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  • Strengthening the influence of citizens in smart cities

    A topic on the order of the day due to the incredible and unstoppable growth of cities is that of Smart Cities. One of the main objectives of this trend is Eco-efficiency through sensors that reduce all kinds of transaction costs, both time and environmental. Creating sustainable cities for the future is one of the…

  • How to be green in a circular economy

    We present a very interesting video that Deloitte, a company based in New York and considered one of the world’s largest consultancies, has produced for the

  • Aeronautics, the new bet

    In the context of globalization and the need to bet on specialization, the Basque Government, together with the Bizkaia Provincial Council has promised the creation of an Advanced Aeronautical Manufacturing Center (CFA). The objective is to implement advanced manufacturing technologies so that the results can be applied immediately in industrial processes. This center, in which…

  • The European electronic bus has a Basque label

    Irizar has developed the first European electric bus, the Irizar i2e, which with just five hours of charging guarantees driving between 14 and 16 hours, in dense urban and interurban traffic conditions. This new bus model, a benchmark for technology and sustainability, has begun to circulate through the streets of the city of San Sebastián,…

  • Basque participation in the X-FEL

    Pine Equipos Eléctricos, belonging to the company Ingeteam, participates in the project to create the European X-ray Free Electron Laser Facility (X-FEL), which will be operational from 2015. PINE will manufacture and supply 92 ICRS control cabinets for intersections of the European X-FEL. The X-FEL e it is one of the 35 large facilities that…

  • Eroski Franchises

    < /a> The Basque cooperative Eroski continues to implement its expansion plan through the franchise model. In the first half of 2014, Eroski has opened 38 franchise supermarkets, which has involved an investment of more than €9 million and has led to the creation of more than 240 jobs. The growth strategy implemented by the…

  • Chemistry to control quality

    The group FARMARTEM< /a>, from the Department of Analytical Chemistry of the UPV/EHU has used analytical chemistry as a tool to solve different problems exposed by industrial and official laboratories, improving the methods used up to now. The assurance of quality parameters by companies is nowadays considered an essential element due to the growing international…

  • First results of the Nanomaterials Center

    The Center for Research in Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology < /a>(CINN), which has had its headquarters for a month in the TIC building of the Entrego well (Asturias), is a pioneer facility worldwide that has a large sintering (compaction) furnace (12 meters high by 6 meters wide and 5 meters deep), dedicated to the manufacture of…

  • The Spanish R+D+i system

    The group of experts from the European Commission has delivered to the Minister of Economy and Competitiveness , Luis de Guindos, the conclusions of the report that analyzes the situation of Spanish R&D&I. The main recommendation made by the so-called European Research Area Committee (ERAC) peer review is “increasing the resources available, although this increase…

  • Understanding the US innovation system

    The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation has recently published a report to know and understand the innovation system of the United States of America. The report identifies the general elements that make up a national innovation system, including a description of the innovation triangle that measures firms, legislation, and country innovation and is used to…