A runway with a twist: the Endless Runway | Henk Hesselink | TEDxGroningen

How could it be that in 100 years, we’ve reimagined almost every part of air travel except the airport?
So much attention has been paid to innovation of the airplane, but why have the airports where they land basically stayed the same?

Introducing, the Endless Runway..

Henk Hesselink is a researcher at the Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) in Amsterdam. And he is convinced that his design will change the future of aviation. Henk is R&D Manager Innovation at the Netherlands Aerospace Center. He studied artificial intelligence and information technology at the University of Groningen in The Netherlands and the work he has done has always been related to investigating and deployment of intelligent systems. Henk is the originator of the Endless Runway and led the international team that further developed the idea of a circular runway that is now getting world-wide attention. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx