Digital Economy

An EU-funded project has developed an intelligent data transfer platform that helps researchers predict the demand for intensive care units (ICUs) during the coronavirus pandemic.

An EU-funded project team is developing and testing smart nets, smart scanners and other technologies to help combat overfishing.

An EU-funded study investigates how livestock breeding programmes could benefit from disease resilience research and offers four genetic improvement alternatives.

Prof. Richard Horne was awarded the 2020 Kristian Birkeland Medal for outstanding results in the field of space weather and space climate.

An EU-funded project is developing a digital twin of FC Barcelona’s home stadium. The goal: a better and safer experience for Barça fans.

An EU-funded project team is helping citizen scientists collect neighbourhood traffic data. Their hope is that it will assist local communities to campaign for local policy changes resulting in effective traffic solutions.

EU project De-RISC has developed a first-version multiprocessor system-on-a-chip (MPSoC) platform, advancing on its objective to deliver to market a hardware/software platform based on RISC-V instruction set architecture.

How can we prevent disease at older ages? An EU-backed trial has investigated the effects of vitamin D, omega-3 and home exercise on the health of senior citizens.

An EU-backed project team is developing lightweight, energy-smart insulating glass units that could achieve up to 70 % energy savings in heating and cooling.

Given wings by an Angolan dance troupe, the South African Jerusalema song is giving people worldwide a much-needed sense of community during the isolating COVID-19 pandemic.

EU-funded researchers explore the recent developments and potential applications of optical circuits that can be programmed by end users.

EU-backed researchers have published a working paper on digital technology use across Europe. The paper reviews these technologies’ consequences on young people and their families.

In search of solutions that benefit both innovators and society, an EU-funded initiative highlights the pitfalls of facial recognition systems and the importance of privacy in smart homes.

EU-backed scientists have used seismic waves called Rayleigh waves to develop a universal scaling law to explain mammalian touch. Their vision? Use this knowledge to revolutionise virtual reality.

Say goodbye to traditional pig tracking, extra sensors and individual marking. A fast and accurate 2D camera-based deep learning system automatically recognises pig feeding behaviour, making early detection of health and welfare problems possible.

An EU-funded project has found a novel non-invasive way of delivering drugs to the brain by using ultrasound waves. This should result in much greater accuracy and lower drug doses.

New computing and storage systems installed at a major European supercomputing centre have been designed to meet neuroscientific and other scientific research needs. One major benefit is highly interactive, high-performance computing that can perform extreme calculations.

An EU-backed project team presented their holistic approach to cybersecurity for healthcare organisations at the European Association for Biometrics Research Projects Conference 2020.

Five European research and innovation projects received EUR 10 000 each for work that contributes to a better society.

Finnish extended reality technology company Varjo has received more support from new and old investors to meet the growing demand for professional virtual and mixed reality solutions.