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student projects

Keita Špēla with her breathing plush toy

relaxing plush toy for future generations

Better mental health starts from an early age and it starts here.

student projects

meaningful you project

spreading positivity in Eindhoven!

Four young ladies determined to spread positivity

student projects

Embrace student Maddi and her spoken word films

rebellion of being myself

My ongoing journey of choosing who I want to be over who I’m expected to be

student projects

Tobias Greve Embrace TEC student profile image

how I kickstarted my own video company

If you’d have told me before this minor that I would have my own business halfway through the program, I wouldn’t have believed you.

student projects

Jelmer & Raymond from Embrace TEC

making cookies fly

Building a portable cookie dispenser to reward good behaviour

testimonials

Shiva is doing the warrior one pose

yoga your way @ Fontys Pulsed

Coming from a background of yoga and meditation I have decided to keep my focus on these subjects while doing my internship of applied psychology at Pulsed. Here I am trying to implement awareness in stillness within the organisation and educational programs.

track ambassadors

Meet our track ambassadors. These students share their insights from the tracks within the minor program Embrace.

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Track Ambassador Jonathan Jayakusuma profile picture

Jonathan Jayakusuma

Company Adventure Track

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Track Ambassador Carolina Middel Soria profile picture

Carolina Middel Soria

Company Adventure Track

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Track Ambassador Samuel Addokwei profile picture

Samuel Addokwei

Business & Entrepreneurship Track

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student projects

Christopher van Ysendyk a student of Embrace at Pulsed writes about the future of crypto currency

the future of finance: cryptocurrency

Crypto, the future of finance or hype wrapped up in billions of dollars, set to fizzle out?

#cryptocurrency

#blockchain

student projects

Christopher van Ysendyk a student of Embrace at Pulsed writes about what NFT's are

why NFT’s will shape our future

Imagine if artists could digitally sell their art to a global audience instantaneously, whilst maintaining its authenticity. And then imagine if you could link use cases or physical benefits to this digital art, that is redeemable in the real world. Welcome to NFT’s.

#nft

#cryptocurrency

student projects

Lars Coumans presenting his project during Dutch Design Week

lars coumans during dutch design week

Colours help spark our creativity, provide supportive feelings, and help us remember better. It's time to leverage that power towards recycling.

#ReduceReuseRecycle

#dutchdesignweek

student projects

Janne van Hees presenting her project during Dutch Design Week

janne van hees during dutch design week

Creating a cleaner environment and a closer community through app design and social psychology.

#dutchdesignweek

#fontyspulsed

student projects

rebutts: stopping the slow poison

When our business stops existing, we will have achieved our goal. It’s true! We will be happier if our business cannot function any longer. We are looking forward to a cleaner and more responsible future !

#embracetec

#sustainable

events

the infamous shitty robot challenge

Find out how 3 hard to connect generations came together at Pulsed. Below you will read more about the process the students went through during the challenge and see what the kids and elderly who tested, think of the shitty robots!

#embracetec

#fontyspulsed

student projects

get yourself on my tree house

What would you think of being asked to design and create your ideal tree house? Back when you were 5yo, full of Pokémon cards and marbles rolling fucking everywhere.

#embracetec

#artsandcrafts

student projects

chilling in the woods

Explore the Woods. Come inside. Turn on the record player. Take a seat. Chill.

#treehouse

#embracetec

student projects

Keita Špēla with her breathing plush toy

relaxing plush toy for future generations

Better mental health starts from an early age and it starts here.

#artsandcrafts

#mentalhealth

student projects

under pressure immersive experience

under pressure

Right at the start of the challenge we had the obstacle of choosing one of the themes from a big pile. This was hard because there were multiple of themes we liked. Our only requirements were that we wanted to do something fun and inspiring instead of something huge, heavy and in the end depressing.

#embracetec

#fontyspulsed

student projects

meaningful you project

spreading positivity in Eindhoven!

Four young ladies determined to spread positivity

#empowertec

#brainporteindhoven

student projects

Empower student Remco Ververgaard profile picture

giving the elderly back their social contacts

For challenge 4, I had to come up with a solution for elderly people with mobility problems.

#empowertec

#prototype

student projects

Empower student Stephan Hemel profile picture

the random lights

Lighting based on sounds and a randomizer

#empowertec

#glow

student projects

Empower student Merlijn van der Veen profile picture

a game about the struggles of life in my head

The challenge was to make any type of game and since I always wanted to try and make a videogame, I decided to do just that.

#empowertec

#selfdiscovery

student projects

Embrace student Justice Dreischor posing in his self made apparel

have faith and strive forward

Finding out what drives me and what makes me challenge myself

#embracetec

#authenticity

no-category

Amber and Pulsed company logo's combined

Amber + Pulsed

Amber and Pulsed join forces together to investigate the motives of Amber users.

#designthinking

#userresearch

student projects

Empower student made a Slick powerbank

the worlds thinnest 
wireless power bank

Creating a portable and wireless charger for all of your home's devices - Slick Powerbank

#designthinking

#embracetec

student projects

Embrace student Keanu van Ruiten working on his product

the perspective of electronic waste mitigation

Recycling is hard and boring. Creativity and design is exciting and sexy. With some tweaking and thinking we could combine the two!

#embracetec

#designthinking

student projects

Empower student Emma-Louise Duffy made a glitter art jar

finding my spark by using sparkles!

Why not do something creative, and add some sparkle to your day while you’re at it as well?

