Technology news FILE
December 14, 2012
Sailing with no need for fuel
Acciona has designed the first racing yacht using 100% clean energy and producing no emissions.
December 13, 2012
Mier Comunicaciones adds an innovative function to Galileo satellites
This Spanish company specialized in satellites is providing equipment that adds a new functionality to the European navigation system: search and rescue of people in danger.
December 12, 2012
A Spanish company manages the Pope’s Twitter account
Spanish company 101 was put in charge of creating and managing the Twitter account of Pope Benedict XVI, as well as being responsible for his digital image and that of the Vatican on the internet.
December 11, 2012
A pioneering nanoimaging technique to research nanowires
Technology centers CIC nanoGUNE and IK4-CIDETEC have developed an imaging process on a nanometric scale, in order to investigate the relationship between structure, conductivity and composition for nanowires.Details were published in Nature Communications
December 10, 2012
Three Spanish companies were among the finalists at LeWeb Paris 2012
Green Momit, Lyncos Technologies and theBESTDJ.is were finalists at this technology event held in Paris. Green Momit has a revolutionary solution to improve energy efficiency, while Lyncos offers a cloud computing platform.
December 07, 2012
ACS will build Ottawa’s light rail line (Canada)
Spanish construction company ACS has been awarded the contract to design, build, finance and maintain Ottawa’s light rail line, valued at 1,600 million Euros.
December 05, 2012
A Spanish company is promoting trips into space with a balloon for the first time
Zero 2 Infinity has developed a specific technology that will, for the first time, allow making trips into space with a balloon in 2014.
December 04, 2012
Spain puts forth a revolutionary data storage device
Researchers from the Nanoelectronics Lab at Spain’s University of Granada are working on what could become a new standard for digital storage: A-RAM memory.
December 03, 2012
Spain to send satellite into orbit
In February, 2013 Hispasat will launch Amazonas 3, a powerful communications satellite with Spanish technology that will cover Latin America and Europe. It will bring internet service to places that, until now, have not been connected.
November 30, 2012
Technology to warn people when there’s a risk of flooding
Aqualogy has several systems that can predict where natural disasters will take place.