ARTICLES
15/Apr/2024
Navigating together towards a secure digital future
Vanesa Daza, Vice-Rector for Knowledge Transfer, Universitat Pompeu Fabra The expansion of the digital world, driven by the proliferation of connected devices and the digitalisation of almost all areas of our lives, has also created a vast field of action for cybercriminals. Digital…
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ARTICLES
10/Apr/2024
The need of an unbiased AI
Ana Muñoz, Technology Editor at Business Insider Spain Artificial intelligence is part of our lives, and sometimes it does so imperceptibly. Every time you go to find a faster route on your maps, buy a product online or find out what the weather is going to…
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ARTICLES
13/Mar/2024
The promise of Spain for neurotechnology
Karen S. Rommelfanger, PhD neurotech Ethicist and Neuroinnovation Strategist Imagine a world without dementia, where the disease process can be halted in the brain before doctors today are even aware the brain is getting sick. Imagine in-ear headphones that could detect stressed brain activity and then…
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ARTICLES
27/Feb/2024
EIC: 10.1 billion euros to boost ‘Deep Tech’ in Europe
Michiel Scheffer, Chairman of the Board of the European Innovation Council The European Innovation Council, EIC, together with its venture investment arm, the EIC Fund, is the largest deep technology investor in Europe, with Spain being one of the most successful European countries in raising its…
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ARTICLES
15/Feb/2024
Reindustrializing the European economy: a complex mission with artificial intelligence as its best ally
Alberto Iglesias Fraga, journalist and director of ‘Disruptores e Innovadores‘ supplement of El Español Let’s go back to 2020, the year that will be remembered in the history books for the COVID-19 pandemic. Alongside the disruption this disease caused in our lives, another unprecedented phenomenon occurred,…
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ARTICLES
15/Feb/2024
Keys to build a highly competitive and resilient technology ecosystem
The success of Barcelona’s digital economy is the result of a commitment to a formula characterized by diversification. The ability to generate startups (more than 2,000 according to the latest report from ACCIÓ); a network of top-level research centers, with infrastructures such as the Barcelona Supercomputing Center or the Alba…
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REPORTS
21/Jan/2024
Humanistic neurotechnology: a new opportunity for Spain
The world is mobilising resources to alleviate the human suffering and economic burdens associated with the Global Burden of Disease for brain conditions like Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, and mental disorders. Major advances in addressing these diseases have benefited from a convergence of research and development including neuroscience, engineering,…
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ARTICLES
18/Jan/2024
Algorithms, votes and bullets
Jaime García Cantero Ballot boxes and guns. Half of the planet will be called to the polls in 2024 while the world is still at war. Technology, and most especially Artificial Intelligence, can determine the outcomes in both. DeepFakes and cyberattacks. Algorithmic manipulation and digital terrorism.
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