by Niels Verleysen | Feb 14, 2020 | Industry & chemistry, Perspectives, Product innovation
AI and big data have been revolutionizing technologies and applications in all industries. Many an article has been written on the fruitful application of AI in the medical sector and the automation sector. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the chemistry...
by Wouter Hendrickx | Oct 9, 2019 | Life Sciences, Perspectives, Product innovation
In this day of pessimism and cynicism, it’s remarkable how uniformly positive news on cell therapies is. I’ll summarize: it’s going to save us all and the world. This article is not about debunking all that optimism. It merely aims to offer some pointers so we...
by Niels Verleysen | Sep 13, 2019 | Life Sciences, Perspectives, Product innovation
In 1950, Belgian men could not expect to become older than 65 years. A boy born in 2018, however, was expected to reach almost 80. In the same period, global life expectancy increased from 48 years to 67 years. The development of the polio vaccination in 1953 by J....
by Frederik Wouters | Jun 27, 2019 | Industry & chemistry, Perspectives, Product innovation
Tolerances influence the cost, obviously. When developing products, tolerance management will get on your path at a certain moment. For rather simple designs this might not be a big deal. However, even here, a right approach could reduce costs or avoid surprises on...
by Frederik Wouters | Mar 5, 2019 | Industry & chemistry, Perspectives, Product innovation
Air pollution is one of the main environmental problems in large cities. To find new solutions we need to measure the air quality first. Optical measurement technologies improve accuracy. About 21% of the European urban population is exposed to concentrations of PM10...
by Guus Colman | Sep 12, 2018 | Industry & chemistry, Perspectives, Product innovation
Industry 4.0 is driving changes in many disciplines. Trends in smart autonomous sensor development adhere to this statement and will open the door to new offerings and business models, widening the value chain. It is not the sensor “alone” but the result of the...
