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UT-team ‘Shaping Responsible Futures’ genomineerd voor Hogeronderwijspremie

Zes onderwijsteams (drie uit het hbo en drie uit het wo) krijgen premies die kunnen oplopen tot 1,2 miljoen euro. De prijzen voor vernieuwend onderwijs worden op 12 mei door minister Robbert Dijkgraaf uitgereikt. Onder de genomineerden is het UT-programma ‘Shaping Responsible Futures.’
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Gamen als bindmiddel tussen studenten en bedrijven

Gamers in Twente kunnen elkaar binnenkort makkelijker vinden dankzij een nieuw project van het Esportslab op de campus. ‘Esports verbindt mensen, ook als dat fysiek lastiger gaat vanwege een lockdown.’
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Student Housing Challenge aims to provide long-term solutions for room shortages

Student Housing Challenge will be held on the 24th and 25th September in the DesignLab of the University of Twente. The goal of this event: finding long-term solutions to the shortage of rooms for international students in Twente.
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Wearable technology helps non-verbal patients

Giving the body a voice

How do you communicate if you cannot speak and your movement is limited? To help clients with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (PIMD), DesignLab researcher Kristin Neidlinger created Orbee, wearable technology that ‘gives their bodies a voice’.
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In retrospect: designing the Urban Safety Kit

Time Magazine recently declared Sheltersuit’s founder Bas Timmers one of the ten Next Generation Leaders 2020. It reminded of the potential Sheltersuit upgrade which DesignLab was working on in 2018, the Urban Safety Kit. How did that story unfold?
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Testen, testen, testen geldt ook voor nieuwe corona-app

Wetenschappers van de UT gaan onderzoeken of de nieuwe corona-app van het ministerie van VWS voldoet aan de gestelde eisen op het gebied van privacy, ethiek en gebruiksvriendelijkheid. Volgende week starten de eerste tests in het DesignLab.
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UT students winners in Coronavirus Hackathon

With their platform Mentor.me, a team of three UT students was one of the 37 winners of the Pan-European Hackathon EUvsVirus, organised by the European Commission. They will use their prize money of €4000 to further develop their prototype, aiming to connect students with voluntary mentors.
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Online lunch lecture by LEGO Design Manager Jonathan Bennink

‘The world does not wait for you’

Jonathan Bennink, Design Manager for LEGO and UT alumnus Industrial Design Engineering, talked about how he paved his path to get a job at LEGO and what lessons he learned on the way. The online lecture was hosted by the DesignLab and the UT Alumni Office yesterday afternoon.
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‘The fashion industry is not an ethical one’

Sustainable clothing was the topic of the latest event of the ‘sustainability series’, hosted by DesignLab and the student association Sustain yesterday evening. ‘While you think you buy something sustainable, you’re not actually.’
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Using drones to spot wild boar

Can we detect wild boar using drones? A group of UT students is attempting to do just that. They were given this task by Province Overijssel in hopes to find an effective way for monitoring wildlife.
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Students making laws in first Week of Inspiration event

Data protection key in 21st century constitution

The Week of Inspiration started last Friday at the DesignLab, by ‘designing a Constitution for the 21st Century’. Studium Generale hosted the event, moderated by Professors Peter-Paul Verbeek and Ramses Wessel.
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NASA Space Apps Challenge op de campus

Maak je eigen planeet met een app

Het DesignLab was afgelopen weekend het decor voor de tweede editie van de Twentse NASA Space Apps Challenge, georganiseerd door Space Society Twente. De UT-studenten van ‘Beun Team Twente’ wonnen na een 24 uur durende hackathon.
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