Who are the innovators?
With no less than 250,000 visitors, the TT Festival is the ideal test environment: it offers the perfect combination of a realistic setting and a huge audience. This is the chance to try out innovations in a dynamic environment and collect valuable feedback.
CC Diagnostics
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide, yet it is completely preventable with regular screening. However, current methods miss many cases and are invasive. CC Diagnostics developed a test that detects 97% of cases and works six times faster than existing techniques. This test is suitable for self-sampling, allowing women to easily screen themselves at home. The test focuses on early DNA changes (methylation) that can lead to cancer and is available in a user-friendly kit for laboratories. This makes early detection simpler and more accessible.
Folded Solar
The demand for local, sustainable energy is growing rapidly, especially in infrastructure and Defense. Folded Solar offers a mobile and modular system for sustainable energy generation, consisting of a foldable solar panel system, battery, Energy Management System (EMS), and an optional generator. This system enables users to directly generate and manage sustainable energy without a grid connection or polluting generators. Folded Solar reduces the use of fossil fuels and the transport of batteries, resulting in an efficient, scalable solution for remote locations.
Nowaste Oatbar by Tante Restante
Tante Restante offers a healthier and more sustainable snack option: the Nowaste Oatbar. This bar is rich in protein and fiber and promotes gut health. What makes this snack unique is the use of residual streams such as spent grains from beer and offcuts from orange cakes. By reusing these ingredients, production costs, water, CO₂ emissions, and agricultural land are saved. It’s a simple recipe with great ecological and economic benefits. Upcycling is the future, and Tante Restante is capitalizing on this by making climate-friendly choices possible for consumers and producers.
App4Support
Hogeschool Windesheim (Zwolle) & Feeton Novice youth coaches often struggle with children’s difficult-to-understand behavior, such as anger or shyness. App4Support, developed under the guidance of Dr. Janet Moeijes (Hogeschool Windesheim), offers a solution by providing coaches with educational tools to respond effectively to this behavior. The app provides insight into behaviors and offers real-time tips on the sports field, and helps coaches explore alternatives outside of training. In this way, they learn to guide children positively, which contributes to a better sports climate and prevents drop-out.
Green Gear
Green Gear reuses camping waste, such as tents, air mattresses, and sleeping bags, to make new products, like toiletry bags and fanny packs. This helps reduce the amount of waste and promotes the circular economy. By repurposing used materials, Green Gear contributes to a more sustainable product and offers consumers a conscious choice for reuse.
