Mobile World Congress is ’starting point for normality’ for Barcelona’s tourism sector
Hotels, taxis, and restaurants believe this year’s MWC edition will be smaller than previous years
Tech & Science
Tech & science developments and news
Government wants Catalans to read out loud to improve voice assistant project
Reading short sentences will help enrich the database of Project AINA, which counts around 95 million short phrases
Catalonia, third in Europe for most R+D centers receiving EU Green Deal funds
Companies and centers in the region received up to €27.4 million to develop sustainable projects
MWC organizers expect up to 60,000 visitors and economic impact of €240m
Less than half of 2019 attendees anticipated but 95% of speeches to be done in person
New dinosaur species discovered in Catalan Pyrenees
70.5 million-year-old Abditosaurus kuehnei is most complete titanosaur fossil in Europe
Nanosatellite data to help winegrowers in rural Catalonia
Government will launch second nanosatellite in autumn focused on climate change
Lenovo cancels its in-person participation at Mobile World Congress 2022
International event to be held in Barcelona from February 28 to March 3 despite Covid-19 situation
Rainwater collection deposits: massive hidden facilities that prevent Barcelona flooding
A control center monitors every single detail in Barcelona when it drizzles and pours, from 74,000 drains to 1,600km of sewers
2021 sees rise in organ transplants after pandemic related drop
1,063 procedures took place in 2021, the fourth most ever seen in a year in Catalonia
NASA: Ebre River Delta 'shape and form no longer controlled by the river, but by sea waves'
Satellite images document erosion caused by lack of sediment flow and climate change
Catalonia launches first metaverse in Catalan to promote language and culture
"Very high possibility" new cryptocurrency will be developed for immersive world
Barcelona airport will test facial recognition for check-ins and boarding
Vueling and facility manager Aena to trial the technology in flights to and from Málaga and expect to expand it to other routes
Remote work could reduce CO2 emissions by a quarter according to a government-Microsoft report
Vice president Jordi Puigneró presents findings at COP26 in Glasgow
59 research groups band together to launch technology transfer association Tecnio
All Catalan universities, I-Cerca foundation, and CSIC in ACCIÓ-backed initiative
Barcelona Supercomputing Center to build Southern Europe's first quantum computer
Computer will be one of first to use European technology and will have a two-qubit microchip by 2022
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