The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the Life Infusion project which seeks to demonstrate and validate a new system for purifying wastewater from the treatment of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste on a pilot scale. The aim is to recover resources such as biogas, nutrients, organic fertilisers and reclaimed water and also to reduce its environmental impact in a [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the European Glomicave project which is to develop a new digital platform which can process large-scale omics datasets using Big Data and Artificial Intelligence by leveraging pre-existing data to enhance our understanding of biological systems as a whole. The project, which has funding coming to €6,372,583, addresses the need to build systems which can relate genotypes, i.e. [...]
The Platform Operation in the PECT TurisTIC in Family project, which is now in its final few months, today unveiled its main deliverable: the ‘Trip&Kids’ web app, a technology platform for managing tourism services. This new tool positions Costa Daurada and Terres de l’Ebre destinations as domestic and international pacesetters by deploying management, recommendation and gamification tools to meet the [...]
“The Mobile World Congress has shown that the foundations are in place for major growth across the digital industry and multi-sector support powered by digital transformation,” said the Eurecat, technology centre’s Business Development Director Carles Fradera today. “The Mobile World Congress has provided the opportunity to meet up again, to create and innovate and to unlock new [...]
The Altour project led by Gerard Garcia Anglès, Eric Moreno Edo, Gina Stolwijk and Miquel Orozco Gavaldà has scooped first prize in the Barcelona final of the Miro In Cube tourism innovation competition. Their winning entry is a tourism gamification app in which businesses can showcase their events for active and sustainable tourism and thus raise the [...]
At this year’s Mobile World Congress, the Eurecat technology centre is showcasing a new system for identifying nodules which are indicators of potential lung cancer using a tool powered by artificial intelligence techniques and deep learning in particular. The project has been conducted with the Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus and has been supported by CIDAI (Centre of Innovation for [...]
Cafès Cornellà has innovated with the Eurecat technology centre to push its digitalisation process forward. It includes technologies such as the Internet of Things, advanced data analytics and machine learning to track manufacturing processes and the stages in the hospitality industry right up to the final cup of coffee. Cafès Cornellà’s digital conversion process is part of the company’s ‘Decoding Coffee’ digitalisation [...]
Robinhat and the Eurecat technology centre have together devised a surgical cap for doctors and surgeons which enables live connections and recording operations so that the videos can be analysed afterwards. Its prototype will be on show for the first time at this year’s Mobile World Congress. Called RobinCam, it is a patented cap featuring [...]
“Mobile Week Rupit has shown the potential of new technology in rural settings in which digital, industrial and biotechnological innovation hybridisation” can have a “disruptive effect in terms of competitiveness and sustainability,” commented Miquel Rey, Corporate Director of Business Development at the Eurecat technology centre. Miquel Rey spoke at Mobile Week Rupit about “how new technologies are [...]
CETT, the leading higher education school in Tourism, Hospitality and Gastronomy and affiliated to the University of Barcelona, and the Eurecat technology centre are teaming up to drive innovation in higher education in the shape of programmes involving digital and technological development of tourism, hospitality and gastronomy by transferring both institutions’ skills and knowhow. The partnership will make [...]
