Category: Press

If you look carefully, staring at the water, you will see it: a shark with a huge open mouth. But no fish, plankton or unsuspecting swimmers disappear into this shark’s mouth: the WasteShark catches plastic and other waste. RanMarine’s promising prototype has developed into a mature water robot that cleans water worldwide. Creator Richard Hardiman: […]

The state of the planet, and particularly our bodies of water, is becoming of greater concern every day. Some estimates are that one million plastic bottles are sold every minute across the globe, many of these ending up in waterways. One man who is making a massive difference in that regard is Cape Town’s own, […]

Editor’s Picks: best robots of CES 2023 By Mike Oitzman | January 12, 2023 The consumer electronics show (CES) is the largest event for consumer product launches in the world. I had the opportunity to attend CES for the first time this year, and it was an overwhelming experience. With over 3,200 vendors, there is so much to […]

Dutch scale-up RanMarine Technology says that debris intentionally or accidentally ends up in the world’s lakes, waterways, and other marine environments every day. There is no body of water that does not experience this problem, according to the company, with the unsightly debris being a threat to marine life, navigational safety, and human health. That’s why it […]

MegaShark gobbles up toxic plastic and marine litter. Sharks are known for having stomachs of steel. The newest product from Dutch scale-up  RanMarine Technology is no exception. One could describe the MegaShark as a robot vacuum for bodies of water. It’s a remotely piloted vessel that sits atop the water and scoots along with a wide-open […]

December 22, 2022 In the United States, South Korea, South Africa, Australia and various places in Europe, the innovative cleaning robot WasteShark is already being used to fish floating debris out of the water. Since last week, one has also been ‘swimming’  through the canals of Zaanstad , the first in the Netherlands. And that is striking, because RanMarine, […]

December 15, 2022, 3:56 PM Modified December 15, 2022, 5:02 PM By Mischa Korzec The WasteShark is an ‘aquadrone’ that will keep the canal clean of litter, hopes the municipality of Zaanstad. Today it was presented to the public and the new directors of the waste and cleaning service. The shark must keep the Gedempte […]

Each day debris intentionally or accidentally ends up in our lakes, waterways and marine environments. There is no body of water that does not experience this problem. This unsightly debris is a threat to our marine life, navigational safety, and to human health.   That’s why the Dutch scale-up RanMarine Technology is showing the MegaShark at CES 2023, […]

Challenger50 of 2022 This is the MT/Sprout Challenger50 of 2022 : the list of fifty most challenging, innovative and fast-growing companies in the Netherlands. These entrepreneurs break with existing business models and show the established order how things can be done differently, faster and better. Challenger50 is powered by Tech Rise People and EY . These are the 50 most challenging […]

The Kingdom of the Netherlands to Showcase 70 Companies with Tech Solutions for a Responsible Future at CES 2023 AMSTERDAM (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 22, 2022 The Netherlands’ CES 2023 delegation includes 40 startups in Eureka Park and 30 scale-ups in the Venetian Expo, with tech solutions that span sustainability and circularity, energy transition, battery tech, health and […]