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, [...]
FACSA, a Grupo Gimeno company specialising in water cycle management, and the Eurecat technology centre are continuing to innovate in developing digital solutions which enable epidemiological analysis and monitoring through wastewater. FACSA has recently taken a further step forward in its TRACKER project, an environmental monitoring platform to combat Covid-19 which is evolving into predictive mode as [...]
Covid-19 will foster a new mobility which will drive the implementation of emerging technologies such as touchless push-buttons. The Eurecat technology centre believes these solutions will be in high demand in areas such as public transport, leisure facilities, lifts and workspaces in response to the new patterns of behaviour brought about by the coronavirus. Eurecat [...]
The Eurecat technology centre has today hosted the presentation of the first project using big data analysis and artificial intelligence to prevent epidemics by helping to predict, identify and mitigate their spread. Technical coordination will be provided by the Center for Innovation in Data tech and Artificial Intelligence (CIDAI). The project is to use advanced digital technology to deliver new mathematical [...]
The Eurecat technology centre and the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) have inked a partnership agreement to enable the UIB’s Nutrigenomics research group and Eurecat’s Biotechnology division to launch joint research initiatives on ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) and related areas mainly focused on respiratory and viral diseases. The purpose of the partnership is to enable researchers from the UIB, [...]
The Girona Medical Association, Tecnoateneu Vilablareix, Soler & Palau, Prometal3D, Eurecat, Aira Robotics, BTwice, Stimulo, Artein Gaskets, Venfilter, Mini Pleat Filter, Tallers Jaume, Alzamora Packaging and Impremta Pagès have developed a reusable and reconfigurable mask which can be fitted with FFP3 and FFP2 filters delivering utmost protection against coronavirus to ensure the safety of professionals in case of fresh COVID-19 upsurges. The [...]
The Eurecat technology centre has won one of the challenge categories in the European #EUvsVirus hackathon with a solution for forecasting epidemic outbreaks in real time by analysing sewerage using microbiology and Artificial Intelligence tools. It has been developed in conjunction with researchers from the KWR Water Research Institute, Exeter University, Thessaly University and the [...]
The Eurecat technology centre has successfully tested in its Manresa laboratories the system developed by E. Vila Projects, a firm based in Sant Fruitós de Bages, which uses infrared and ultraviolet radiation technology to disinfect FFP2 and FFP3 masks so they can be reused. These face masks provide the greatest protection against Covid-19. The trial [...]
The Sant Joan de Déu Health Park in Sant Boi is to implement a remote monitoring solution developed by the Eurecat technology centre and called ekenku to monitor the 23 places in the programme for homes with mental health support managed by the health institution. This new technological solution will allow the team of psychologists [...]
Hospital de Sant Pau, the engineering company QEV Technologies, the automobile company Nissan and the technology centre Eurecat have developed the Q-Vent respirator to be used in hospital ICUs to alleviate the lack of equipment generated by the Covid-19 throughout the world. Its design is intended to contribute to supplying emerging countries given its performance [...]
