Esther Fuldauer, Author at thesmartcityjournal.com

The Hydropower Renaissance in Europe

The EU drive towards green energy is seeking to harness a traditionally clean power source – with some tweaks Dr Jeremy Bricker, a hydraulics and coastal engineer, is dreaming big. Somewhere on the North Sea coast, he imagines construction of a dam to manage the supply of clean energy to Europe’s “lowlands”. Dam good Bricker…

Bioclusters in Europe: Challenging Obstacles and Shaping the Future

Montserrat Daban Marín offers an insightful and illuminating perspective on the crucial role of bioclusters in health innovation and biotechnology At the European Cluster Conference, organized by the European Cluster Collaboration Platform and held this May in Brussels, we had the privilege of speaking with Montserrat Daban Marín. As President of the Council of European…

“Clusters Reflect the Spirit of European Collaboration”

Antonio Novo, President of the European Clusters Alliance, highlights the role of clusters in uniting industrial efforts to achieve common goals such as sustainability and innovation, demonstrating a quick and efficient response to emerging challenges. During the European Cluster Conference organized by the European Cluster Collaboration Platform, we had the privilege to speak with Antonio…

Clusters: Catalysts for European Sustainability and Economic Competitiveness – An Interview with Prof. Pierre-Alexandre Balland

Professor Pierre-Alexandre Balland states, "We need to increasingly connect smaller regions to larger hubs." In the dynamic arena of the European Cluster Conference in Brussels, I had the privilege of engaging with Prof. Pierre-Alexandre Balland, a prominent French economist and leading authority on complex systems, urban futures, and emerging technologies. As an expert in Complex…

Accelerate Green & Digital Transition Together at Huawei Connect 2023

At Huawei Connect 2023, industry insights converged, spotlighting the harmony between tech innovation and ecological sustainability Europe is at a crossroads, navigating the dual paths toward sustainability and digital innovation. Insights gathered from Huawei Connect 2023 offer a clear perspective. Discussions on consumer benefits from innovation, the surge in solar power, and the transformative potential…

The green shoots of urban agriculture

City farming and food sharing are blossoming in Europe with the help of local traditions and EU research Picture the following scene in the Netherlands: kids roll dice and move grandmother around a board to collect the ingredients she needs for a meal. This is a board game proving popular with young children in a…

Is AI in the eye of the beholder?

Study shows users can be primed to believe certain things about an AI chatbot’s motives, which influences their interactions with the chatbot Someone’s prior beliefs about an artificial intelligence agent, like a chatbot, have a significant effect on their interactions with that agent and their perception of its trustworthiness, empathy, and effectiveness, according to a…

EU president: Europe is the ‘global pioneer’ of citizen’s digital rights

Claims that the EC had delivered over 90% of the Political Guidelines the President had presented in 2019, addressing many issues, a number of them with relevance to research and innovation President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen gave her State of the Union (SOTEU) speech, her last SOTEU before the next European…

Animal heredity sheds light on survival and extinction risks

As biodiversity declines and causes reductions in the genetic variation of animals, historic genomes offer clues for conservation As recently as the early 1800s, thousands of Seychelles paradise flycatcher birds lived on at least five islands off the southeast coast of Africa. By the 1960s, just 28 of the winged creatures were left and all…

Fresh-water scarcity prompts hunt for more from the air and sea

As supplies of fresh water shrink around the world, efforts are under way to extract more of it from the air and sea. European research projects and companies are at the forefront of this technological challenge. Carlos Garcia foresees a world in which many millions of homes will get water out of thin air –…