Winner of the UT Media Prize 2021
David won the University of Twente UT in The Media Award 2021! The Board of Directors of the UT stimulates efforts aimed at disseminating the results of academic research and that they more frequently come to the attention of the broader audience. In this case, David and his team of collaborators have appeared several times […]
Green sustainable aspects of our technology: Het Groene Oosten, Dutch TV
Lea Milovich, co-founder of our spin-off FlowBeams explains (in Dutch) several elements of our plans. In particular, reducing the amount of waste generated with traditional injections would have tremendous impact. The journalist André van der Zee seized our ideas with a great sense of humour! Healthcare workers suffer needle-stick incidents with grave consequences for their […]
World Economic Forum features BuBble Gun
The World Economic Forum featured our work! David shows the reporters of Reuters how the needle-free injection experiment works link to video. Our mock prototype can be seen in one embodiment here.
Talking at the World Health Summit
I spoke at the World Health Summit about small volume injections without needles: less pain and less waste. The whole ‘New Voices in Global Health’ session can be seen in this video-link.
Reuters: ‘Virtually painless’ needle-free injections developed in Netherlands
Reuters presents our work: `Virtually painless’ needle-free injections developed in Netherlands! See also how the World Economic Forum also covered our work in this link to video. “Roughly one in five Dutch people are afraid of needles, said Henk Schenk, who offers therapy to help those suffering acutely. “Phobia of needles is more common than you […]
More about jets against droplets
De Ingenieur has made a beautiful story about jets and apples (now available in Dutch).
As expert…
Once more, EOS has asked me to comment, now on the possibilities of using textile / clothes as sensors!
Apple sauce
While many were having a summer break, our work became cover of the Soft Matter volume 17 of 2021. Please, check the comparison with the famous work of Doc Edgerton ‘making apple sauce’. Tiny Giants‘ supported with the beautiful artwork. I am thankful of Miguel Quetzeri-Santiago, Devaraj van der Meer from the University of Twente and Ian Hunter from Massachusetts Institute […]
From Cuba to The Netherlands and needle-free injections for vaccination
The newspaper Trouw has published an in-depth interview related to how we could vaccinate in the future without needles. It also covers some early stages in my professional career. (link)
Several interviews …
After receiving the Prince Friso Award several news’ agencies contacted me, to make interviews, or comment on recently published items. It is amazing how much energy goes into trying to communicate with the broader audience… but it is worth the effort. Here, a list of the most salient: Ahora con Oscar Haza Cover of printed […]