Welcome to the Faraday Cage!
Step into the Physical Layer Lab, affectionately known as the "Faraday Cage," perched on the 12th and highest floor of the iGent building. Here, you'll find a scientific sanctuary where high-speed and high-frequency dreams come true, protected from the chaotic electromagnetic waves of the outside world.
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Curious to explore the inside of this Physical Layer Lab? A place where the boundaries of communication technology are constantly being pushed. Whether it's creating faster data transfer methods or groundbreaking biomedical devices, we're making waves in the tech world!
Belgian experts are protecting your data against quantum computers!
The encryption of your banking and healthcare data is currently secure! However, this will change as quantum computers become more powerful. The research network Belnet is working to protect data against this threat. In collaboration with UGent and Imec, they have established three quantum-secured connections.
In een vergaderzaal in de iGent-toren demonstreren experts van Imec hoe de versleuteling van gegevens werkt. © JONAS LAMPENS
And for those who like to come and visit us, we participate each year in the Flanders Science Day!
