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Humanoid robots and sensors to move objects with the mind just some of the latest developments at this year’s congress

Event will be held in Catalan capital from March 13 to 15

Event will be held in Catalan capital from March 13 to 15

“We are partners,” says president of GSMA, organization behind event, in motivational speech directed at Catalan capital

Since inception in 2013, organization promoting use of cryptocurrency boasts membership of over 2,400 people

Project designed to get teenagers to work in “multidisciplinary” way, according to college technology teacher

Estate agency believes more consumers will opt for use of cryptocurrency in everyday transactions

The technology prepares patients by showing them what to expect on day of intervention

The project will receive 240 million euros from European funds

Sales abroad of this kind of products increase by 2.7% boosted by transactions to EU countries

More than 13,700 technology firms in Catalonia now employ over 103,000 employees, with men still outnumbering women more than two-to-one

Catalan minister Neus Munté tests video conference call protected by ground-breaking encryption system that ensures maximum security

Barcelona area  holds one of the industry’s leading congresses with eSports at the center of the debate 

The independence process “won't be a problem” for investing in Catalonia, said Paul Cartuyvels, Director for European Affairs of the French multinational Bouygues, a company with more than 125,000 employees and delegations in 19 countries. Cartuyvels participated in a meeting on foreign investment with entrepreneurs and companies from Europe, the U.S. and Asia, organized by the Catalan government during the “European Business Summit”. Bouygues is interested in Catalonia’s Global 3D Priniting Hub and considers the country “a natural partner for high level innovation”. The Catalan Minister for Business and Knowledge, Jordi Baiget, who explained Catalonia’s business assets during the meeting, said that the political debate is not negatively affecting foreign investment: in fact, in the last 5 years Catalonia has seen a 36% increase in foreign investment.

Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital, in Badalona, has operated a larynx cancer using Da Vinci robot. This pioneering technology, which was never been used in the Spanish State before, allows to extract the whole larynx through the mouth, without incisions. According to the hospital, this robotic surgery “is less aggressive for the patient and it guarantees a higher security and a quicker recovery”. Morever, the levels of blood waste and the recovery period are significantly reduced, as well as the possibilities of suffering from complications derivated from the operation. This intervention is part of a specific program of head and throat’s robotic surgery promoted by Germans Trias i Pujol.