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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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New DesignLab Director Sabine Wildevuur

‘I’m kind of a hybrid’

‘Director? Yes, I’m a director, but what is that? It’s all about the team. I’m still just a newbie,’ says Sabine Wildevuur, the new DesignLab Director.
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New Master programme on top of regular study

The UT offers a new educational programme, called ‘Shaping Responsible Futures’. This six months long extracurricular programme is facilitated by DesignLab and is open to all Master students at the university. The pilot edition will start in November.
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Officiële status voor University Innovation Fellows

Het University Innovation Fellows-programma krijgt een officiële status en komt onder de verantwoordelijkheid van het DesignLab. Het college van bestuur trekt vijftig mille uit om de continuïteit van het initiatief te waarborgen.
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Studenten helpen politie bij opsporing drugsafval

Zes UT-studenten helpen de politie in de zoektocht naar drugsafval. Van de provincie Overijssel ontvangen ze data over het dumpen van restanten van synthetische drugs. Die bestuderen ze om patronen te ontdekken voor preventie en handhaving in de toekomst.
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Speed dating for a shot at victory at the UT Challenge prizepool

A total of 26 teams attended the speed dating event in DesignLab yesterday. As part of the UT Challenge, students could pitch their ideas and had an opportunity to network with company representatives from VolkerWessels, Rabobank, Thales and Nature 2.0.
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