Architectural
Biomimicry: when nature inspires scientists
Laetitia MESPOUILLE Designing sustainable, environmentally-friendly solutions is possible. The trick? Drawing inspiration from nature. We […]
High Tech
High Tech
Infrared Vision: Let’s Decipher Supergirl’s Superpower
Supergirl a exactement les mêmes pouvoirs que Superman. Elle a une puissance et une vitesse surhumaines, une ouïe extraordinaire ainsi qu’une vision infrarouge. bref, elle voit les êtres vivants dans le noir. […]
Biology
Is Human Hair as Strong as Rapunzel’s?
Laura TURCULET In Disney’s adaptation of Grimm’s fairy tale, Tangled, Rapunzel is imprisoned at the […]
Biology
GELLIGHT or the luminous gym session to treat heart disease
A light-sensitive slime is a new weapon that will be available to doctors to understand and help treat serious illnesses such as heart disease. Discover the GELLIGHT project. […]
Artistic
When the intelligence of plants is exploited by robots. Discover the Plant Fever exhibition at the Centre d’Innovation et de Design in Grand-Hornu.
Plants do not have a brain or nervous system like us. And yet, researchers show that they are gifted with intelligence. Defending themselves against aggression, finding their food, or communicating through their roots, these are all incredible elements that demonstrate the intelligence of plants.
But it is not only scientists who are interested in the plant kingdom. Artists too are amazed at their prowess. So much so that they are inspired by the intelligence of nature to create new, revolutionary, and breathtaking objects or tools. Plant Fever is an exhibition that bears witness to the power of plants… that human is trying to mimic. […]
Belgian inventors
Robert Cailliau, the forgotten co-inventor of www!
Two of them have developed the web: an Englishman named Tim Berners-Lee, and a brilliant Belgian scientist who has been forgotten, Robert Cailliau. How could we forget the name of a man behind the technology we use every day? Even the Britannica encyclopedia attributes the invention of the web to the English scientist, neglecting his Belgian colleague. […]
Artificial intelligence
War Heritage Institute: the drone from yesterday to today
Drones, these devices recognizable among a thousand by the roar of the propellers, are not only used to take photos. This technology, developed for military purposes during the First World War, fulfilled many missions for the army, such as detecting humans or animals using an infrared camera, filming and transmitting what was happening in the field in real-time. […]
Fun facts
The jerrycan: a story of can
An essential tool today for long journeys by car, the jerrycan was above all developed during the Second World War to meet the practical needs of soldiers. You had to think about refueling from time to time, and in wartime, impossible to detour by the nearest service station. […]
High Tech
Why is it forbidden to use your phone while refueling the car?
We have all seen this prohibition on the use of a mobile phone in the […]
Chemistry
The chemistry behind the luminescent bracelets
A must for birthday or end of year parties, neon bracelets and sticks glow in […]