I am a scientist at Delft University of Technology. I solve my problems using a MacGyver attitude. I build measurement devices using scavanged parts from consumer-electronics. I connect existing online data sources to answer relevant scientific questions. I encourage my students to learn by discovering, building and doing.
I am a restless jack of all trades that likes to organize and run events. I am a public speaker on science and technology. I write a monthly column in the Dutch national newspaper "De Volkskrant". I host workshops for audiences ranging from festival-goers to primary school kids. My workshops show, hands-on, that technology is fun and that technology is for everyone, not only for beta-nerds. I am, most of all, endlessly curious.
On this website I post blogs and news related to my work. If I do not own my own work, I will provide a link to it. Science related blogs on this site are aimed at a general audience. For my scientific publications, please follow me on researchgate or look at my TU Delft page.
If you want to book me for a lecture, public event or workshop, please email me at rolf@rolfhut.nl or contact me on twitter: @rolfhut.
I love to copy things. If you were talking about art, you could say “the creator of this painting is Rembrandt van Rijn.” If I were to copy the painting, I wouldn’t be the creator, but a copier. ‘Copying’ has a negative connotation – and we need to change that. Copying is good. When you [...]
Last monday at the EGU General Assembly I demontstrated that you can turn an umbrella in a raingauge by glueing a small microphone on the umbrellas canvas. The signal of the microphone is sent to my iPhone by a bluetooth headset (the kind often used by taxi-drivers). Rutger [...]
If you want to contact me, please email me: rolf@rolfhut.nl or reach out through twitter: @RolfHut