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In a geo-political and socio-economic environment such as ours, in which the industrial and business environment requires liquid managers with the ability to make decisions that adapt to the environment like water to the container that holds it, in which unlearning and relearning is worth more...

How does the term “metal-eco-additive manufacturing” sound?

The term eco-design is rather known nowadays, but you’ve probably heard little about eco-manufacturing, especially since it's not a term widely recognized in technical or academic literature. However, it is a concept that has recently started to be used to describe manufacturing practices that...

Artificial Intelligence: Driving the next industrial revolution

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer the stuff of futuristic fantasy; it has become a tangible part of our everyday lives. From personalised recommendations on streaming platforms to optimising logistics processes in a factory, AI is everywhere. What's interesting is that it's not just making...

The black gold of Castilla y León: its Cultural Heritage

The Statute of Autonomy of Castilla y León, in its preamble and several articles, emphasize the importance of Cultural Heritage as an essential part of the identity of this Community and as an asset to protect and promote, due to its unique richness and the recognition it brings beyond our...

Electron streams of today, pure water streams of tomorrow

Treatment and purification of wastewater from different industries by electrochemical methods The modern world is inconceivable without the various industries that shape it: the creation of value-added products from raw materials, although a concept as old as civilisation itself, would not have...

Every stick hold its own

In my previous post I commented how innovation ecosystems, if they aren´t well coordinated, can become real hotbeds of "de-technology". This happens when the agents that make them up do not have clear roles or do not pursue a common objective. The lack of cohesion generates inconsistence and...

The green molecule revolution

In the transition to a more sustainable world, green hydrogen has emerged as an essential resource to decarbonise key sectors such as industry and transport. In 2024, the European Union and other countries have redoubled their efforts with historic investments to build infrastructure and promote...

Hydrogen. Green that I want you to design green

The importance of the design tools and green hydrogen optimisation Green hydrogen is positioning itself as a viable alternative in the context of the transition towards clean and sustainable energy sources. Not only does this energy carrier transform energy without emitting pollutants, but it also...

A better life and a better future; right to foods

#WorldFoodDay Once again, the time has come to celebrate food, nourishment, and everything that surrounds this fundamental human right. Every year, on October 16th, the world comes together to celebrate and raise awareness of an essential aspect that affects all of us every single day: food. Food...

Overcoming the Digital Tower of Babel: Interoperability, a key element for the obtention of Intelligent and Connected Buildings

I have always been passionate about telecommunications, and the implicit idea of achieving a "connected world", wired or wireless, where information flows from one end of the globe to the other, regardless of the location and the native way in which each country, city or region tends to...

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Agrofood

Acrylamide has a special ‘COLOR’

Acrylamide has a special ‘COLOR’

From the creators of “What doesn´t kill you makes you fatter or is a sin” and "You don´t know what to eat" appears "Take care if you like overcooking!" and "Nightmare in the kitchen, there is acrylamide in your food". For years it was known that acrylamide was a toxic...

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Energy & Environment

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Environment

Our wonderful guardians and neighbours!

Our wonderful guardians and neighbours!

People hear a lot about the decline of bees, about the lack of pollinators, but what are pollinators? more importantly, what do they do for us and what do we do for them? The group of pollinators is very wide, not only honey bees, which belong to one specific family....

Education is more than content

Education is more than content

The education that people receive during all his life it´ s been influenced by the environment in which we live. When we are young and we start to be conscious about the world, the society usually provide us with the models and with the level of knowledge that it is...

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Industry

Industry 5.0, seriously?

Industry 5.0, seriously?

It seems unbelievable, but 5 years have passed since CARTIF inaugurated the blog with the post on Industry 4.0 in which I analysed some of the keys to the so-called “fourth industrial revolution” and how it could affect the industry in our country. It has always...

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Health & Quality of life

Wearables for women

Wearables for women

You can think that the design of differentiable technology for men and technology for woman is not necessary. But, really specific wearables for women exist, especially for health topics. The others wearables, despite not being specific for woman, have a feminine...

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Construction and Heritage

Building railway infrastructure with less pollution

Building railway infrastructure with less pollution

The importance of the train from an economic point of view is beyond dispute. It emerged as one of the most extraordinary innovations in the Industrial Revolution, because although it is true that the first steam locomotives had already been created before, it was...

New technologies applied to security in confined spaces

New technologies applied to security in confined spaces

Ensuring the safety of workers inside confined spaces is a critical activity in the field of construction and maintenance because of the high risk involved in working in such environments. Perhaps it would be useful, first of all, to know what is meant by confined...

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Digitalization

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Innovating R&D

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