Category: Tech

Events – Autonomous Vehicles Summit – 30-31 May 2019, Bratislava, Slovakia

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES SUMMIT The biggest event of AVs in CEE The first year of the two-days international conference with Expo part AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES SUMMIT is focused on Autonomous Vehicles, that folows the trends in current digital transformation in the automotive industry The event will be held in Bratislava , Slovakia

Research Headlines – Helping robots learn new skills quickly and independently

An EU-funded project is looking to increase the capacity of robots to set themselves goals and develop skills autonomously. This could boost EU competitiveness in the field of artificial intelligence and advance understanding of learning processes. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Creating a culture of excellence in cardio assessment

Young researchers are gaining top-level training and exposure to the latest in image-based heart monitoring, assessment and disease diagnosis, thanks to an EU-funded collaboration between industry, clinics and researchers that could lead to better outcomes for cardiovascular patients. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Innovative technology for next-gen vehicles

Steering for direction, brakes for safety, suspension for comfort? Yes, but they are all relevant to each other. An EU-funded project that focuses on harnessing their interplay is developing smart technologies for even better cars – boosting industry competitiveness in the process. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Seeking the seeds of tolerance in religious strife

Disinterested scholarship was able to unfold once rival religious denominations’ rules and positions had been established in the 16th and 17th centuries, according to EU-funded research. Such scholarship, in turn, helped to generate greater religious tolerance – a mechanism that could inform ways to improve acceptance of diversity. Powered by

Research Headlines – Making cutting-edge science accessible to the public

How to demonstrate why funding frontier research matters and how it improves our lives? An EU-funded project is taking up the challenge using multimedia campaigns to highlight research on cities, food, longevity, sensory experiences, music and artificial intelligence. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – EU and Indonesian researchers coordinate on community healthcare

With a focus on strengthening maternal healthcare service to rural Indonesia, researchers with the Eijkman Institute, in partnership with the EU-funded REACHOUT project, have developed new training manuals geared specifically towards volunteer community health workers. Powered by WPeMatico

Events – Deep-Science, Deep-Tech, Deep-Mind – 31 January 2019, Brussels, Belgium

While legislative negotiations on Horizon Europe are under way in the European Parliament and the EU Council, the proposal presented by the European Commission entrusts the Strategic Planning process with the definition and implementation of the most significant novelties of the next Framework Programme (i.e. intervention areas, R&I Missions, new

Events – Building a climate-neutral Europe with natural bio-based construction materials – 29 January 2019, Brussels, Belgium

To debate policies and initiatives to promote the use of innovative materials to decarbonise construction the ISOBIO Horizon 2020 project partners invite policy makers, industry, civil society groups and all interested stakeholders to an event on 29 January in Brussels. The event is free of charge, but registration is mandatory.

Events – DEMETER Concluding Symposium on Rare-Earth Permanent-Magnet Motors and the E-Mobility Revolution – 5-7 February 2019, Leuven, Belgium

Imagine the current growth rate of (Hybrid) Electric Vehicles is maintained worldwide. There are already 4 million electric vehicles on the road and the IEA expects this number to increase to 70 million in 2025. But which technologies will make up the future EVs? Which e-motor will dominate? And what