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The hide challenge of the eolic energy: what we do with the wind turbines blades?

by Alicia Aguado | 16 April 2025 | CARTIF Blog, Environment | 0 Comments

Today I would like to talk to you about a problem that is increasingly being discussed, but which still surprises many people: what happens to the blades of the wind turbines when they are no longer useful? Because yes, they also "retire", and when they do, they generate waste that is difficult to...

Innovate shouldn´t be like untangling a daisy

by Irene Hompanera | 11 April 2025 | CARTIF Blog, Innovation | 0 Comments

When an organisation decides to invest in innovation, it often activates not only a technical or strategic process, but also an internal dynamic that complicates decision-making. What at first appears to be a clear commitment soon becomes a chain of uncertainties, cross-validations and multiple...

Anaerobic microorganisms: the invisible revolution for the industry of the future

by José María Sanz Martín | 4 April 2025 | CARTIF Blog, Environment | 0 Comments

In a world seeking to reduce its carbon footprint and move towards a circular economy, anaerobic microorganisms are emerging as key players in the fight against climate change. These organisms, which thrive in environments without oxygen, have been used for decades in processes such as anaerobic...

Why monitoring rural territories

by Francisco Barrientos | 28 March 2025 | CARTIF Blog, Construction and Heritage | 0 Comments

Rural territories often struggle with challenges that can hold back their growth and development. Infrastructure gaps, limited job opportunities, environmental risks, and the need for greater social inclusion are just some of the issues they face. However, they now have the chance to take control...

Interoperability in Industry 5.0: the Key Role of FIWARE

by Mireya de Diego | 21 March 2025 | CARTIF Blog, Industry | 0 Comments

In the world of software development, interoperability is the ability of different devices, systems, and applications to work together in a coordinated manner, much like musicians in the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, regardless of their origin or technology. This concept is essential in digital...

When machines learn to communicate: the role of ontologies in the interoperability

by Susana Martín Toral & Susana Gutiérrez Caballero | 14 March 2025 | CARTIF Blog, Energy | 0 Comments

In a previous blog post, we talked about the importance of interoperability and how it allows different systems to communicate with each other without barriers. We used the metaphor of the digital Tower of Babel to explain the challenges that arise when multiple technologies, devices and platforms...

FUSILLI, much more than a project

by Julia Pinedo | 21 February 2025 | Agrofood, CARTIF Blog | 0 Comments

Four years ago I first entered the complex world of the food system. I didn´t quite know what to expect. I considered it a far field, with technical terms and debates that seemed to belong only to experts in the field. Today, after all this time, every time I have the opportunity to walk around...

Integration of hydrogen into the Spanish energy system: the CARTIF perspective

by Andrea Gabaldón | 14 February 2025 | CARTIF Blog, Energy | 0 Comments

Spain is positioned as a global referent in the energy transition thanks to its ambitious energy and climate change policies. According to the report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), Spain aspires to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, with 100% renewable energy in the electricity mix and...

Indoor air quality: What you don´t see, but what affects you

by Sandra Rodríguez Sufuentes | 7 February 2025 | CARTIF Blog, Environment | 0 Comments

Historically, much attention has been paid to out door air quality, especially pollution generated by cars and factories, and its impact on health. While this concern for outdoor air is well-founded, and certainly of concern, its "sister", indoor air quality, is often overshadowed, when in...

We´ve done it again: A new product on the market!

by Laura Fernandez Casal | 31 January 2025 | Agrofood, CARTIF Blog | 0 Comments

Every time I walk past the supermarket shelf and see it, I can´t help but smile. At CARTIF, we are incredibly proud to share with you that the result of the KOMFIBRA project has made its way to the market. Once again, a product developed by CARTIF has become a reality and is now available for...

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Suggestion’s chef

by Teba Torres Zapata | Apr 20, 2016

There is a restaurant in Japan where if its clients left one only rice grain in the plate, should pay a fine. Specialized in shellfish, the "Hachikyo Restaurant" offers a dish that consist of salmon roes over a white rice bed. The restaurant informs the...

They are already here…

by María Morillo Cabello | Apr 6, 2016

Entomophagy. This is the name we use to call insect consumption by humans. It is estimated that more than 2.000 million people worldwide include insects in their daily diet, but until now, those palates are not European. Among the most consumed insects are beetles,...

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Biomethane and biohydrogen: the future of energy is here

by María Dolores Hidalgo | Mar 22, 2021

Both biomethane and biohydrogen are two gases that have been going strong in our current energy landscape. Both have a renewable origin and their formation can be associated with CO2 capture and storage processes, another of the great objectives of our society to...

Blockchain for a better planet

by Susana Gutierrez | Mar 10, 2021

Blockchain technology has been explained in a previous entry of this Blog, and another entry about Blockchain and the electric market customers is also available. This new entry is again focused on this technology but, in this case, it will be focused on all the...

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Augmented reality. The new work tool

by Javier Rodríguez Nieto | Jun 13, 2016

Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that is little by little is making way in our daily lives. In broad terms, it consists in embedding digital information to the reality we have before our eyes through real-time superposition of this information about the image...

Internet connected agriculture

by Sergio Saludes Rodil | May 30, 2016

Agriculture is a so old human activity that popular wisdom is full of proverbs and sayings giving recommendations about the best way to precede in farm duties. Popular wisdom along with the knowledge transmitted from parents to children has determined agriculture...

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