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A new project with European funds will support 14 tourism SMEs in Tarragona to improve their skills and capabilities in their digital transformation

2022-02-15T16:02:12+01:00February 15th, 2022|Consulting, Innovació turística, Press Notes, Tourism|

A total of 14 small and medium-sized tourism companies in the province of Tarragona will be chosen to improve their business skills and to incorporate innovative digital solutions that allow them to transition to more resilient, sustainable, and circular operating models, within the framework of the European project RESETTING, coordinated by the technology center Eurecat. [...]

Groundbreaking technology to recover compounds from table olive production

2022-04-17T17:40:43+02:00February 15th, 2022|Press Notes, Sustainability|

The Life Solieva project, coordinated by the Eurecat technology centre, has developed and validated groundbreaking technology to recover and recycle compounds in the brine generated by the table olive production process, yielding high added-value products for the food industry in the circular economy. This cutting-edge process has been tested in a pilot plant at the OLEAND cooperative [...]

Artificial intelligence paves the way for better diagnosis of diseases, personalised treatment and preventive medicine

2022-04-17T17:37:36+02:00February 11th, 2022|ICT, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

Artificial intelligence in health provides diagnostic support which helps detect diseases and injuries and predict the effectiveness of a given treatment and the evolution of the patient, thus paving the way for more preventive and personalised medicine. That’s the message from the ‘White Paper on AI applied to Health’ which has just been unveiled [...]

Eurecat patents two technologies to predict formability and assess fracture toughness and fatigue strength in sheet metal more quickly and cost-effectively

2022-04-17T17:35:40+02:00February 4th, 2022|Metallic and Ceramic Materials, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre has developed and patented two innovative technologies to predict the behaviour of sheet metal in the forming process and in use and also to evaluate its fatigue strength and fracture toughness more quickly and cost-effectively. This is especially significant when it comes to high-strength steels and aluminium alloys used to build lighter vehicles. [...]

Hybrid and flexible electronics using gesture recognition technology through artificial intelligence for products in the habitat sector

2022-04-17T17:34:02+02:00January 28th, 2022|Functional Printing, Press Notes|

Habitat Cluster Barcelona, the Eurecat technology centre and partner firms Jung and Madersenia are running the ARIES (Artificial Intelligence Embedded in Surfaces) project to explore how to combine hybrid and flexible electronics with the application of gesture recognition technology through artificial intelligence (AI) in products for the habitat sector. The project’s purpose is to tailor [...]

Eurecat contributes to the new Tourism Technology Centres group e-book about cybersecurity

2022-04-17T17:32:23+02:00January 28th, 2022|IT-Security, Press Notes, Tourism|

The Tourism Technology Platform – Thinktur has unveiled at FITURTECHY the e-book “Cybersecurity in the Tourism Industry” brought out by the Tourism Technology Centres Group which includes Eurecat. Tourism firms are heavily reliant on digital technologies to perform critical business operations such as payment processing, accounting and booking services. This means “they need to [...]

Eurecat involved in €12-million project to help build a zero-pollution circular economy

2022-04-17T17:30:31+02:00January 26th, 2022|Aigua aire sols, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is taking part in the European Promisces project which has a €12 million budget and seeks to develop innovative solutions to remove pollutants from the environment with a view to shifting towards a zero-pollution circular economy. Funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme and coming under the European Green Deal, Promisces is designed [...]

Eurecat involved in European project to combat misinformation and disinformation through innovative data use

2022-04-16T00:43:56+02:00January 25th, 2022|Big Data, ICT, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre is taking part in the European MediaFutures project, which has announced a call for start-ups, SMEs and artists to present new ideas addressing the challenges posed by misinformation and disinformation through innovative data use. The call will remain open until 27 January. It offers up to €40,000 in free funding to artists and [...]

Eurecat coordinates €14.8-million European project to fast-track the continent’s response to climate change

2022-04-16T00:05:05+02:00January 24th, 2022|Canvi Climàtic, Press Notes, Smart Management Systems, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the IMPETUS project which is funded with a €14.8 million budget. It is designed to fast-track Europe’s response to climate change and pinpoint specific actions involving innovative measures to help with climate adaptation and make progress towards becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. The project, which in Catalonia also involves [...]

Electrification, shared mobility, connectivity, autonomous driving and constant updating are the top five automotive megatrends

2022-04-16T00:02:25+02:00January 24th, 2022|Automotive, Press Notes, Sustainability|

Engine electrification, shared mobility, connectivity, autonomous driving and constant software updates are the five top megatrends which are shaping technological innovation in the automotive industry, where 40 percent of new car production is expected to be electric or hybrid by 2030. Electric vehicles “are a major trend in the industry although there are also a [...]

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