5 IBBT projects showcased at the Accenta jaarbeurs

The 64th edition of the Accenta Jaarbeurs, with this yearŽs special guest Izmir-Turkey, is ready to go. The annual fair takes place in Flanders Expo, Ghent from 12 to 20 September 2009. This year the fair is all about communication. The AUGent booth (Association University Ghent), of which IBBT is part of, will showcases a variety of new communication technologies in full development.

When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, he predicted that people around the world would talk to each other via connected wires. Meanwhile, it is absolutely clear that much more than just voice can be transferred. Voice, images, text, music, data, ... all types of information can be sent over long distances. And the global communication web consists of both copper wire and fiber optics, as of wireless connections.

Evolution

The last two decades the world of communications is changing at an immense pace. The technological changes in communication are a rapid evolution, caused by the concurrence of several breakthroughs in the field of electronics (through the digitization of signals), IT (computer controlled sending and receiving of messages) and optical technologies (fiber or glass fiber as broadband transmission channels).

IBBT at the Accenta Jaarbeurs

IBBT will showcase 5 projects at the Accenta Jaarbeurs.

How to make a paper with digital ink and electronic paper? And how users react to the digital newspaper? Discover the ePaper project and test it yourself with a few prototypes!

Flanders has a wealth of audiovisual archives, usually in a format that may be maintained long term. The BOM-VL project (Preservation and Unlocking Multimedia Data in Flanders) provides a platform for the storage and release of the Flemish digital heritage. A number of search terminals provide access to a part of the digitized archives of VRT.

Experiment with a multitouch multimedia table (MuTable project) or get familiar with the project GeoBIPS, making the intervention of emergency services at a disaster site easier. The ASCIT project will show how long term sick children are able to follow their daily lessons from the hospital, revalidation centre or home.

For more information about the Accenta Jaarbeurs, visit their website.