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Will we soon be walking around with a computer in our brains?
A computer used to take up an entire room, while now we have one in our pocket or on our wrist. Can we go one step further and soon we will be walking around with a computer in our brains? As a microelectronics engineer at KU Leuven, Prof. Dr. …
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Why will data become your most important asset in the future?
The amount of data on the internet is growing like a spear and is visibly changing our economy. Who owns that data and who benefits from it? In this lecture, Prof. Erik Mannens (Ghent University) explains it and states that you may be able to …
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Will sudoku creators soon crack your bank details?
Seeing someone on the train solve a sudoku may not be as innocent as you think. Who knows, maybe that sudoku freak is out for a prize of a million dollars or worse: your bank details! Because believe it or not, in sudoku you may find the solution …
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Can you teach a computer to cycle?
Can a computer learn to ride a bike like humans? Prof. dr. Dr. Ann Nowé hasn't tried it yet, but she's been working on it all day. In the Artificial Intelligence Lab (for those in the know: AI lab) of the VUB the word "self-learning …
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Why is it so difficult to predict climate change?
Will we have summers here with an average of 25, 35 or 45 degrees in 10 years? Nobody seems to know. And yet hundreds of scientists are forecasting climate change. Why is that so difficult? Due to the mathematical models, Prof. Dr. Ir. …
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Why do people continue to live around volcanoes?
In 79 AD a devastating volcano, Mount Vesivius, overran one of the largest Roman cities of that time: Pompeii. Not much later, however, people started living on the flanks of the volcano again. Now, in the 21st century, most volcanoes in the world …
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Can we trust volcanologists 100%?
Are you planning a trip to the Philippines or Iceland soon?* Then pay attention, because what if those sleeping volcanoes suddenly wake up? Can you collect reliable information about this? Strong piece of guess work by volcanologists? Or are …
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Can we better understand the universe with a particle accelerator?
There were those who thought that the world would explode if scientists in the particle accelerator at Cern, near Geneva, collided with particles of enormous energy. The clashes have since happened, the world has not exploded, and Prof. Jorgen …
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Why should you be more afraid of your own mobile phone than of a mobile phone mast?
We already knew Nimby: not a mobile phone mast in my backyard! Do you also want to know what Alata means? Then watch and listen carefully to Prof. Dr. Guy Vandenbosch. Then you immediately know why you should not sleep with your mobile phone.
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Why is my WiFi not working?
It's a question that everyone asks (frustrated) every day: "Why is my WiFi not working again?". We can already reveal that it has something to do with the American army and also with that famous internet of things. After 15 minutes of listening to …
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Can we make people invisible?
An invisibility cloak actually already exists: it is a cloak that absorbs all light and is therefore invisible. But uh... what you see is a black spot. And that's not what Professor Vincent Ginis has in mind. He is working on an invisibility cloak …
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Should we be afraid of the city of the future?
When you think of a communication scientist, you spontaneously think of someone who studies newspapers, radio or social networks. Professor Ballon works as a communication scientist on the city of the future. Urbanization is exploding and cities …
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