12/27/11 Dutch space industry begins construction of Tropomi
In the field of spectrometer development and instrument calibration, TNO has been involved for some time in the development of the Tropospheric Monitoring instrument (TROPOMI). Contracts between the participating organisations were signed recently, and the actual construction of the instrument can now begin. TROPOMI is an advanced absorption spectrometer that will play a key role future climate research and air-quality measurement from space. This Dutch instrument is expected to be launched in 2015 on board ESA’s Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite, part of the European GMES initiative.
12/12/11 MECAL acquires TNO-technology for vibration reduction (Dutch article)
MECAL neemt het octrooi op een nieuwe technologie voor trillingsisolatie over van TNO. Hiermee is de Hightech industrie een innovatie rijker, maar belangrijker, het stelt MECAL in staat om instrumenten en apparatuur te ontwikkelen die extreem trillingvrij zijn. De technologie voor trillingsisolatie is ontwikkeld in een samenwerking tussen TNO en MECAL, ondersteund door het ministerie van Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie. Met het overdragen van het patent aan MECAL helpt TNO een Nederlands MKB-bedrijf in zijn wereldwijde expansie. De overdracht past binnen het beleid van TNO om de concurrentiepositie voor de Nederlandse industrie te waarborgen door patent te nemen op nieuwe technologieën.
11/02/11 TNO to support NTS Group in precision machining development (Dutch article)
De NTS-Group en TNO maken vandaag bekend dat zij een samenwerking zijn aangegaan op het gebied van precisie verspanen. Marc Hendrikse, CEO van de NTS-Group: "Een van de doelen van de NTS-Group is om als producent van modules en componenten op het gebied van precisie verspanen tot de top te gaan behoren. Gezamenlijk met TNO kunnen we dit doel sneller bereiken. We zijn blij met deze mooie publiek- private samenwerking." Om de verdere uitbouw van de inhoudelijke competentie precisie verspaning te versnellen, voerden de NTS-Group en TNO gesprekken met elkaar over de manier waarop TNO dit zou kunnen ondersteunen. TNO heeft jarenlange ervaring met uiterst nauwkeurige verspaning en heeft daar ook zeer specifieke machines voor in huis.
10/11/11 TNO cooperates on technological breakthroughs for intelligent and integrated lighting systems
The lighting industry is currently going through a radical transformation, driven by both the rapid progress of Solid State Lighting (SSL) and semiconductor technologies. Equally influential are changing societal needs like sustainability, improved energy efficiency and CO2 reduction. To overcome these immense challenges, the unlimited potential of LED lighting, like novel form factors and intelligent lighting systems have to be employed to address people’s needs. This will ultimately lead to office workplace flexibility, more productivity, improved well being, good building atmosphere and comfort...
10/07/11 TNO fiber laser sensor measures change in length in the order of 1/1000 of an atom (Dutch article)
Researchers at TNO have developed a fiber optic stretch sensor that can detect stretch change in the order of pico stretch (= 1:1.000.000.000.000). This extremely sensitive sensor is based on fiber laser technology. For a fiber laser with a length of 30mm an example pico stretch corresponds to one trillionth of a change in length of 30mm. This is approximately 1/1000 of an atom...
09/01/11 TNO and HUAWEI launch joint trial of new standard for mobile communication
The worldwide roll-out of LTE is under way. LTE stands for Long Term Evolution and is the successor to the UMTS-HSPA standard. This new technology promises substantially faster data speeds at a lower cost price per Megabit. Thanks to the increased bandwidth, LTE offers new application possibilities for mobile communication. LTE is therefore a key enabler of innovation in mobile broadband. In order to explore LTE technology and its possibilities, TNO is launching a trial in cooperation with the world leading ICT solution provider Huawei...
05/31/11 TASS, TNO and TTAI announce partnership ‘Beyond Safe’
TASS, TNO and TTAI have joined forces in a partnership under the name Beyond Safe. Beyond Safe is a joint initiative of the aforementioned independent parties to help the automotive industry face the challenges arising from increasing market demands. The introduction of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) has challenged the automotive industry to move into integrated safety territory. Beyond Safe can add value to this development by offering integrated safety tools and solutions to help OEMs design such cars, and deliver the expertise to validate and certify them early in the design process. By combining TASS' commercial focus and global network with TNO's expertise in Innovative Research & Development and TTAI's state-of-the-art crash testing facilities, Beyond Safe offers a unique combination of software tools, technological solutions, engineering services and testing that will result in the design and production of safer, cleaner, and more efficient vehicles...
