The drilling machines based on this new technology are expected to drill much faster than the existing mechanic drillers in specific geology situations.
Marieline Senave defended her PhD on "Characterization of the Heat Loss Coefficient of Residential Buildings Based on In-Use Monitoring Data".
Purified wastewater for chemistry and pharmaceuticals
A lot of wastewater from the chemical and pharmaceutical industry containing toxic components is processed in incineration plants. Valuable raw materials are lost in the process.
An optimum sailing experience on an energy-efficient catamaran without a combustion engine. Is that possible?
In its battle against air pollution the Chinese government is increasingly taking its examples from the European Union, which has put in place an integrated policy package and mandatory limit and threshold values for air pollutants. Chinese policy makers and advisers have a keen interest in how the top-down European policies are translated into specific measures at a regional level, like in Flanders. This summer a delegation from Beijing attended an intensive training course at VITO.
Tonight at dinner you might not think about poverty, hunger, and poor nutrition, but unfortunately that’s not the case for one in nine people in the world. About 815 million people are going to bed hungry. It makes sense that one of the greatest challenges we are facing today is how to ensure global Food Security and achieve Zero Hunger, one of the UN’s Sustainable Developments Goals (SDG 2).
Group AVEVE and VITO innovate with the use of drones for crop optimisation
In satellite earth observation, platforms and instruments are being miniaturized to improve cost-efficiency. At the same time, higher spatial and spectral resolutions are pursued to enable precise monitoring of changes in land cover, land use and climate. All the reason to develop a new hyperspectral camera.
HyperScout, first miniaturized hyperspectral imager in space to process data on board
A couple of weeks ago we were pleased to celebrate our 20th anniversary. It's truly amazing: 20 Years of Remote Sensing! Since 1998 we’ve been exploring the world of remote sensing. From satellite technology and image processing to information platforms and Earth observation services.
Remote sensing technology is no longer the goal, but a powerful tool in our search for true information about our environment, society and economy.
Making Earth observation data freely accessible and usable. That is still our main goal with Terrascope, the online platform for user-friendly visualization, processing and distribution of satellite data and derived information products. Why? Because satellite data have an enormous potential for various applications. We already have remote sensing services to increase crop yields, detect solar potential, improve water quality monitoring, assist humanitarian response and so much more.
Today we travel back in time, to March 24th 1998. It is exactly 20 years ago that the first VEGETATION instrument was launched on board the SPOT 4 satellite.
20 years may go unnoticed in the evolution of the Earth, but leaves its footprint in the lifespan of a man. Not only because of the immense technological progress that was made, but even more for the growing importance remote sensing and geo-information play nowadays in our daily life.