Digital Economy

The annual four-day European Week of Regions and Cities, running since 2003 and taking place in Brussels from 7 to 10 October has grown to become the key EU regional policy and development event. This year, CORDIS was proud to be amongst the 9 000 or so participants as an exhibitor, as well as by attending sessions.

How can people be motivated to improve their energy use? An EU-funded cross-cultural study looks into how people interact with building technologies to control their indoor environment.

An EU initiative is developing an indigenous chip technology for high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI) and automotive engineering.

An EU initiative offers museums new opportunities for audience involvement by exploiting the potential of digital media.

How do we make sense of endless reams of data in the age of Big Data? How do we use it creatively and innovatively? The EU DataViz 2019 conference explores the world of data visualisation and how it can benefit Europe’s public sector.

EU-funded researchers will demonstrate their award-winning thermal fingerprint sensor at a leading European conference.

An EU initiative has delivered a comprehensive reference platform for vision-based system designers. This will improve road safety, help create fully autonomous drones and increase surgical efficiency.

An EU initiative has installed a 5G radio network in an underground mine in Sweden. This technology will help improve safety and productivity, with fewer CO2 emissions.

Fancy a nap in your car instead of driving? Researchers are developing an innovative system that will be able to tell when you’re anxious, distracted or tired and take over for you.

An innovative mobile mapping solution makes designing, installing and maintaining rail overhead wires easier, faster and cheaper.

This month we’re highlighting the success of Spanish SME Submer that, with the help of Horizon 2020 SME Instrument funding, completed its R&D phase in March 2018 and after just a few months had already launched the fourth iteration of its Immersion Cooling solution, the SmartPodX. The SmartPodX was presented at the 2019 edition of the prestigious Open Compute Project Summit that recently took place in San José, California.

A clever sensor device can tell if you have stomach cancer, and it does this just by ‘smelling’ your breath.

Fast, accurate and affordable food safety testing is now possible. Thanks to a portable scanner, farmers, food manufacturers and retailers can now do their own tests in the field, eliminating costly and time-consuming lab tests.

The human ability to use a ‘tool’ (our brain), to build another tool to explain the workings of the first tool, is an evolutionary gift that distinguishes us from other animals. Powerful simulation engines like “The Virtual Brain” exemplify both this gift, as well as its unwrapping.

As a European Flagship Programme, the Human Brain Project (HBP) embraces ICT advances and pools distributed neuroscience and neuromedicine resources and competences. This more unified view of the brain will benefit both people and technology.

EU-funded researchers have developed nano-vehicles that can overcome the body’s immune response and biological barriers to deliver drugs to the target site.

EU-funded researchers have created a groundbreaking platform to meet industry’s need for low-energy, small-size, complex and high-performance circuits.

The EU- and industry-funded Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) held its annual Stakeholders Forum in Brussels on a very rainy 12 June, the venue being the gorgeous Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. The topic discussed: Brain health and disease, and how digital technologies are transforming the search for new treatments and patient care.

European researchers help textile companies in Prato, Italy, increase the value of their fabric and yarn collections.

Online deceit can harm society at every level. The 11th World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ) in Lausanne has aired how the communication curse can undermine public health.