From 13 to 17 May, about 40 students compete to win the first Sensor City Challenge. The Sensor City Challenge is a competition for students at HIT/Hanze University. In only five days they have to come up with new sensor applications that can be used by entrepreneurs or the municipality of Assen.

Vwo pupils of CS Vincent van Gogh in Assen have won the HIT Challenge this year. Jelle Wichers, Kenneth Muller, Cor Steging and Jeroen Maat made an iPhone app to control the lights, locks and temerature in their house. In the jury were representatives of Philips, TNO and the Hanze Institute of Technology. The winning team members all received a Natural wake up light from Philips.

Groningen, 20 november 2012 – Op zaterdag 24 november houdt het Hanze Institute of Technology (HIT) in Assen tussen 11.00 en 15.00 uur een Open Dag. Tijdens de Open Dag zijn er volop activiteiten over de toepassing van sensortechnologie in de industrie, gezondheidszorg, landbouw, product design, verkeer en astronomie. Daarnaast vindt de regiofinale van de First Lego League HIT plaats en valt er te zien hoe robots van scholierenteams het tegen elkaar opnemen.

Morgen, 21 september 2012, is de laatste dag dat groepen leerlingen van het middelbaar onderwijs zich kunnen inschrijven voor de HIT Challenge. Dit is een ontwerpwedstrijd waaraan eindexamenleerlingen in groepjes een zogenaamd 'slim huis' ontwerpen.

Article about the first graduating HIT students in Dutch newspaper Dagblad van het Noorden (June 27, 2012). See also our posting about the Graduation Seminar on July 13.

Seven students of the Advanced Sensor Applications honours bachelor programme in Assen will present their graduation projects at the Graduation Seminar on July 13, 2012. You are welcome to attend this Graduation Seminar. However, for organisational purposes, we ask you to register by sending an e-mail with your name and mobile number to the following address: h.y.prak-noordhof@pl.hanze.nl.

Joost Zuidema and Bram Fokkens, students Advanced Sensor Applications at the Hanze Institute of Technology, developed a  navigation system that can help police and emergency personnel. They've built an affordable system that enables the leader of the team to track their personnel inside buildings. With minor adjustments, it can also be suitable for the fire department.

March 22, 2012 - UK daily national newspaper The Independent published an article about the 'Student World Fair' in London today.

Op zaterdag 10 maart 2012 is de opleiding Advanced Sensor Applications van het Hanze Institute of Technology (HIT) aanwezig tijdens de Open Dag van de Hanzehogeschool in Groningen. Het HIT gebouw in Assen is deze dag gesloten.

On Friday the 10th of February, Hanze Institute of Technology organizes a science event, containing a presentation competition by HIT lecturers, a prototype presentation of the finalists of the HIT Challenge and two workshops: ‘How to build an App’ and ‘Programming and interfacing with Arduino’. This event is open to the public and it’s free! We hereby invite you to join us at the Hanze Institute of Technology in Assen.

The Advanced Sensor Applications (Honours) Bachelor became an Honours Programme in September 2010. HIT’s Honours Programme is part of the wider Hanze Honours College, whereby 0.5% of talented Hanze University students are able to join honours programmes, by undertaking additional assignments. HIT is well-known for its excellent level of education and student satisfaction. This, in turn, means HIT holds a prestigious and unique position within the Hanze University Groningen, as all HIT’s bachelor students are honours students. To fulfil the honours status, students must complete three additional assignments alongside the regular curriculum. These assignments create a platform for students to demonstrate organisational, leadership and community skills.

Groningen, 21 november 2011 – Op zaterdag 26 november houdt het Hanze Institute of Technology (HIT) in Assen tussen 11.00 en 15.00 uur een Open Dag. Tijdens de Open Dag zijn er volop activiteiten over de toepassing van sensortechnologie in de industrie, gezondheidszorg, landbouw, product design, verkeer en astronomie. Ook de Flycycle (bekend van Noorderzon) is aanwezig. Daarnaast vindt de regiofinale van de First Lego League HIT plaats en valt er te zien hoe robots van scholierenteams het tegen elkaar opnemen. Meer informatie is te vinden op: www.hanze.nl/hit.

The Hanze Institute of Technology is very pleased and honoured to welcome Mr. Pek van Andel. On October 26th, Mr. van Andel will be giving a master class with the title ‘Serendipity at Work’.

On Thursday June 9th, Dutch high school students can take part in the Hanze Institute of Technology Experience Day (Meeloopdag). Pupils interested in sensor technology will have the opportunity to see what it is like to study the Advanced Sensor Applications Bachelor Programme in Assen. This Bachelor Programme has been ranked Number One in the Keuzegids HBO Voltijd 2011 in the study category 'Elektrotechniek' (Electrical Engineering).

The Hanze Institute of Technology is very pleased and honoured to welcome Wil van Paridon from the company Metsens in Assen. On April 28 Mr. van Paridon will be giving a public lecture with the title ‘New possibilities for Smart Metering’. We hereby invite everybody interested in this subject to visit the Hanze Institute of Technology and join us at this event.

The Hanze Institute of Technology is very pleased and honoured to welcome Professor Frank van der Stappen from the Center for Geometry, Imaging and Virtual Environments, Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University. On March 17 Prof. van der Stappen will be giving a public lecture with the title ‘Algorithmic Automation’. We hereby invite everybody interested in this subject to visit the Hanze Institute of Technology and join us at this event.

On Saturday, March 12th 2011, the Hanze Institute of Technology (HIT) will present itself during the Hanze UAS open day in Groningen. You are more than welcome to visit us in the VanDoorenveste (Zernikeplein 11) and discover why everybody is so enthusiastic about sensor technology.

On Thursday February 17th, Dutch high school students can take part in the Hanze Institute of Technology Experience Day (Meeloopdag). Pupils interested in sensor technology will have the opportunity to see what it is like to study the Advanced Sensor Applications Bachelor Programme in Assen.

Team 1 from the Vincent van Gogh School in Assen has won the first HIT Challenge. Known as a 'profielwerkstuk' in The Netherlands, the HIT Challenge is a project from the Hanze Institute of Technology that replaces the final paper for vwo and havo students. The Assen based HIT is part of the Hanze University Groningen, University of Applied Sciences.

The Hanze Institute of Technology, one of the schools of Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, has brought sensor technology to Noorderzon, with a variety of interactive equipment and games. Visitors to Qu3 can soar above the clouds on the 'HIT Flycycle'. Sensors that monitor movement, speed and pressure are fixed to a stationary exercise bike. However, with a combination of peddle-power, Google Earth and some technical magic, visitors can take off from Groningen Aiport (Eelde) and fly through the skies above Groningen.