The Sant Joan de Déu Health Park in Sant Boi is to implement a remote monitoring solution developed by the Eurecat technology centre and called ekenku to monitor the 23 places in the programme for homes with mental health support managed by the health institution. This new technological solution will allow the team of psychologists [...]
Hospital de Sant Pau, the engineering company QEV Technologies, the automobile company Nissan and the technology centre Eurecat have developed the Q-Vent respirator to be used in hospital ICUs to alleviate the lack of equipment generated by the Covid-19 throughout the world. Its design is intended to contribute to supplying emerging countries given its performance [...]
Telemedicine “will suddenly take a five-year leap forward in the wake of the coronavirus crisis and this will bring its real benefits up to the level of the potential it offers”, argues Felip Miralles, Director of the Eurecat technology centre’s eHealth Unit. He points to clinical process modelling, promoting prevention, monitoring and decision support as [...]
The Eurecat technology centre, Barcelona Provincial Council and start-up Treematernity are to donate hundreds of single-use pregnancy monitoring belts which they have jointly developed to avoid the reuse of traditional belts and the bacterial load that this entails. The aim is to help prevent potential coronavirus infections in hospital mother and baby units. The belts [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is to provide testing of the face masks and their components which are starting to be produced to remedy the shortage of this medical equipment for combating coronavirus. It will involve checking their effectiveness in terms of filtration, breathability and microbial cleanliness. The tests will be coordinated by Eurecat at its [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is using its multi-technology capabilities to address COVID-19. They include developing devices, software and hardware for data processing, expertise in artificial intelligence applied to bioinformatics, infrastructures for biotechnology trials and analysis, setting up platforms and knowledge transfer. Over recent weeks the technology centre has been delivering its knowhow in the integrated [...]
The tourism industry will be able to call on the CoE in Tourism Innovation centre of excellence, a public-private partnership designed to drive innovation, sustainability and competitiveness in destinations and businesses through applied research, innovation, knowledge transfer and competitive intelligence services. The CoE in Tourism Innovation is sponsored by the Eurecat technology centre with the [...]
The Eurecat technology centre has developed, within the Optogenerapy consortium, the first subcutaneous biophotonic implant using optogenetic technology to deliver doses of therapeutic proteins to patients with Multiple Sclerosis. The device has been pre-clinically validated and features a printed circuit board that activates a light source which controls therapeutic Interferon Beta (IFN-ß) protein production by genetically engineered [...]
The Eurecat technological centre (a member of Tecnio) combines technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, robotics and the Internet of Things (IoT) in multiple fields, like water management, industry, the agro food sector, energy, mobility and aeronautics, to contribute to the ability of companies to take more informed decisions to increase their competitiveness. To present the [...]
This week at the trade fair Industry From Needs to Solutions, in the framework of Barcelona Industry Week, the Eurecat technological centre (a member of Tecnio) presents an innovative 3D printing technology that allows the combination of silicone and thermoplastic filament material for the manufacture of complex and personalised items. This technology opens the door [...]
