Facebook Messenger chatbots: Mobile-only bank's new app talks discounts and dealsUsing the Facebook Messenger platform, imaginBank's new chatbot can conduct conversations about offers and promotions via text and voice.March 9, 2017 by Anna Solana in Innovation
Ultimate backseat driver? Telefónica-Ericsson's 5G lets you drive car that's 40 miles awayIn what they're calling the world's first 5G remote-driving concept, Telefónica and Ericsson have showcased the tech's reliability, high data transmission capacity, and low latency.March 6, 2017 by Anna Solana in Networking
Windows 10, Azure, drones: This system aims to ensure aircraft landings stay safeUsing Surface 2-in-1s, Microsoft's Azure cloud, and sensor-carrying drones, Madrid-based startup Canard is aiming to help airports maintain trouble-free landings.February 1, 2017 by Anna Solana in Innovation
Back to self-driving school: The simulator teaching vehicle AIs road senseEven autonomous cars have to learn to drive, so the Computer Vision Center in Barcelona has been busy developing its simulation system for training self-driving vehicles.January 9, 2017 by Anna Solana in Innovation
Can open source and open systems really open the door to healthier democracies?Recent debate in Spain focusing on using the cloud to increase citizen participation in political processes has found the technology itself is only part of the issue.December 12, 2016 by Anna Solana in Government
Meet Alice, the Microsoft Cortana-based AI chatbot who aims to make you look stylishCatalan company and Microsoft partner Bismart has used Cortana and Azure technology to create a digital assistant aimed at improving the clothes-buying process.November 16, 2016 by Anna Solana in E-Commerce
This nanotechnology microsensor is so sensitive it can detect beat of insect wingsCatalan researchers are targeting the healthcare sector with a tiny new sensor that's so precise it can detect the flutter of a butterfly.November 3, 2016 by Anna Solana in Internet of Things
Restb.ai: Why custom computer vision as a service makes senseA Barcelona-based tech startup has developed an intelligent image-recognition product that it says can provide highly specific information about the content of pictures.November 1, 2016 by Anna Solana in AI & Robotics
How an Apple iPad combined with 3D printing can help mend broken bonesTwo Catalan entrepreneurs have come up with a 3D printed splint that they say can speed the healing process for 80 percent of the most common injuries.October 11, 2016 by Anna Solana in 3D Printing
Earth to Mars: This startup is trying to make IoT power packs that work in outer spaceFinnish startup Tespack is hoping that its solar-powered backpacks can graduate from their role in the remotest areas of Earth to the first manned Mars mission.September 21, 2016 by Anna Solana in Innovation
Know your enemy: This analytics startup aims to track rivals' every online moveWith its algorithm for collecting data on business rivals' online activities, competitive-intelligence startup Kompyte is preparing for a new round of financing.August 11, 2016 by Anna Solana in Big Data
3G in the jungle: The cheap femtocells at work in the heart of the Peruvian AmazonFor sparse, isolated communities in the Amazon rainforest, the idea of getting 3G seems unlikely, but researchers have just proved it is possible, with low-cost tech.August 3, 2016 by Anna Solana in Mobility
Here's Barcelona's cunning plan to be new heart for digital health, biotechGiven its tech skills, concentration of universities and hospitals, and surge in funding, Barcelona has factors in common with Boston's biotech cluster.July 18, 2016 by Anna Solana in Startups
Carto's Builder: New beta helps non-coders create mapping appsFor businesses without the skills to write their own geospatial apps, newly-renamed Carto has taken the wraps off its new web-based Builder tool.July 8, 2016 by Anna Solana in Big Data
Robocare: Part pet, part nurse, all robot - the future of care for sick children?Low-cost, cloud-connected robots are building a role as therapeutic data-gathering aids that can help care for children in hospital.July 6, 2016 by Anna Solana in Robotics