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Opinion: New EC boss calls for ‘unleashing of Europe’s entrepreneurial talent’

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By Martin Kern, director of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology

The new president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has called for the unleashing of Europe’s entrepreneurial talent in a speech to highlight the EC’s Green Deal at this year’s Davos. 

Von der Leyen said: “We will need to invest in innovation and research, redesign our economy and update our industrial policy.

“Those who act first and fastest will also be the ones who grasp the opportunities from the ecological transition.” [Read more…] about Opinion: New EC boss calls for ‘unleashing of Europe’s entrepreneurial talent’

EIT to award €500 million to innovators across Europe in 2020

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The European Institute of Innovation & Technology – an EU organisation – will invest €500 million in its “Knowledge and Innovation Communities” across Europe.

EIT’s governing board says the investment will drive European innovation in the areas of climate (EIT Climate-KIC), digitisation (EIT Digital), food (EIT Food), health (EIT Health), sustainable energy (EIT InnoEnergy), advanced and sustainable materials (EIT RawMaterials), manufacturing (EIT Manufacturing) and urban mobility (EIT Urban Mobility).

The EIT’s eight Knowledge and Innovation Communities competed for €500 million and were evaluated against their strategies and business plans for 2020, as well as their performance to date. [Read more…] about EIT to award €500 million to innovators across Europe in 2020

EIT Digital launches ‘Robot IoT Interface’ solution

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The Isoyobot collaborative robot
The Isoyobot collaborative robot

EIT Digital has launched what it calls a “Robot IoT Interface”, a new technology project being developed with the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and Poitiers-based startup Agileo Automation.

The goal of the technology is to enable different kind of robots and machines to connect to different cloud platforms.

Agileo’s managing director, Marc Engel, says: “Robots and machines may produce data in a standard or non- standard format according to their internal controller.

“The devised solution is a generic gateway that can receive the produced data, translate it into an OPC-UA model and then make it available in an IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) platform located in the cloud.”  [Read more…] about EIT Digital launches ‘Robot IoT Interface’ solution