innovation
Innovation showcases some of Europe's most brilliant new products, explained by the bright sparks behind them.
euronews is celebrating the spirit of innovation in Europe with a new series of fast-paced three minute reports.
Innovation showcases some of the most exciting products developed by European researchers, scientists and entrepreneurs. The reports cover everything from a new form of energy-saving light to heart valves grown in the laboratory, from underwater sails to a remote-controlled robot firefighter.
Innovation is made in cooperation with the European Commission's DG Research and Innovation.
The programme coincides with the launch of the EU’s Innovation Union Flagship Initiative
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A machine which can read your mind
“We have developed so called brain-computer interfaces which allow the user to control different devices and programmes without hands…
20/12/12 11:20 CET -
Bags of water
A waterbag is a flexible container system for freshwater transport. Engineer Samuele Ambrosetti explained: “You can see here a water…
06/12/12 11:43 CET -
Safe to fly
A fresh way of analysing security information is being developed with the help of Heathrow Airport. Known as TASS – it brings together…
22/11/12 14:12 CET -
A tyre revolution
A new generation of car tyres is being made with a list of intriguing ingredients. Peter Snel, group head of R&D at Dutch tyre…
07/11/12 11:26 CET -
Plug-in savings
Cutting energy consumption in data centres is a key priority in the IT world. The towering ranks of servers are the backbone of our digital…
25/10/12 11:55 CET -
X-ray expertise
A Danish company has developed a series of machines that can quite literally see the unseen. Joergen Rheinlaender, the Director at…
11/10/12 13:34 CET -
Digitising the past
Although millions of books are scanned and put online every year, making old documents and texts available on the web is a difficult and…
11/09/12 13:16 CET -
Cool baking technology
Jörg Schulz is a baker in Germany who has found a cool money-saving new way of baking his bread. “The NanoBak Technology, which we…
30/08/12 14:34 CET
