The Eurecat technology centre is leading a project which will convert biomass produced by forest management into regenerated cellulose fibres for the textile industry in line with the push for the bioeconomy. The initiative, which also involves the Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia and the University of Lleida, seeks to add value [...]
The LAB-IIT conference focused on the application of digital twins in tourism, organized by the Eurecat technology centre and the Tourism Board of the Provincial Council of Tarragona, highlighted today in Reus the potential of this technology to transform and optimize the management of tourism companies and destinations towards a more sustainable and intelligent [...]
The Eurecat technology centre has demonstrated the photoprotective and anti-inflammatory potential of polyphenol-rich extracts from agricultural by-products such as chicory leaves, red onion skins, vine prunings and olive prunings, proving their effectiveness in three-dimensional in vitro models equivalent to human skin exposed to UV-B radiation in a paper recently published in the Journal of [...]
The Eurecat technology centre, in conjunction with Catalan SME Doole Health, has developed an advanced telerehabilitation platform called Rehabilify which enables patients to continue their treatment at home while keeping in touch with medical teams and ensuring personalised, effective and continuous monitoring. The platform, which has been backed by the Germans Trias i Pujol [...]
The Eurecat technology centre and Lenium, a company specialising in developing and financing turnkey industrial projects, renewable energies and R&D and innovation initiatives, are to develop energy self-sufficient greenhouses by fitting organic photovoltaic panels which enable both power generation and plant growth. The project involves embedding semi-transparent printed organic cells which “use light synergistically, [...]
The Eurecat technology centre has rolled out more than 500 artificial intelligence projects with large corporations and small and medium-sized enterprises over the last 10 years which have helped to drive the digital transformation of the business sector, ranging from optimising and improving industrial processes and product customisation to services in cybersecurity, risk prediction, [...]
With the support of the Eurecat technology centre, ControlCat has embedded advanced artificial intelligence processes into a new software platform called IdenTools which allows real-time traffic characterisation, pattern detection, mobility flow prediction and generating smart alerts which can be implemented to optimise public safety and urban efficiency. This technological solution has also led to [...]
The Eurecat technology centre has built a digital platform to help train healthcare professionals which has 19 modules and three specialised courses to foster the use of innovative tech in key healthcare areas by blending social, technical and digital skills. These training modules have been developed as part of the European e-Hospital4Future (eH4F) project [...]
The Catalonian Fruit Business Association (Afrucat) and the Eurecat technology centre have concluded a strategic partnership to fast-track developing cutting-edge tech solutions which address the main challenges facing the fruit industry. The agreement also encompasses bringing new tech capabilities to businesses in this sector and specific training and talent development initiatives to bolster professional [...]
The Eurecat technology centre has developed a new automated system for dismantling and sorting electric vehicle battery components using collaborative robotics and artificial intelligence systems to simplify recycling at the end of their useful life with a view to cutting processing costs and times, ensuring worker safety and achieving utmost efficiency and sustainability. The [...]
