Both have only just joined Brainport voor Elkaar, but one is already helping the other with an important issue. Welfare organization Lumens has joined forces with Bright Cape, an expert in data solutions. The goal: to measure the impact of all of Lumens’ services. ‘We are actually gaining an external knowledge department with fifty data experts. That’s a huge opportunity for us.’ On Thursday, March 7, the two parties met for the first time, at the Lumens office on the Beemdstraat in Eindhoven. The meeting was the official kickoff of both the membership of the Brainport Voor Elkaar association and the special cooperation. ‘We want to contribute to the world around us,’ explains Bright Cape project leader Madelon Schellekens, ‘so…

HELMOND/EINDHOVEN – Eigenaar Erwin Cootjans van de Helmondse logistieke dienstverlener Nunner bundelt de krachten met het Eindhovense data-analysebedrijf Bright Cape. Dat krijgt door investeringen van Cootjans en de huidige eigenaren voor ruim 10 miljoen euro aan groeikapitaal. Bright Cape helpt bedrijven gebruik te maken van de enorme hoeveelheid data die ze bezitten. Met behulp van kunstmatige intelligentie worden patronen in bedrijfsprocessen herkend en kunnen voorspellingen worden gedaan over komende ontwikkelingen.

Computer vision and AI to improve customer knowledge and user experience for retail and fashion brands Bright Cape is working on a new EIT Digital-supported project and it is going to hit the market. Together with the University of Barcelona and the University of Rennes1 we are working on a new startup combining computer vision and Artificial Intelligence to help retail and fashion companies customize their users’ experience. The retail industry is changing at an unprecedented speed, bringing along big challenges and opportunities. The retail market will need to address changes in consumer behaviour: user experience, the main driver of purchase decisions, is deeply influenced by technological progress and customers are also starting to focus more on responsible consumption. According to…

Bright Cape treedt toe tot het High Tech Software Cluster. CEO Serge Beniers: ,, Wij zien gelijkgestemden in het cluster  en begrijpen dat we de handen ineen moeten slaan om de toekomst van maakbedrijven in de regio zeker te stellen. Zeker in lastige tijden is het belangrijk om met de toekomst aan de slag te gaan. Daarom is het onze keuze om juist nu bij het cluster aan te sluiten.” Het bedrijf Bright Cape is gespecialiseerd in data-analyse en weet precies wat je moet doen om je OEE te vergroten, je omzet te verhogen, de kosten te verlagen en de processen te stroomlijnen. Wim Renders, clustermanager: ,,Er is veel vraag naar expertise in AI, machine learning en deep learning. Elk…

Care robot SARA supports care personnel during the COVID-19 crisis. The COVID-19 virus hits hard in The Netherlands. Especially for the elderly, and caregivers, the consequences are enormous. Intending to provide remote care and provide relief from the ‘loneliness virus’, Bright Cape makes its care robot SARA available to elderly people who have limited contact with their family. The robot also serves as support and relief for caregivers.

Automating processes The industry 4.0 keeps developing. By automating processes in the supply chain, robots and machines become able to communicate with one another and make autonomous decisions. Instead of replacing the employees, those machines are a substitute that helps their colleagues with their daily tasks. To automate the machines, a software platform is needed on which you can monitor and control these machines. Optimizing Warehousing and Logistics (OWL) is a start-up that provides both full-range solutions and stand-alone solutions. The full range of solutions are made in collaboration with other companies that can provide the right hardware so that a completely integrated solution of hardware combined with OWL’s software is created. These solutions are easily integrated with the commonly…

Smart machines Industry 4.0 is the fourth industrial revolution, with the main purpose of enhancing computers and machines with smart and autonomous systems that are driven by data and machine learning. This makes producing more efficient which gives the investing company an increases competitive position. Smart machines are based on 4 design principles, including interconnection, information transparency, technical assistance and decentralized decisions. This real-time solution can monitor and control quality to prevent or reduce waste. Also, advanced algorithms can significantly minimize traveled distance and thus picking time. All these reductions give serious cost reductions.

Consultancy company becomes SAS Managed Analytics Service Provider Bright Cape made a Managed Application Service Provider (MASP) deal with SAS. Therefore, Bright Cape can transform its Smart Industry Assistant (SIA) to a fast, safe and cloud-based application. By building the SIA- solution on the SAS Viya-platform, Bright Cape helps optimising the Operational Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of the manufacturing industry in a standardized way. A SAS MASP offers its own analytical software, based on the SAS Viya platform, as a cloud solution. Bright Cape’s customers can now benefit from the unique combination of knowledge of Bright Cape, the strong analytical possibilities of SAS and flexible delivery model. Users do not have to worry about the costs or complexity the implementation of…

This article is a translation of the original Dutch article, which you can read here Eindhoven – The Dutch organization Bright Cape has, within a European EIT Digital Innovation consortium, developed a robotic healthcare colleague to reduce work pressure in the health sector and maintain quality of care. SARA, is the colleague’s name. SARA stands for Social & Autonomous Robotic health Assistant. And SARA already works in two Dutch healthcare institutions. The results so far are encouraging that SARA will continue as a startup.  The aging population presents the European society with challenges. The number of elderly people and the number of elderly with (chronic) diseases is increasing, while at the same time healthcare institutions and hospitals deal with personnel shortages…

Data gedreven EINDHOVEN – Goed nieuws voor twijfelende directeuren, managers en calculators. Bright Cape helpt ze hun beslissingen te toetsen aan vele gegevens. Bovendien doet het Eindhovense bedrijf leuke dingen met data, met steun van Europa. Dat Bright Cape behalve in een sfeervol voormalig kerkje in Stratum ook op de High Tech Campus is gevestigd is niet zomaar. Directeur-eigenaar Serge Beniers bezet met een deel van zijn 55 werknemers een verdieping bij het EIT (Europees Instituut voor Innovatie en Technologie) Digital. „Het EIT coördineert en financiert Europees onderzoek met digitale informatie bij bedrijven en overheid. Wij werken mee aan de leuke dingen die je kunt doen met small & big data. Dat doen we naast het werk in opdracht van…