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A robot heart and a blue romper

Tech From Here: NL · Dutch Design Week 2026

The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.

The workSee the work on the Dutch Design Week programme ddw.nl

Research cited

  1. 2):180-193, doi doi.org
  2. Spaan J et al., Eur J Pediatr 2025, doi doi.org

Other sources

  1. DDW26 work hollandhybridheart.nl
  2. OpenStax A&P 2e 19.1 openstax.org
  3. OpenStax A&P 2e 23.6 openstax.org
  4. Dis 2026 (clicknl.nl) clicknl.nl

Images, slide by slide

Slide 1
A full theater with blue seats facing a stage where a speaker stands beside a large screen reading Design Innovation Sessions; audience members hold up lit phonesPhoto: Kas van Vliet / CLICKNLMuseum or journal record
Slide 2
Diagram, front view of the chest: two lungs with the heart between them, its apex pointing down and to the leftImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax A&P 2e 19.1 (source line drawn on the graphic)Museum or journal record
Slide 3
Diagram with three boxes about the Holland Hybrid Heart: soft robotics plus tissue engineering; 15 Dutch institutions; still research, aiming at an implant in a living animalImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against hollandhybridheart.nl via the DDW session page (source line drawn on the graphic)Museum or journal record
Slide 4
Diagram: old red blood cells break down into bilirubin, the liver clears it into bile, a newborn may not clear it fast; a blue box explains that blue light near 458 nm changes bilirubin's shapeImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax A&P 2e 23.6; Hansen et al., J Perinatol 2020 (source lines drawn on the graphic)Museum or journal record
Slide 5
Diagram with two boxes from a 2025 pilot of wearable phototherapy: 10 of 12 babies completed within 48 hours; 2 of 12 switched to standard treatment because bilirubin kept risingImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Spaan et al., Eur J Pediatr 2025 (source line drawn on the graphic)Museum or journal record
Slide 6
A seated conference audience in a dark theater, several people with lanyards and notebooks turning to talk to each otherPhoto: Kas van Vliet / CLICKNLMuseum or journal record
Ring frame
Iron balance, 1600 to 1699, Rijksmuseum (BK-NM-8791)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record

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