Press Notes

Artificial intelligence envisages new scenarios in clinical diagnostic support, traffic accident risk prediction and changing tourism patterns

2023-05-18T14:46:36+02:00July 11th, 2022|Big Data, Data Science, ICT, Press Notes|

The Centre of Innovation for Data tech and Artificial Intelligence (CIDAI) has unveiled in Barcelona the results of three groundbreaking projects in the application of artificial intelligence conducted in Catalonia in three fields. They are support for clinical diagnosis, assessment and prediction of the risk of traffic accidents on roads in and between built-up [...]

Probiotic supplementation studied to mitigate the symptoms of allergic rhinitis which affects 21% of people

2023-05-18T14:47:37+02:00July 8th, 2022|Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre is conducting a study to assess the effects of probiotic supplementation on the symptoms of persistent allergic rhinitis and the quality of life of people affected who account for 21.5 percent of the population, with the greatest impact on young children and young people. Allergic rhinitis is a health problem characterised by inflammation [...]

Creating lighter, more sustainable electric vehicle batteries free from critical materials such as cobalt

2022-10-17T14:38:01+02:00June 29th, 2022|Automotive, Press Notes, Sustainability|

BATTECH, southern Europe’s leading centre in battery R&D, is taking part in the Battery Show Europe fair, held this week in Stuttgart, where it will present the latest innovations in the field of e-mobility, with projects aimed at developing batteries for electric vehicles that are lighter, more sustainable and free from critical materials such [...]

Eurecat formarà part de l’EIT Culture & Creativity, el nou instrument europeu per a la competitivitat de les indústries culturals i creatives

2022-10-17T14:38:37+02:00June 29th, 2022|Audiovisual Technologies, Cultural and Creative Industries, Press Notes|

El centre tecnològic Eurecat forma part del consorci ICE, que ha estat seleccionat pel Consell de Govern de l'Institut Europeu d'Innovació i Tecnologia (EIT de les sigles en anglès) per impulsar la competitivitat de les indústries culturals i creatives europees mitjançant la societat EIT Culture & Creativity. Coordinat pel Fraunhofer i format per 50 [...]

Eurecat develops a new system that makes it possible to identify the potential biological activities of new ingredients and nutraceuticals

2022-10-17T14:40:22+02:00June 23rd, 2022|Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre has developed a new platform to obtain and validate ingredients and nutraceuticals that makes it possible to identify and determine their potential biological activities, using sustainable and scalable methodologies in industrial processes and new screening models, which it presented at the Nutraceuticals Europe – Summit & Expo in Barcelona. The [...]

The European Commission will allocate EUR 2.8 million to DIH4CAT, selected as one of Europe’s SME digital transformation hubs

2022-10-17T14:41:46+02:00June 20th, 2022|ICT, Press Notes, Smart Management Systems|

The European Commission has selected the Catalan public-private consortium DIH4CAT, of which Eurecat is part, as one of the EU hubs responsible for the digital transformation of SMEs. DIH4CAT thus becomes one of the European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH) with the aim of contributing to getting 75 per cent of European SMEs to have [...]

Green hydrogen, the use of biogas, gas capture, batteries, new materials and digitalisation, among the new technological advances that drive decarbonisation

2022-10-17T14:43:02+02:00June 3rd, 2022|Aigua aire sols, Energy, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The technologies that facilitate decarbonisation ‘are varied and it’s very important to reduce their costs and increase their robustness’, based on green hydrogen, the use of biogas, the development of batteries to store renewable energy, advanced technologies to separate and capture gases, new materials and digital technologies, according to Miquel Rovira, the director of [...]

Key advances in the manufacture of sheet metal components to design safer electric vehicles presented in Barcelona

2022-10-17T14:44:18+02:00June 2nd, 2022|Metallic and Ceramic Materials, Press Notes|

The new requirements of electric mobility ‘are changing the way to design cars to resist collision’, and hot stamping technology for the manufacture of light sheet metal components with high mechanical performance ‘means that in the event of an accident, there’s no intrusion towards the passengers and the battery’, explained Daniel Casellas the Eurecat technology [...]

Barcelona hosts the CHS2 conference, the leading international event on hot sheet metal forming of high-performance steel, with a prominent role in new mobility

2022-10-17T14:45:26+02:00May 30th, 2022|Metallic and Ceramic Materials, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre is organising, together with Luleå University of Technology in Sweden, the biannual CHS2 conference, the leading international event in hot stamping technology for the manufacture of lightweight sheet metal components with high mechanical performance, with special interest for industries such as automotive to reduce vehicle weight, in light of the challenges arising [...]

Artificial intelligence opens the door to new ways to generate and enjoy content and experiences in the fields of culture and tourism

2022-10-17T14:46:29+02:00May 30th, 2022|Audiovisual Technologies, Cultural and Creative Industries, Press Notes|

The White Paper on Artificial Intelligence applied to the Cultural and Experience-based Industry sector notes the prominent role that festivals and other cultural activities, tourism experiences or sporting events can have as test environments for powerhouse projects for introducing AI in this sector, as well as public-private innovation and the training of talent, in [...]

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