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Digitalisation speeds up the transformation of the tourism sector from the perspective of tourists, companies and destinations

2022-10-17T15:14:43+02:00May 10th, 2022|Events, Innovació turística, Press Notes, Tourism|

Today, Forum TurisTIC highlighted the sector’s ability to generate value by making the most of digitalisation and stressed that the acceleration of transformation that this entails, from the perspective of tourists, companies and destinations, becomes key for moving forward towards the new post-pandemic tourism, on a horizon where it is anticipated that the digital economy [...]

A new technology system applies precision nutrition to generate personalised diet and life habit tips based on biomarkers

2022-10-17T15:17:56+02:00April 29th, 2022|Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

The PREVENTOMICS project, coordinated by the Eurecat technology centre has developed a system for personalised nutritional and healthy life habit recommendations based on biomarkers, eating habits and physical and behavioural characteristics of the users to generate made-to-measure plans. This innovative platform would allow integration with technological applications that need to apply precision nutrition to any [...]

Alimentaria points to the potential that innovation in health and nutrition and sustainability has for the industry

2022-10-17T15:27:11+02:00April 8th, 2022|Fires, Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

Technological innovation is ‘strategic for the food industry, from the point of view of developing new foods and ingredients’ to promote the well-being of different population groups, as well as from the perspective of the opportunities opened up by alternative protein sources and products designed to respond to new consumer habits, where ‘nutrition and [...]

Precision nutrition generates greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet as a healthy standard and can be effective in weight loss

2022-10-17T15:28:20+02:00April 6th, 2022|Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

Implementing a personalised nutrition strategy leads to following the Mediterranean diet to a greater extent and could be effective in weight loss, according to the results obtained in a clinical study carried out by the Eurecat technology centre with 134 participants who received personalised nutrition and lifestyle tips to improve their healthy habits using an online [...]

Studying new functional foods to promote mental well-being

2022-10-17T15:29:11+02:00April 4th, 2022|Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

Starting today, the Eurecat technology centre is presenting the DANTIAN project at the Alimentaria fair in Barcelona. This project studies new foods and bioactive ingredients that will encourage mental well-being through the understanding of the mechanism at cognitive level and its relationship with the microbiota and intestinal health. In this vein, studies are being carried out [...]

A robotics solution to automate the assembly of metal parts in construction beams

2022-10-17T15:31:07+02:00March 31st, 2022|Autonomous and professional robotics, Construction, Corporatiu, Fires, Press Notes|

At this year’s edition of the Advanced Factories fair, the Eurecat technology centre will be showing a solution developed with the company Jansa to automate the assembly process for metal parts in construction industry beams, which can be applied to collaborative robotics. The project makes it possible to plan the robot’s trajectory in real time using [...]

A predictive maintenance model makes it possible to anticipate errors in the functioning of public transport access doors and ramps

2022-10-17T15:33:01+02:00March 29th, 2022|Automotive, Press Notes, Smart Management Systems|

Starting today, at the Advanced Factories fair, the Eurecat technology centre is exhibiting a system created in collaboration with Masats in the area of predictive maintenance. This system incorporates artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics to anticipate errors in the operation of public transport vehicle access systems, with doors and ramps, developed by the company. The [...]

Eight research teams from XRE4S present proposals to improve efficiency and promote local energy production

2022-10-17T15:35:59+02:00March 18th, 2022|Energy, Press Notes|

Eight research teams, including Eurecat, have been chosen for their proposals to improve energy efficiency and promote local energy production during the second edition of Lab to Market (L2M), an initiative promoted by the Energy for Society R&D Network (XRE4S) with the aim of helping participants identify technologies with potential for commercialisation. In the second edition [...]

European consortium identifies shortcomings to remedy gender inequalities in transport

2022-04-17T22:52:40+02:00March 8th, 2022|Big Data, ICT, Press Notes|

A European consortium coordinated by the Eurecat technology centre has developed tools, protocols and guides to support inclusion and gender equality in the transport and mobility industry by assessing the needs of its users and staff from a gender perspective and tapping big data and machine learning. The Diamond project is designed to gather and [...]

Artificial intelligence can identify students who need extra help

2022-03-09T06:14:03+01:00March 8th, 2022|Big Data, covid19, ICT, Press Notes|

A pilot study of the use of artificial intelligence to detect the needs of students in remote learning has concluded that the data obtained can be used by teachers to offer help to the students who most need it. The research, carried out in conjunction with the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), the Eurecat technological centre and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, [...]

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