#empowertec

#authenticity

student projects

Embrace student Edwin Gomersbach's logo of True purpose

finding true purpose

One hand I extend into myself, the other toward others.

#embracetec

#prototype

student projects

Embrace students Dhruvil, Rens, Long & Lars made an ikea style buildable racket game

the Kullen racket

Count with your racket, play with your heart.

#stayhomechallenge

#embracetec

student projects

Embrace student Aleksandar Lazarov telling us why he joined remote

5 weeks remote in the minor

I would like to share the experience I had with the minor for the first 5 weeks while following it fully online - and working remote from Bulgaria

#embracetec

#prototype

student projects

Embrace student Lise van den Elzen embraced the process

embrace the process

Video capture of my personal process during the #stayhome challenge.

#embracetec

#authenticity

student projects

Embrace students Sunny, Levi & Louis telling us about their experience at Here Technologies

company adventure @Here Technologies

Our journey of making Adly! A One-Stop Service Application for people to advertise in their desired city. 

#embracetec

#brainporteindhoven

student projects

Embrace student Alexi Flanders's greenery

growing your own greens in the living room

Understanding how to use hydroponics to maximise the potential of living in smaller spaces and to increase the sustainability of big cities. 

#embracetec

#design-based-learning

student projects

Embrace student Maddi and her spoken word films

rebellion of being myself

My ongoing journey of choosing who I want to be over who I’m expected to be

#authenticity

#embracetec

testimonials

Embrace student Yusuf Dogan talking about his purpose

Yusuf Dogan

Study: Industrial Engineering Home country: Turkey

#embracetec

#young-professionals

student projects

Embrace student Julia Poulussen and her 6word challenge

SAVE THE UYGHUR MUSLIMS

Turning my #6wordchallenge into a social campaign

#spreadingawareness

#uyghurgenocide

student projects

Embrace students Ilse & Derya created a vitality week

staying fit during the lockdown

Creating an online Vitality Week to keep everyone motivated to work out and promote a healthy lifestyle by sharing tips, tricks and hacks.

#embracetec

#sportsmediaarya

student projects

Tobias Greve Embrace TEC student profile image

how I kickstarted my own video company

If you’d have told me before this minor that I would have my own business halfway through the program, I wouldn’t have believed you.

#embracetec

#videography

student projects

Embrace student Anouk Kreutzen and her visual storytelling project

sketching! my way to change the world.

I wondered if I could help change the way students are forced to learn at schools.

#discovervisually

#visualcommunication

student projects

Jelmer & Raymond from Embrace TEC

making cookies fly

Building a portable cookie dispenser to reward good behaviour

#embracetec

#empathize

testimonials

Shiva is doing the warrior one pose

yoga your way @ Fontys Pulsed

Coming from a background of yoga and meditation I have decided to keep my focus on these subjects while doing my internship of applied psychology at Pulsed. Here I am trying to implement awareness in stillness within the organisation and educational programs.

#young-professionals

#talentdevelopment

testimonials

Demi van Empower

being open was the key to success!

Demi stopped with her bachelor and started the Empower program. Now, half a year later ze looks back at this intense period.

#empower

#wearepulsed

events

In the stairwell of the Heuvel Galerij in Eindhoven. Most visitors take the elevator, so you can stay warm and dry here.

concrete jungle

We pass by tens of people every day… do you sometimes wonder who those people are and what moves them

#society

#homeless

testimonials

Portrait image of Rik Vogel

Rik Vogel

Study: Sports Sciences Home country: The Netherlands

#fontyspulsed

#young-professionals

testimonials

Portrait image of Maartje Groenen

Maartje Groenen

Study: Journalism Home country: The Netherlands

#fontyspulsed

#young-professionals

testimonials

Portrait image of Nick Fuhren.

Nick Fuhren

Study: Communication & Design Home country: The Netherlands

#young-professionals

#fontyspulsed

testimonials

Portrait image of Marta

Marta Kielpinska

Study: ICT & Software Engineering Home country: Poland

#embracetec

#young-professionals

student projects

Portrait image of Edon

bicycle powered phone charger

Created as a Future Solution - a prototype for a phone charger that is powered by a bike.

#embracetec

#prototype

events

Dr. Patrick Kramer implanting a chip into the hand of Jochem Goedhals.

biohacking day @ Fontys Pulsed

Dr. Patrick Kramer implants a chip in the hands of our founder and students from Embrace TEC.

#biohacking

#technology

student projects

Willem posing proudly with a prototype of his modular paddleboard.

modular guitar paddleboard

Created as a Future Solution - a prototype for a modular paddleboard

#embracetec

#prototype

student projects

Jade and Ivan setting up their prototype for a sustainable system for urban farming.

sustainable system for urban farming

Created as a Future Solution - a prototype for a sustainable system for urban farming.

#embracetec

#prototype

events

Jesse and Nick Fuhren portrait image.

glow festival, Eindhoven, 2018

Created as a Future Solution - a digital experience called ‘Fragments of Fascination’

#studentwork

#glowfestival

testimonials

Ijsbrand Geutjes portrait image.

Ijsbrand Geutjes

Study: Mechatronics Home country: The Netherlands

#embracetec

#design-based-learning

testimonials

Portrait image of Judi Farho

Judi Farho

Study: Communication Home country: Syria

#embracetec

#young-professionals

testimonials

Portrait image of Frederico

Frederico Belohuby

Study: Mechanical Engineering Home country: Brazil

#embrace

#young-professionals