Resuming tourism business operations in the new scenarios which have unfolded since 2020 calls for taking a close look at tourist mobility. This was the topic at Tuesday’s ‘Optimal visitor management’, conference organised by the Tourism Innovation and Intelligence Laboratory in Eurecat’s Tourism Innovation Department and Tarragona Provincial Council’s Tourist Board on the Costa Daurada and in [...]
The Eurecat technology centre’s Reus-based Biotechnology Division is calling for volunteers to take part in a new study with post-menopausal women to better shape future nutritional strategies and prevent associated symptoms and illnesses. The study is to examine a number of metabolic, hormonal and gut microbiota parameters in 200 post-menopausal women in order to identify by [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the European Marbel project equipped with an €11,703,385 budget. It is developing an innovative and competitive lightweight battery with a longer useful life, improved efficiency, higher energy density and shorter charging times to fast-track mass market uptake of electric vehicles. Marbel is to design, develop and demonstrate a new compact, modular, [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is backing food innovation and design by taking part in World Food Design Day 2021, a 20-hour international online marathon run by the FORK organisation this Saturday, 16 October, to tie in with World Food Day. Design and creative solutions will take centre stage at this event which will share best practices, actions [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is leading the European MED4Youth project, the first nutritional intervention study to evaluate the effects of a Mediterranean diet-based dietary intervention against obesity in teenagers across several countries with a view to encouraging and helping this population segment to adopt healthy habits. As of 2016, the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that youth obesity has [...]
The main recommendations in the ‘White Paper on Artificial Intelligence applied to mobility’ to unlock uptake of this disruptive technology by industry businesses in Catalonia include running large pilot projects, fostering public-private innovation, SMEs fast-tracking an Artificial Intelligence strategy and shaping data governance. The goal is to build a system which is smarter, more sustainable, [...]
The GoZeroWaste app, which supports local businesses and waste reduction, and Hortagest, an online shop and manager for the horticulture industry, were the winners at the 8th RuralApps 2021 Awards. This accolade is presented by the Catalan Government’s Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda (DACC) with the support of the Eurecat technology centre. [...]
Eurecat’s Acelera Pyme office has been unveiled in Manresa as a key player in digital transformation for small and medium-sized enterprises in the region. It will help to unleash ICT in crucial sectors of the economy such as industry, retail, food and beverages and tourism. This initiative “is starting out here in Manresa to support [...]
The conversion of CO2 and waste into high-value products, whether energy or biofuels, and energy digitalisation in businesses are two of the technologies most sought after by the industrial sector according to the R+D+i Network Energy for Society (XRE4S) which includes the Eurecat technology centre. This network is made up of 39 research groups from [...]
The Covid-19 crisis has triggered a change in the relationship between healthcare professionals and patients and made technology essential for prevention and precision in healthcare. That’s the message from the experts at the XPatient Barcelona Congress organised by the Eurecat technology centre, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and the TIC Salut Social Foundation with the support [...]
