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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Government of Catalonia and a dozen Catalan economic agents, technology and knowledge centres, including Eurecat, announced last Thursday the creation of the Digital Innovation Hub of Catalonia (DIH4CAT) to accelerate the incorporation of advanced technology by Catalan companies and institutions. This is a public-private consortium promoted by the Catalan Ministry of Business and [...]
Robots equipped with multimodal interfaces in speech, conversation and other communicative elements that facilitate natural and empathetic patient interaction ‘will take on a growing role to complement both in-person and remote health and social care, making it sustainable’. This is how it was explained by Felip Miralles, the director of the Eurecat technology centre’s [...]
Technological innovation is strategic in the development of new foods and ingredients in the food industry that contribute to the well-being of different population groups, where nutrition and health, robotics, digitalisation and sustainability will be the main pillars. These are solutions that open the doors to ‘an important hybridisation of digital and industrial technologies, [...]
The annual conference of the European Association of Research and Technology Organisations (EARTO) in Barcelona this week highlighted how technology centres are turning to the generation of more sustainable and more digital technology that will have a greater impact on companies, the economy and society. ‘We’re ready for all the major challenges anticipated in [...]
Starting today, the Eurecat technology centre is taking part in the Food4Future World Summit in Bilbao, where it will preview innovative solutions regarding diet and health, biotechnology, sustainability, industrial and agricultural robotics and digital transformation linked to the agri-food sector, such as the DANTIAN project, which studies new bioactive ingredients and foods that promote mental well-being. [...]
This Wednesday, 18 May, the Eurecat technology centre is hosting the European Association of Research and Technology Organisations (EARTO) Annual Conference 2022 in Barcelona, the first time it will be held in Catalonia, which will focus on the role of European technology centres in light of the green and digital twin transition. The welcome session will [...]
The European IMPETUS project, coordinated by the Eurecat technology centre, has launched a public survey open to companies, local entities, industry, organisations and the public to have them take part in proposing and evaluating effective solutions to increase the Catalan coast’s ability to adapt to the impacts of climate change. This survey provides the chance [...]
