leader of the Robot Studio and head lecturer in digital production at ...
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THE FUTURE: 100% FOSSIL-FREE ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION AT AUAS
16 November 2020 | Faculty of TechnologyThe Centre of Expertise Urban Technology of Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) is entering into a ten-year partnership with the energy provider Vattenfall in order to work towards 100% fossil-free energy ...
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PUSHCHAIR TURNED SOAPBOX CAR
26 October 2020 | Faculty of TechnologyWhether its materials used in an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum or Bugaboo pushchairs that the kids no longer fit into: these are materials and products that are too valuable to throw away after use. And after all, ...
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HOW LEFTOVERS CONTRIBUTE TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
18 June 2020 | Faculty of TechnologyOrganic waste, such as asparagus peel, apple cores or leftover potato mash, is collected separately on a very small scale in the major cities of the Netherlands. Usually it disappears into the incinerator with the ...
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From timber waste to designer pieces using DPRG
5 February 2020 | Faculty of TechnologyAlthough wood waste is a complex residual stream, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has identified opportunities for it to be turned into high-quality products at its Robotlab. Alongside project ...
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From an ArenA seat to a designer chair
4 February 2020 | Faculty of TechnologyHow do you go about creating new products out of discarded materials and products and their components from SMEs, such as old seating from the Amsterdam ArenA stadium or the yellow NS railway signs listing departure ...
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From jeans to wall panel
3 February 2020 | Faculty of TechnologyWorking alongside Ahrend, Sympany and Starbucks, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) used its RECURF and RECURF-UP! projects to examine how value could be created using discarded materials that were ...
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Knowledge institutions invest EUR 1 billion in AI
13 December 2019 | CommunicationAmsterdam's knowledge institutes, including the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), are joining forces and investing EUR 1 billion in the development of responsible artificial intelligence (AI) ...
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AUAS students pitch circular designs to experts such as Nike
7 November 2019 | CommunicationBags made out of discarded advertising banners, festival ponchos made from old tent fabric and a water drinking station fashioned out of rejected pipes. Three circular products designed by Product Design students ...