The Eurecat technology centre, a member of Tecnio, is taking part in the European GreenCharge project, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to promote electro-mobility in Barcelona. The project aims to improve access to electric vehicles and related infrastructure in order to enable more sustainable and economical charging. It also aims to increase the number of [...]
The Eurecat technology centre, a member of Tecnio, leads a network of public and private organizations that are active in the fields of healthcare and new technologies. The network’s aim is to promote and accelerate the adoption of pioneering robotics solutions in the healthcare field, as part of the European DIH-HERO project. DIH-HERO, which stands [...]
Embotits Salgot, a company operating in the food industry, and the Eurecat technology centre, a member of Tecnio, will look to develop a functional strategy aimed at improving the nutritional profile of pork-based products (specifically sausages and hamburgers) as part of the global trend towards the consumption of food that offers health-related benefits. To achieve [...]
The Eurecat technology centre, a member of Tecnio, is the coordinator of the 6MWT+ project, which plans to improve the way in which the development of chronic neuromuscular diseases is monitored. The project will achieve this aim by incorporating biomechanical sensors into the 6MWT, or six-minute walk test, which is the standard test used by [...]
The Eurecat technology centre, a member of Tecnio, leads the European Sharework project which will bring a new smart system to the market integrated by different software modules, with the aim of driving collaborative work between operators and robots without need for physical protection barriers, thereby boosting process productivity and improving the ergonomics of those [...]
In 2019, technological trends in the digital arena will be characterized by the combination of artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics and intelligent objects. In the words of María Eugenia Fuenmayor, Scientific Director for Digital Technologies at the Eurecat technology centre (a member of Tecnio), “we will continue to see growing numbers of objects equipped with [...]
BLADE, a laminar wing technology manufactured by a European consortium led by Airbus in collaboration with the Catalan firm Aritex and the Eurecat technology centre, will reduce wing friction by half on new models of aircraft and lower carbon dioxide emissions by 5%, according to the results of the initial flight tests. Specifically, Aritex and [...]
The merger between the CTM Foundation, headquartered in Manresa, and Eurecat was officially entered into the Government of Catalonia’s Register of Foundations on 11 December 2018, having been approved by the respective boards of trustees of both organizations on 28 September. The merger consolidates Eurecat’s position as one of the largest technology centres in Southern [...]
The Eurecat technology centre, a member of Tecnio, has created a mobile app for monitoring the sound insulation of buildings and has also tested the effectiveness of drones for performing structural inspections on infrastructure and construction projects. The initiatives form part of the Built2Spec project, which has developed a series of innovative technologies to help [...]
The PREVENTOMICS European project will develop, from this November and for 3 years, personalized plans for nutrition and lifestyle habits to improve the health of people, based on individual traits such as physical and behavioural traits, lifestyle, genotype, preferences and physical condition. The personal health plans, which will consider consumers’ needs and requirements, will reach [...]
