Imaginaries of innovation: Turning technology development into a public issue

New technologies will have a big impact on our public life-world, suggesting that it is necessary to have a public debate on innovation. Such a debate is missing: instead of having a debate on the process of technology development, only expected effects of new technologies are discussed. This is undesirable as innovation processes recruit...

Learning to do responsible innovation in industry: six lessons

There is now almost a decade of experience with RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation), including a growing emphasis on RRI in industry. Based on our experiences in the EU-funded project PRISMA, we find that the companies we engaged could be motivated to do RRI, but often only after we first shifted initial assumptions and strategies....

Hyperloop transport technology assessment and system analysis

The Hyperloop concept, pod speed competitions and current project developments have recently attracted much publicity. In this paper the transport technology of the vacuumed tube transport project Hyperloop is assessed through a system analysis of its principal aims, functional design, transport capacity and demand in comparison with existing...

Technology Assessment of sustainable options for the Dutch gas sector: A refined methodology combining Multi-Criteria-Decision Making with Pathway Analysis

Visualization tool for improved accuracy in needle placement during percutaneous radio-frequency ablation of liver tumors

The European research network “Augmented reality in Surgery” (ARIS*ER) developed a system that supports percutaneous radio frequency ablation of liver tumors. The system provides interventionists, during placement and insertion of the RFA needle, with information from pre-operative CT images and real-time tracking data. A visualization tool has...

Toepassing van kennissystemen voor diagnose van vliegtuigsystemen

Maintenance organisations experience an increasing pressure to optimize the availability of company assets. Meanwhile the complexity of systems increases. As a consequence, there is a need for tools with which maintenance can be performed more effectively and efficiently. NLR is engaged in applied research into knowledge-based systems for...

Technical evaluation report on the AGARD Fluid Dynamics Panel symposium on improvement of aerodynamic performance through boundary layer control and high lift systems

The symposium demonstrated the importance of research in the area of mechanical high-lift systems for transport aircraft to improve the total performance of current transports. Computational techniques are shown to provide new tools for high-lift design. With regard to drag reduction by laminar flow control it is concluded that the information...

Het gebruik van glasvezels in de vliegtuiginstrumentatie

Fiber optics, a rapidly advancing new technology, seems very well suited for use as data transmission medium in aircraft. The advantages are substantial: galvanic isolation, electromagnetic compatibility, savings in volume and weight, and superior transmission qualities. In this report possibilities and limitations are discussed for using...

Trends in airline avionics

Modern avionics are an integral part of the aircraft. They provide the functions of communication, navigation, energy management, identification, weather, terrain, and collision avoidance, the presentation of flight and warning data as well as aircraft guidance and stabilization. New developments in micro-electronics and display technology...