La Comisión Europea nombra a expertos independientes para llevar a cabo distintas tareas como la evaluación de propuestas que se presentan a las convocatorias de H2020, seguimiento de proyectos, evaluación de programas, y diseño de políticas.
Recientemente se han publicado los listados de expertos de todas las áreas, que puede consultar aquí.
La posibilidad de inscribirse en la base de datos de la Comisión estará abierta durante todo Horizonte 2020 mediante este enlace.
Few topics on the automotive agenda dominate industry thinking like automated driving. The complex, highly automated or fully automated control of vehicles not only presents a technological challenge for traditional OEMs – the huge amounts of software required and the enormous quantities of data that need to be processed mean that growing numbers of non-industry players like IT companies are also involved and are putting OEMs under pressure. Whether or not automotive nations will be able to claim the top spot is dependent on two key indicators: firstly the industry, in other words the state of development of the vehicles produced by national automakers and the R&D support provided by universities or research institutes. The second factor is the market, i.e.
3D printing company Carbon3D has closed a $100 million Series C investment round led by Google Ventures. The company intends to use this capital to further develop its technology with the goal of making 3D printing a core part of the manufacturing process.
Founded in 2013, Carbon3D’s aim is to help commercial firms move beyond basic prototyping and extend 3D printing into the actual manufacturing space. Targeted industries include aerospace, automotive, consumer electronics, athletic apparel, medical/dental, and industrial groups. The hope is that this will usher in a renaissance in how products are produced, thereby helping to reduce costs.
Finnish fitness startup Yoogaia has pulled in a $3 million seed to stretch its home exercise platform into more markets. Investors in the round are Nokia Growth Partners, Inventure, Sanoma Ventures and Point Nine Capital.
Although Yoogaia announced a $630,000 ‘seed’ round last October, it now terms that more of a ‘pre-seed/angel’ round — and says it’s hoping for a more sizable Series A “soon”.
Hardware was the clear-cut theme of Day 1, but Demo Day 2 of Y Combinator’s Summer 2015 was a bit more… eclectic. Moving services! Streaming services! Hotel booking, augmented reality, esports! There was a little something for everybody today.
Want to see every startup that pitched today? Here’s the full roundup.
A new method for taking carbon dioxide directly from the air and converting it to oxygen and nanoscale fibers made of carbon could lead to an inexpensive way to make a valuable building material—and may even serve as a weapon against climate change.
Computers from laptops to supercomputers could get a major speed boost next year, thanks to a new kind of hard drive developed by Intel. Intel Optane drives, as they will be called, are based on a new way to store digital data that can operate as much as 1,000 times as fast as the flash memory technology inside hard drives, memory sticks, and mobile devices today.
The Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies report is the longest-running annual Hype Cycle, providing a cross-industry perspective on the technologies and trends that business strategists, chief innovation officers, R&D leaders, entrepreneurs, global market developers and emerging-technology teams should consider in developing emerging-technology portfolios.
Intel raised the curtain on a number of new products — and dished out plenty of gimmicks, too (like these robot spiders) — during day one of its 2015 Developer Forum. Here’s a rundown of everything that went down so far at the annual developer event.
Hardware took the spotlight at today’s Y Combinator Demo Day, reflecting a major shift of the accelerator beyond the cliche mobile app startup. Out of the 50 companies from the Summer 2015 batch that demoed on the record today, 20 featured hardware. What was formally the Demo Day lunchroom has become an expo hall for all manners of robots and gadgets.
Tomorrow, another 50 or so startups will present. Soon, we’ll have our selections made for our favorites. But for now, here’s a look at all 50 that strutted the stage today:
