Santos Jorge, a business engaged in managing and treating recycled glass, and the Eurecat technology centre have teamed up to develop a new innovative process for recovering glass waste which until now ended up in landfill and turn it into new market products and applications such as a substitute for sand in golf bunkers. The [...]
Monitoring the physical exercises prescribed by the physiotherapist, communicating via chat with the medical team, remembering medication and scheduled medical visits and giving tailored recommendations on health and wellbeing anchored in artificial intelligence: these are just some of the features of a new personalised digital health app developed by the Eurecat technology centre in conjunction [...]
The Eurecat Reus technology centre is studying the effect of supplementation with different forms of vitamin B12 not drawn from animal sources on the vitamin’s nutritional status in the body and quality of life of people who follow a vegetarian diet and are thus at greater risk of experiencing a deficiency since this type [...]
The capacity of artificial intelligence to mitigate the impact of tourism and foster sustainable practices has been showcased today at the TurisTIC Forum organised by the Eurecat technology centre. Leading experts noted how AI technologies contribute to the sector’s efficiency and effectiveness while they are also the driving force which will enable the new [...]
Researchers from seven European countries have today tested their drone inspection developments at the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) Sabadell Rambla facilities in the former FGC Sabadell Rambla train station as part of a week of tests organised by the Eurecat technology centre for the Aero-Train consortium. The event took place in [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is to conduct a study at this year’s Cruïlla Festival, held from 5-8 July in Barcelona, which will make it possible to draw up an emotional map of the event in order to devise a procedure for neuroscientific assessment of participants’ experience at the activities on offer. The emergence of [...]
Industrial decarbonisation is a priority for the government, businesses and scientific and technological stakeholders who are committed to working together to fast-track a process which will enable progress towards climate neutrality while safeguarding industrial competitiveness and associated jobs. This was the main message at the conference on industrial decarbonisation held this Monday, organised by [...]
The Eurecat technology centre and Mobile World Capital Barcelona have founded start-up Dipneo which is to develop and market a new medical device for resuscitation in case of cardiorespiratory arrest. It is based on a new system patented by Eurecat which allows air to be blown into the patient autonomously, a feature which makes it suitable for non-expert users [...]
The Eurecat Manresa technology centre has today showcased innovative testing methodologies for the design and optimal application of high-performance metallic materials which are of particular interest in the automotive, transport and other industries and have been developed as part of the European ToughSteel, Crystal and MiPre projects. Solutions have been unveiled to assess and determine critical properties in this [...]
As part of the HarvBot (HARVesting coBOT) project, the Eurecat technology centre has validated the use of collaborative robots and inexpensive cameras to automate strawberry harvesting and handling in a hydroponic crop by tapping computer vision technologies to detect the fruit. In the project, which has been a pilot test for Enkitek, “new 3D printed [...]
