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Why is my mobile phone always flat?
Do you know that: you charge your mobile phone completely before going to sleep and by noon your battery is already half empty. To. Crazy. From. To. Turn into! Can't they make a long lasting battery now ?! That is exactly what material …
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Will robots soon be indestructible?
Robotics professor Bram Vanderborght is a bit rowdy during this lecture: he has a very cute robot and almost kicks it off the stage with the words "everything for science". To explain to us that they are working on indestructible robots at the …
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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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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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Do you buy better prepackaged food?
The question seems a bit of a contractio in terms. It is better for the environment to buy unpackaged food anyway, right? Just think of the entire plastic soup in the oceans. But what if all that packaging prevents food waste? As an expert in …
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How do you rob a bank?
Equipment for robbing a bank: balaclava, weapon, getaway car. Or not? Since money is mostly managed online, an armed bank robbery yields on average a mere 5000 euros. Online bank robbers, hackers, are a lot harder to spot. They look like you and …
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How do Bitcoins warm the Earth?
Did you invest a mere 50 euros in bitcoins seven years ago? Congratulations, you are probably a millionaire now. But did you also know that the environmental impact of bitcoin has also risen to a sky-high level? How can a virtual currency …
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How can you beat a computer with simple math?
Do you think everything in mathematics has already been proven? Oh, no! Mathematicians are still looking for a lot of numbers... If you can find the Ramsey numbers greater than 4, a glorious career awaits you as the owner of gold Nobel Prize …
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