How can Artificial Intelligence make a difference in your daily life?
The main driver to take advantage of AI in business processes is to optimize a certain activity. But did you realise the implementation of these new technologies affects your life more than you can imagine?
The main driver to take advantage of AI in business processes is to optimize a certain activity. But did you realise the implementation of these new technologies affects your life more than you can imagine?
Did you know, in the mobility sector, different kinds of obstacles are prevented and optimized by using AI? Think about that every time you get stuck in a traffic jam. In Sweden, for example, every year, approximately 80000 kms of roads are analysed to detect road accidents, failures in road infrastructure or traffic flows.
Ever suffered from a sports injury? These can be prevented with the use of wearable and video technology. Data are collected during training, enabling coaches and doctors to identify the risk of developing injuries.
Surveillance cameras are increasingly often equipped with machine learning technology. This gives cameras the opportunity to analyse live video without any human intervention. That way, AI can not only be used for safety reasons, but also for the protection of materials and systems. For example: detecting birds on floating solar panels. Their droppings can cause a loss up to a 30% in solar production.
There is still some reluctance when it comes to the usage of robots on the work floor. This is why companies who provide automation services are now focusing on systems to support employees, instead of replacing them by robots. As such they use supportive systems which can be placed on the body. These systems support people who carry heavy loads as to protect their back.
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CLEAN POWER FOR TRANSPORT
To fulfil climate targets, we need to make mobility greener. In doing so, we need to focus not only on making current mobility solutions greener, but also on shifting to more environmentally friendly forms of transport. Thus, the Clean Power for Transport action plan focuses on greening the vehicle fleet across all segments and rolling out the necessary infrastructure. For this, the Department of Mobility and Public Works also works together with foreign partners where possible for knowledge exchange and cross-border solutions.
MOBILITY AS A SERVICE
To promote sustainable combimobility, we are working on Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in Flanders. MaaS gives users access to multimodal transport solutions with greater user-friendliness, putting the end user at the centre. But organising mobility is a complex task. Users want control and reliability, but also freedom and flexibility. For this, we need reliable apps and agreements with providers and all MaaS actors. A full-fledged MaaS ecosystem, as it were. We are on the lookout for international knowledge sharing and cooperation to ensure combimobility reaches far beyond our own borders.
Vandersanden's new Pirrouet® factory extracts up to 2280 tons of CO₂ annually
Vandersanden, Europe's largest family-owned brick manufacturing company, has officially opened the first Pirrouet® factory in Lanklaar. It involves an investment of 32.5 million euros. The plant produces 20 million CO₂-negative Pirrouet® facing bricks annually when at maximum capacity. One ton of these bricks absorbs 60 kg of CO₂ during curing, and the entire production process is powered by green energy from the factory’s solar panels and wind turbine. “With the plant, we are making a significant contribution to CO₂ reduction and reinforcing our ambition to operate completely CO₂ neutral by 2050,” said Johan Deburchgrave, CEO of Vandersanden.