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Do we toast with cava?
During these dates we usually toast at Christmas celebrations. The idea is to toast with a frothy drink, although sometimes we don´t know how to differentiate well one from the other, because we may confuse the terms “sparkling wine”, “cava” and “champagne”. Cava and...
Without sugar, please
Bad news for those people who love sweet food. In the Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children (2015), WHO recommends a reduced intake of free sugars to below 5% of total energy intake. A few 6 teaspoons of coffee/day (25 g), including sugar that provide food....
Energy & Environment
You may end up owning a power generation company.
You thought it would never happen, but you´re watching it happen. Your world upsidedown at an unexpected speed. Ecologists announced a different world according to their believes, but it turns out that in the end it will be the cold sceptics of the Excel sheet who...
House and moon
It is common knowledge that the moon goes through phases depending on its relative position between the earth and the sun. Thanks to that nights can be a showcase for looking to the starry skies or the perfect environment so that lycanthropes can take on vampires. In...
Environment
Is our food security at risk?
Food security of two-thirds of the world s’ population depends on the availability and use of fertilizers. In the transition from a fossil reserve-based to a bio-based economy, it has become a critical challenge to close nutrient cycles and move to a more effective...
Your credit is about to expire: the Earth Overshoot Day
August 8, 2016. 07:00h a.m. Radio turned on driving to work. Headlines begin. "Today is Earth Overshoot Day", I hear. Oh. Bad news. The Earth Overshoot day in 2016 has been brought forward again. I'm sure you are wondering about some things right now:1) If I am able...
Industry
Efficiency Wars (Episode IV) – A new (efficiency) hope
Disaggregation of consumptions? Why? To avoid the dark side Within the world of management, the aphorism "If you can't measure it, you can't improve it" is often attributed to the twentieth century Austrian philosopher, Peter Drucker, whose writings contributed...
What could mechanical simulation do for companies?
The use of computer environments in the mechanical engineering field has grown significantly in recent decades. Most companies in the industry are aware of the benefits of computer-aided design (CAD) and engineering (CAE) systems. The traditional tasks associated with...
Health & Quality of life
How a normal hospital can turn into a smart hospital?
LIFE Smart Hospital project researchers explain us how a normal hospital can turn into a smart hospital, in Euranet radio (audio only available in Spanish).
It’s a robot and it has feelings (I)
Can a robot have feelings? According to the science fiction world, the answer would clearly be affirmative. Films like Blade Runner; 2001: A Space Odyssey; I, Robot or ex Machina, show machines able to experience human feelings such as fear, anger or love.Despite the...
Construction and Heritage
Five false myths about thermographic camera
Everybody knows what a thermographic camera is. Movies as “Predator”, the formula 1 broadcast, etc. have helped people to know this technology. CARTIF has been using it, during last years, in construction and infrastructure inspection. My intention is not to tell you...
Guiding dancing structures
Despite the title, this blog is not about ballroom dances, but about something related to movement and how to guide your dance partner. Have you ever felt how a footbridge sways when you walk over it or how a stadium stand vibrates under your feet when you are jumping...
Digitalization
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