04/27/11 Rapid Shape® introduces TNO’s new 3D-printer (Dutch article)
De 3D-printer die TNO de afgelopen vier jaar ontwikkelde, wordt nu door de Duitse firma Rapid Shape® op de internationale markt gebracht. VDL-ETG uit Almelo bouwt de machine die een grote stap vooruit is in de snelheid van 3D-printen: hij kan tot wel 9 keer sneller printen dan voorgaande 3D printers. De 3D printer is vorige maand officieel geïntroduceerd in Basel tijdens de ‘Basel World Show’. De nieuwe desktop 3D printer bouwt objecten laag voor laag op uit een lichtgevoelige hars. Met een beamer worden delen van de hars belicht die daardoor uitharden. Tot nu toe produceren commerciële 3D printmachines gemiddeld tot 1 centimeter per uur. De nieuwe desktop 3D printer van TNO kan, afhankelijk van het type hars, tot 9 centimeter per uur printen. Door deze toename in productiesnelheid kan de machine vaker voor manufacturing ingezet worden en niet alleen voor prototyping, zoals dat tot op heden gebeurt...
10/04/10 TNO wins first prize in Carl Zeiss Nano Image competition (Dutch article)
Emile van Veldhoven wetenschapper bij TNO op de afdeling Semicon Equipement, heeft met onderstaande foto de eerste prijs gewonnen in de Carl Zeiss Nano Image Contest in de categorie ‘Helium Ion Microscopy’. Via de website van Carl Zeiss kon er gestemd worden op mooiste foto en met honderen stemmen heeft deze 3D nano foto met de logo’s
van TNO, TU Delft en Zeiss de eerste plaats behaald...
07/19/10 TNO and VDL deliver high-tech mirror support proto-types for what will be the largest telescope ever made
TNO and VDL delivered three prototypes of support structures for the main mirror of the European Southern Observatory (ESO)’s European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). The ESO-commissioned ground-based telescope will include the largest mirror ever built and gather 15 times more light than the largest optical telescopes operating today...
related item: view press release VDL here
06/07/10 TNO develops electronic partners for future deep-space astronauts
TNO scientists lead MECA, a European Space Agency (ESA) project developing the ideal future ‘ePartner’ for long duration space missions. As the doors close on six volunteers who will simulate astronauts on their way to Mars and back, TNO’s experiments into human-machine interactions are just beginning. Mars500 will be the first time that a crew will be able to be continuously monitored for 520 days, under extreme conditions and with a complex set of tasks to accomplish...
05/07/10 Herschel HIFI reveals cosmic water in surprising places, amounts and phases
HIFI, the largest space instrument ever built in the Netherlands, is only a few months into its scientific journey onboard ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory, and has already discovered never-before-seen aspects of water creation in the universe…
04/26/10 TNO lands a growing role in Space Applications for GMES
On the 1st of April, 2010, TNO began a large project that aims to monitor subsidence and flooding in European coastal regions. The grant agreement for the project, named SubCoast, was signed on the 23rd of March. TNO leads SubCoast, partnering with 11 other European entities to get the job done…
04/12/10 Hightechsystemen en materialen (Innovatiegebied 1 op blz 56 van TNO Strategisch Plan 2011 – 2014) [TNO]
Nederland heeft een unieke positie op de wereldmarkt van complexe apparatuur en hightechsystemen. Wij produceren
de apparatuur voor het fabriceren van elektronische goederen
die steeds kleiner worden en steeds meer de eigenschappen
krijgen van flexibele folie. ...
04/01/10 TNO SoLayTec High Speed Spatial ALD 1nm/second (movie)
A novel disruptive concept in Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), developed by Dutch research organization TNO, can achieve breakthrough ultrafast Al2O3 deposition rates of 1 nm/s (currently limited to 0.1 nm/s). SoLayTec, a spin-off company from TNO, the Dutch organization for applied scientific
research, aims to develop and market equipment for High Volume
Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) on solar cells...
02/17/10 3D-vision system for refuelling fighter jets in the air now in operational use
Following testing lasting some two years, TNO’s Tanker Remote Vision System (TRVS) is now being used by the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF). This vision system specially developed for the air force enables the KDC-10 tanker to refuel fighter jets in flight more than three times more accurately than with the naked eye. ...
