Catalan firm Marina Textil has partnered up with the Eurecat technology centre to roll out a circular economy project to generate a new fabric harnessing up to 88 percent of the waste that until now was thrown away during the company’s industrial process. Using this innovative technology, they estimate that up to 5,500 kg [...]
TurisTIC Forum, the congress on innovation and technology in tourism organised by the Eurecat technology centre in Barcelona, is to explore technology initiatives and benchmark case studies in the tourism industry to drive the sustainability of the business and meet challenges such as water and waste management, decarbonisation, digital transformation and new responsible tourism [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the European RECREATE project, which on a €3.4 million budget is to evaluate new strategies for integrating alternative water resources into the water cycle such as reuse, desalination and rainwater harvesting with the aim of improving resilience in management and ensuring its availability in response to the impact [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is taking part in the European HYIELD project which has been awarded a €10 million EU grant to build a demonstration plant to generate hydrogen from waste on an industrial scale. The plant will be in Alcanar and involve total investment coming to €15.5 million. It is estimated that Europe [...]
The Eurecat technology centre has taken part in the CONOCE project which has applied disruptive technologies to the process of creating new food products with a view to unlocking innovation in this field by putting the consumer experience in the spotlight. Specifically, Eurecat has applied neuroscientific methods and virtual reality techniques to the study [...]
Artificial intelligence (AI) and data-driven technologies have huge potential to transform the energy sector and optimise how energy is produced, managed and used in view of the need to make headway in the transition to renewable energies, energy sovereignty and digitalisation of the entire activity chain. This is the conclusion of the eighth white [...]
Dr Josep Trueta University Hospital of Girona and the Eurecat technology centre have inked a partnership agreement to promote joint scientific research and technology development in healthcare. The projects to be fostered under this agreement concern new medical devices, clinical decision-making support tools, artificial intelligence projects, 3D printing and simulation. The agreement will also [...]
Red-fleshed apples are the ones with red skin and flesh. They belong to the Red Sun variety derived from commercial cultivation of red-fleshed “Redlove” apples originating in Switzerland, and in Catalonia they are mainly grown in Mollerussa. This red fruit stands out for its high anthocyanin content, a pigment from the flavonoid family that [...]
The International Cassandra Conference, organised by the Eurecat technology centre, has published an action plan aimed at engaging society to identify, design and implement strategies for mitigating the socio-political effects of climate change in the Mediterranean and Africa. In particular, the conclusions of the first two editions of Cassandra laid the foundations for an [...]
The spin-off Dipneo, created by the Eurecat technology centre and Mobile World Capital Barcelona, has started an investment campaign through the crowdfunding platform specialised in biotechnology and health, Capital Cell. The capital increase is intended to raise 300,000 euros to accelerate the development of an innovative medical device in the field of cardiopulmonary resuscitation [...]
