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The little Prince
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is the story of a pilot who meets a special boy, the Little Prince, after an emergency landing in the desert. He tells the pilot about the planet he lives on, other planets he visited and their …
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Roots & Shoots workshop supervisor: Volunteers wanted
Inspire the next generation of changemakers & help build a better future today!
What are you going to do?
As a volunteer for Roots & Shoots you give workshops to children and young people from approximately 4 to 25 years old. This is usually …
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Digi-Sandbox
A new winner in our range. Our DIGI sandbox can be used as an educational tool (e.g. in geography lessons, lesson folder on request), but it also contains a super fun ball game, a fantasy world full of animals and plants and a real archeology …
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Rocket Fun: Design, Launch and Improve
In this super fun workshop, the participants will look for the properties of an ideal rocket. How many fins are optimal, at what launch angle does the rocket fly the furthest, how sharp should we make the tip, and should it be weighted or not? And …
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Become a Styrofoam architect
The students get to work like real architects: after a short introduction to force distribution and strength theory, they learn the different techniques to design and construct an apartment building with our super fun Styrofoam cutters. But their …
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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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Are gays responsible for corona?
Did you like the same sex 500 years ago? Then you had to be very careful. After all, medieval society was not kind to homosexuals. Fortunately, those days are over and we are all super tolerant now. Or not? Gender historian Jonas Roelens (UGent) …
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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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How much stress can a person handle?
Did you know that it is not so unhealthy to have stress? But, of course, we shouldn't exaggerate either. When will we reach our stress limits? Clinical psychology with Prof. Dr. Elke Van Hoof as a representative offers you an answer.
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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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How to cure depression: talk or pills?
Pills turn you into a zombie, talk into a self-centered toddler who only sinks further into depression. Professor Koen Demyttenaere quickly makes it clear that these are prejudices that are not correct. But what is the most efficient way to combat …
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