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The increased use of water resources and problems arising from climate change ‘mean reusing water is emerging as a growing need’ since it is an asset that is ‘too valuable to be used just once, in a context of water scarcity resulting from population growth’, explains Miquel Rovira, the director of the Eurecat technology [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is contributing to the projection of the Catalunya Circular Observatory, a circular economy innovation hub promoted by the Catalan Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda, which brings together information and knowledge about the actions, initiatives, success stories, indicators and aid that are implemented in this area in the [...]
A European consortium coordinated by the Eurecat technology centre has developed tools, protocols and guides to support inclusion and gender equality in the transport and mobility industry by assessing the needs of its users and staff from a gender perspective and tapping big data and machine learning. The Diamond project is designed to gather and [...]
A pilot study of the use of artificial intelligence to detect the needs of students in remote learning has concluded that the data obtained can be used by teachers to offer help to the students who most need it. The research, carried out in conjunction with the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), the Eurecat technological centre and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, [...]
This week the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is showcasing a digital platform developed by Ephion Health which will make it possible to tap artificial intelligence to monitor the functional state of patients in terms of mobility. It has a number of applications including assessing the risk of falls in elderly people with signs [...]
Food group Splendid Foods, whose core business is making cured cold cuts, has partnered the Eurecat technology centre on a project which taps artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT) and data analytics for better cold cut curing. It results have been showcased this week at the Mobile World Congress. The project “has designed and deployed a monitoring system equipped [...]
At this year’s Mobile World Congress the Eurecat technology centre is showcasing a new app developed in conjunction with the Salut Empordà Foundation which can be used to conduct ophthalmological tests without visiting a specialist and find out the risk of developing a sight problem. The project is called eVisió and helps patients “to [...]
Connectivity technologies such as 5G, cloud-related innovations, edge computing and the Internet of Things are to make a strong showing at the next Mobile World Congress (MWC), where artificial intelligence coupled with virtual and mixed reality and blockchain, often associated with the metaverse, will also feature prominently. The Mobile World Congress “has always been a [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is the technical coordinator of a consortium of seven companies led by Raventós Codorníu which has kicked off an ambitious project to apply artificial intelligence to production processes in the food industry. It is called ALIMENTE 21 – Smart food industry for the 21st century, and its main goal is to enhance industrial [...]
The Antoni Gaudí Auditorium hosted the unveiling of Hub Foodtech & Nutrition, one of the most ambitious projects Reus Town Council is submitting for EU Next Generation European Funds. It is led by the Council through municipal firm REDESSA, Tarragona Provincial Council, Rovira i Virgili University, the Eurecat technology centre and the private sector, represented by the [...]
