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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

How much quantity of salt do you consume?

How much quantity of salt do you consume?

‘And because I do not like dry steaks, mom, take a little sauce and flavor’. As this Spanish rumba says, in our country we use ‘salt-cellar’, in the full sense of the word. In fact, we consume 9,8 g of salt daily, which is almost twice the recommended amount. But we...

‘Brightlabeling’

‘Brightlabeling’

Every day in the supermarket, we have to face the decision to buy one product or another. Unconsciously, and according to experts, we dedicate about 6 seconds to choose. If we only look on nutritional aspects, manufacturers must be able to communicate that their...

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Energy & Environment

The challenge of the characterisation of the building stock

The challenge of the characterisation of the building stock

It is well know that more than a third of the total final energy consumed in the European Union is consumed in residential and tertiary sector buildings. For this reason, in recent years, various directives and calls for proposals have tried to promote the renovation...

Consumer energy flexibility

Consumer energy flexibility

There are two things that have nothing to do with each other but that in real, they have to: the perplexity of a roe deer in the foothills of the Torozos hills when she founds a fence surrounding a photovoltaic park and that the 64%1 of the Spanish people do not know...

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Environment

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Industry

The best film of Leonardo DiCaprio

The best film of Leonardo DiCaprio

I had planned to continue talking about Green Manufacturing initiatives, but I have decided to write a new post with a different but complementary approach to sustainable manufacturing. Before the Flood is a 2016 documentary film about climate change firstly screened...

Spatial Augmented Reality in Industry

Spatial Augmented Reality in Industry

Recently, the Augmented Reality is becoming more and more common due to use of hand-held devices on our daily life such as smart phones, tablets and lately smart glasses. In this way, different applications, in many cases for leisure, like “Pokemon GO” or “Snapchat”...

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Health & Quality of life

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Construction and Heritage

When structures age

When structures age

How to reduce structural conservation task expenses by implementing monitoring systems? The structures are not everlasting. They are projected to play a role for a certain number of years. Thus, a wind turbine mast lifespan is about 20 years while in the case of a...

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Digitalization

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Innovating R&D

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