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 Dany Robberecht | Oct 8, 2019 | Industry & chemistry, Perspectives, Strategic innovation
A Flemish Green Deal, launched at the beginning of 2019, should bring the building industry towards a circular economy in Flanders. The partnership nurtures collaborations between manufacturers, builders, local and regional governments, researchers and building...
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 Aldelhof | Sep 12, 2019 | Perspectives, Strategic innovation
An often heard comment nowadays, is that everyone is talking about smart cities, but that little is actually happening. This is in high contrast to the utopian visions and predictions of connected and smart cities during the last decade, as well as to some spectacular...
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 | May 24, 2019 | Perspectives, Strategic innovation
Innovation is perceived as the new normal. Nevertheless, innovation involves taking risks and goes with learning and failing. To ease the risks and costs of innovation, your business can have access to subsidies. Every type of innovation (incremental, breakthrough,...
