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Agrofood
Waiter! One of dung beetles!
This story beggins a sunday afternoon whichever, 2 documentary in the background. With the eye half-open I distinguish a scene in which a beetle locate fresh droppings and gives them the form of a perfect ball (aaaah! hence the name "dung beetle"!! With drums and...
World Food Day 2022; no one should be left behind
Economic crises, conflict, inequality and subsequent food price rises make difficult to access adequate food and the lack of availability creates even more inequality. All these situations are affecting food security and preventing a path towards ending hunger and...
Energy & Environment
We ran out of light
A couple of weeks ago I participated in a meeting of companies working in the field of information and communication technologies applied to the energy sector. Among the participants were representatives of companies that develop solutions based on artificial...
The art of thermal comfort: revolutionising buildings with PCM and heat pumps
Imagine living in a building where the temperature is as constant as grandma´s secret recipe. How to achieve it? This is where Phase Change Materials (PCM) and heat pumps powered by renewable energy come in, the dynamic duo of energy efficiency. PCM are like zen...
Environment
Biogenic gas. What do you mean?
Biogas as an energy source is becoming more and more popular, but what is biogas and how does it differ from natural gas? The difference is that natural gas is a fossil fuel, while biogenic gas is renewable. Natural gas was formed millions of years ago, at the age of...
Bioplastics obtained from the recovery of organic and the paper industry waste. ELLIPSE project
The majority of plastics used in the world today come from non-renewable and non-biodegradable sources. In an effort to reduce the impact of plastics on the environment, alternative methods of production and waste management have been studied for decades. Several...
Industry
Terahertz technologies in industry
In this post, I would like to talk about devices capable of acquiring images in the Terahertz spectral range, an emerging technology with great potential for implementation in industry, especially in the agri-food sector. Currrently, machine vision systems used in...
Elicitation of knowledge: learning of expert operators
Elicitation (from the latin elicitus "induced" and elicere "to catch") is a term associated with psychology that refers to the fluid transfer of information from one human being to another by means of language. The knowledge elicitation applied to industry is a...
Health & Quality of life
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...
Would you eat insects?
Entomophagy, or insect consumption by humans, is not a novelty to anyone. Diets based on insects and arthropods are fully accepted in many countries and cultures, especially in South America, Asia or Africa. Even they are a real delicacy for some gourmets experts, for...
Construction and Heritage
If you own an old sculpture or painting, take it to the dermatologist
A wood lamp emits ultraviolet (UV) light and is a diagnostic tool used in dermatology to determine whether a person has a fungal or bacterial pathology on the sking or scalp. If so, the area illuminated by the wood lamp will fluoresce, becoming apparent in different...
Beyond strategy. Smart use of engineering expertise.
"Divide et impera", popular ancient Rome motto later attributted to the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. "Divide and dominate" or better known as "Divide and rule", was the strategic foundation on which the Roman Empire was built (27 bC - 476 ac). Almost nothing. In line...
Digitalization
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Innovating R&D
Innovating in capital letters: r+d+I
I´ve always thought that the acronym R&D&i corresponded to the greater or lesser risk of carrying out the associated activities, hence the first two were capital letters and the third was lower case. After 15 years working in a technology centre I realise that...