Activities
Inspira Lab
Inspira Lab, the Eurecat service that accelerates technological innovation through agile proofs of concept to address business and social challenges
Eurecat’s Inspira Lab methodology aims to help companies mitigate the gap between ideas and their validation with demonstrators or functional prototypes. Through its multi-technological capabilities and experience in R&D&I projects, Eurecat has the differential equipment necessary to materialize, test and validate innovative solutions for the technological challenges that the companies present.
Multi-technology vision
We apply a holistic approach from our 4 areas of expertise to address proofs of concept in the following areas:
- Advanced materials, chemistry and processes
- Digital technologies
- Medical devices
- Smart products and environments
- Biotechnology and personalized health
- Robotics and automation
- Sustainability, efficiency and circularity
Disruptive concepts
At the end of the Inspira Lab process, you will obtain tangible and validated concepts, ready to make decisions on the suitability to tackle the longest and most expensive phases of the final development, industrialization and commercialization.
Design Thinking Method
We use the Design Thinking methodology oriented to generate and create solutions from a multi-technological challenge. We divide this process into 5 phases: empathy, definition, ideation, prototyping and validation.
New concepts, processes or digital solutions validated in our differential laboratories and pilot plants
Services
Inspira Lab services are structured in 3 phases that go from the identification of opportunities to the validation of the concepts created, over a period of 3 months depending on the complexity of the challenge.
Research and
co-creation
We identify challenges and opportunities for innovation through workshops based on co-creation. We inspire and generate new disruptive ideas.
Conceptualize and visualize
We work internally with the different technological units to address the different conceptualization needs.
Tangibilization and validation
We develop and materialize new products with a multi-technological vision. We ensure efficient results with laboratory concept tests.
We use Design Thinking to address challenges
with a 360º vision
We use Visual & Manual Thinking to enhance creativity and intuition
We use abstraction, techniques, manual work, audiovisual inspiration and sensory stimulation.
We simulate a day in the life of the user and the experience of use
We immerse ourselves in the life of the user-consumer through role-play simulation to identify insights and define innovation scenarios.
We observe and co-create with the consumer-user
We carry out ethnographic studies focused on different scenarios to discover insights. We co-create with users to identify opportunities, create solutions and test new concepts.
We devise, inspire and define new concepts
We work on co-creation sessions with company teams, together with Eurecat, to identify inspirations and generate ideas for concepts that respond to the challenge of innovation.
We build conceptual prototypes
Working prototypes to experiment basic aspects of the generated concepts.
Outstanding concept projects
Exploration of lighter batteries, with higher density and higher speed of charge.
Contact
Jose Antonio Gago
Business Manager of Inspira Lab services
- Tel. +34 639 32 04 93
- joseantonio.gago[at]eurecat.org
