This Ursa Major neo Connected Truck Trials project is being carried out by TNO (coordinator) with 7 logistics parties: De Rijke Transport, DHL Global Forwarding, Getru Companies, GVT Group of Logistics, Overbeek Int. Transport, Starmans Transporten, and Van der Slot Transport. With support from DAF Trucks, Rijkswaterstaat (the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management), RDW and the Port of Rotterdam. Ursa Major neo Connected Truck Trials (UMneo) will be the first real real-life truck platooning trial on Dutch roads, with real cargo on board, embedded in the logistic operations of transport operators working in container and floriculture logistics. Our ambition is to test a number of months with approximately 10 ACC and C-ACC-capable trucks - equipped with sensory and data collection equipment - on public Dutch roads. This data will be used in statistical and scientific analyzes to make statements about (1) fuel consumption and CO2 reduction, (2) the impact on the strain and dynamic driving task of professional truck drivers, (3) and insight into the logistical business case of truck platooning. In particular, the emphasis will be on the role of drivers in platooning trucks and the logistics business case and fuel savings. We are bridging many scientific domains in our approach, combining psychology, traffic analysis and civil engineering, business administration and logistics management and operations research. This is a major step towards unlocking a strong business and social business case of highly-scaled up truck platooning. This is a cross-over with Topsector High Tech Systems and Materials Connection to roadmaps Top Sector Logistics: Synchromodality, Cross Chain Control Centers, Human Capital Agenda Organization responsible for application: TNO

Climate justice is hampered by a lack of awareness and consensus on actions. Offering imaginative scenarios and unconventional approaches, Art & Artistic Research enhance awareness and empower people to move from awareness to action. JUST ART mobilises this potential for a climate just future in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

This project integrates the concepts of IoT and integrated quality-controlled logistics and applies it in real use case settings in perishable supply chains: real-time control of relevant climate conditions, logistics decision support how to act accordingly, and anticipate with dynamic acceleration options in the perishable supply chain.

Quantum technology has the potential to transform global industries and markets. Large public and private investments now support worldwide research efforts in quantum computing, sensing, and communications. This envisioned quantum/nano revolution will require an unprecedented understanding of the behavior of electrons and spins in quantum devices. As such, there is an urgent need for sensitive microscopy tools that can probe individual spins and nanoampere currents with few-nanometer resolution. Magnetic imaging could provide a powerful, non-invasive approach to meet this need, but state-of-the-art techniques either lack the resolution, sensitivity, and/or temperature compatibility. We propose to develop a prototype scanning-probe microscope that uses individual spins in diamond as quantum sensors. This ‘quantum microscope’ will enable magnetic imaging of single spins and nanoampere currents with nanoscale resolution in a temperature range from ~10 millikelvin to above room temperature. As proof-of-principle, we will apply the microscope to investigate the nanoscale homogeneity and conductivity of CVD-grown graphene and to study electron flow in quantum-Hall interferometers, which are promising devices for investigating the exotic statistics of fractional charges. To develop this microscope we have assembled a multidisciplinary consortium that brings together key expertise in millikelvin scanning-probe microscopy, nanofabrication, quantum materials, optical engineering, and quantum sensing. By joining universities (Delft and Leiden), applied research (TNO), and industry (Leiden Spin Imaging BV and Applied Nanolayers BV), we cover the entire knowledge chain, from fundamental and applied research to prototyping and product development. Our results will fill a critical need for academic and applied research efforts that aim to develop quantum technologies. The proposed broad temperature range and nanoscale resolution enables a wide range of experiments, including in quantum-Hall physics, graphene devices, electron liquids, magnetic molecules and magnetic vortices. Our microscope will thus provide a key enabling technology for the quantum/nano revolution.

As part of the GroenvermogenNL program, research by universities, research institutes and industrial partners in the HyUSE project will accelerate the use of green hydrogen as energy carrier in industry, mobility and built environment. Technologies will be developed for a number of promising use cases. System studies will provide crucial information to stakeholders to take timely and well-motivated decisions. Applications include high-temperature industrial heat, combined heat and power systems in energy-intensive industries, propulsion for heavy duty trucks and ships, and integrated energy systems for e.g. agriculture and waste water treatment.