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Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX: the new benchmark of efficiency.
The VISION EQXX is part of a far-reaching Mercedes-Benz technology program aimed at breaking through technological barriers and lifting energy efficiency to new heights. It demonstrates the gains that are possible through rethinking the fundamentals from the ground up.
Flemish Minister of Mobility Lydia Peeters opens first ultra-fast IONITY charging points on the Brussels Ring
Flemish Minister of Mobility and Public Works Lydia Peeters, together with Mayor of Vilvoorde Hans Bonte, inaugurated the first four 350 kW ultra-fast charging points of Europe’s largest high-power charging network IONITY on the Brussels Ring on the innovation campus of Living Tomorrow.
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Future Forward Talks: Fadel Al Faraj - Q8
Our CEO, Joachim De Vos invited Fadel El Faraj, former Managing Director Q8 NorthWest Europe and current Managing Director of Q8 Italy, to talk about innovation, its challenges and lessons learned during the pandemic.
Start to innovate: 7 keys to make your business future proof
With the launch of "Why Innovation Fails - 7 keys to success" Living Tomorrow CEO Joachim De Vos is handing a guide to the future for business leaders and policy makers. He provides insights into the technological revoluition and how they can be turned into a concrete approach for successful innovation.
Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX: the new benchmark of efficiency.
The VISION EQXX is part of a far-reaching Mercedes-Benz technology program aimed at breaking through technological barriers and lifting energy efficiency to new heights. It demonstrates the gains that are possible through rethinking the fundamentals from the ground up.
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Future-proof Redox Flow battery technology offers economic, ecological and safety advantages
C-energy, part of Cordeel Group, has signed a licensing and R&D agreement for the commercialisation, production and optimisation of Vanadium Redox Flow batteries (VRFB), a complementary battery technology aimed at economical, ecological and safe longer-term energy storage.
Start to innovate: 7 keys to make your business future proof
With the launch of "Why Innovation Fails - 7 keys to success" Living Tomorrow CEO Joachim De Vos is handing a guide to the future for business leaders and policy makers. He provides insights into the technological revoluition and how they can be turned into a concrete approach for successful innovation.
Why innovation fails
Why do businesses and organisations succeed so rarely in being truly innovative? Why is that a problem? And what solutions are there? Joachim De Vos, CEO of Living Tomorrow and TomorrowLab, explains in his new book ‘Why innovation fails" in great detail where the bottlenecks are and provides the keys to change course.
Research center imec and KU Leuven present energy-efficient AI chips for robots
Research center imec and KU Leuven have developed a new type of chips for robots that work with artificial intelligence (AI). The chips combine a digital and analog coprocessor: in this way, the calculations that the AI performs can be accelerated, and energy is saved at the same time.
Smart society, part 2: how to strengthen our sense of community?
We read or hear it every day: the old political recipes no longer work for today's divided society. So how do we deliver a message of connection? How do we develop a long-term vision that reaches beyond the next elections? In the second part of ‘Smart Society’, we try to identify some relevant trends and technologies, so that 'connection' does not become a hollow concept.
What is IoT?
The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to physical devices which are connected to the internet to send and receive data and instructions. The popularity of the so-called IoT-devices is increasing every year, with more than 30 billion connected devices expected by 2023.
The Smart Society and lessons from the pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed some fundamental flaws in our social fabric. But if we can take learnings, a new system can emerge that is more resilient to the huge challenges our society is facing. Something different, better, smarter.
Living Tomorrow and the city of Vilvoorde are tackling the challenges of the future together
Stating that Living Tomorrow and hometown Vilvoorde have a special relationship, is quite the understatement. From its early beginnings now 26 years ago, the bond has matured into a full-fledged partnership of mutual added value. The new Living Tomorrow Innovation Campus will only add to that.
In the field of sustainable technology we want to belong to the world top
The CAPTURE research center in the Zuidrand district of Ghent has officially opened the doors of a brand new building. Researchers from UGent, VUB and UAntwerpen will work there on circular economy and look for ways to reuse scarce raw materials such as water and plastics. "In the field of sustainable technology, we want to be among the world leaders," said UGent Rector Rik Van de Walle at the opening.
EnergyVille celebrates 10th anniversary
The tenth anniversary of EnergyVille is being celebrated. The research collaboration between the Flemish partners KU Leuven, VITO, imec and UHasselt exists ten years and has been based at Thor Park in Genk for five years.
Artificial intelligence can make wind energy cheaper
Deploying artificial intelligence could allow wind turbines to work in a smarter way with environmental factors. The doctoral study of VUB researcher Timothy Verstraeten shows that wind energy can become cheaper and more efficient this way.