TIC: A virtual 'tailor' that tells you your size when you purchase clothes online
INNOTEX Center/ INTEXTER is coordinating the European project MORPHEOS, in the framework of which the application ‘ISizeYou’ has been developed. The application acts as a virtual tailor and takes measurements so that it can tell you what size is right for you when you buy items...
The Motion Control and Industrial Electronics Centre (MCIA UPC), together with the company IThinkUPC, have collaborated with Loire Gestamp in a project for early fault detection in the operation of hydraulic hot stamping presses. If faults are detected early, press operation can be optimised and effective predictive maintenance strategies can be...
Mobility: CarGuard, Connecting vehicles and mobiles
In collaboration with SEAT, inLab FIB UPC has developed the CarGuard prototype. This is a system that enables vehicles to communicate with Android and iOS Mobile devices, providing access to a range of safety and prevention functions. Communication is two-way: the mobile device can send commands...
Science2Society: Workshop 'University to Industry Technology Transfer''
On 25 January, CIT UPC took part in the ‘University to Industry Technology Transfer’ workshop, organised by Bax & Company and Innoget. The aim of this practical session was to improve the functioning of platforms for open innovation and online technology and knowledge transfer.
CIT UPC participates in the interclusters symposium on 'Unlocking Health Benefits from Railway Mobility'
CIT UPCparticipated in the symposium ‘Unlocking Health Benefits from Railway Mobility’, organized by the Health Tech and Railgrup in collaboration with ACCIÓ. The session was held as part of the Health and Rail intercluster project, whose aim is to identify health..
Dr Luis Llanes Pitarch is the new director of the Structural Integrity and Materials Reliability Centre (CIEFMA UPC). He takes over from Dr. Marc Anglada, who had been the Centre’s director ...
We have developed strong technological capabilities in advanced manufacturing for industry 4.0 that can be applied to real-time monitoring and Zero Defects Manufacturing (ZDM).
CARNET wins the Public-Private Partnership award for innovation
Of the various ways that R&D&i can be developed, open innovation has been and continues to be that which best explains the collaboration processes that are rewriting the history of scientific and technological advances, and how these have been transferred to the production sector.
Call for the Duran Farell Award for Technology Research 2018
Candidates can now be presented for the Duran Farell Award for Technology Research 2018 (11th Edition), which is organized by the UPC Board of Trustees with the sponsorship of Gas Natural Fenosa. The winner will be awarded 20,000 euros, and candidates can be presented up to 11 May 2018.
The Laboratory of Acoustics and Mechanical Engineering (LEAM UPC) carried out a study of the vibration impact of works to extend Line S2 of the Catalan Government Railways (FCG) that runs between Plaça Catalunya (Barcelona) and Sabadell. The extension of the metro of Vallès in Sabadell was opened in spring 2017, with 3.7 kilometres of tracks and three additional stations (la Creu Alta, Sabadell Nord and Ca n'Oriac - Parc del Nord).
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