How Industry 4.0 is changing relationships between man and machine

5,000 years ago, ancient Egyptians cultivated the chicory plants which are not only beautiful but health boosting. And even today, the plant’s healing qualities are still revealing themselves.

Increasing agricultural production, living in more environmentally friendly buildings and on a more human scale are the goals of various technology projects in Serbia and Slovenia.

A gentle push on the knees, a subtle lift on the chest - that's the recipe to relieve low back pain applied by EU researchers developing a new exoskeleton. We put it to the test in a real-life factory.

In our latest episode of Futuris, we see if apps and video games help in the treatment and early diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease? In Northern Greece, one patients´ association has teamed up with researchers to find out.

The technology to stop lightning killing people and causing damage has not advanced much in three centuries. Scientists are working to change that.

Researchers in Spain and Italy are developing a range of new materials from construction waste that would once have ended up in landfill.

On this week's episode of Futuris, Euronews visits a hazelnut orchard in Italy to see how the new generation of robots can help farmers and agronomists make agriculture cheaper and more environmentally friendly.

Researchers for the European 'Saltgae' project are demonstrating how algae can cut the costs of treating polluted water- and do it in a sustainable way.

Quantum technologies promise a profound change in our digital lives. By harnessing the power of quantum physics, they can create absolutely un-hackable microchips and totally secure communication networks and they are being developed here in Europe

Translate images into sounds and you have a valuable navigation tool for blind people: increasing their mobility, safety and autonomy.

In this episode of Futuris, we meet the African and European scientists working together to find ways to disinfect water for domestic use in remote, isolated places in Africa, using sustainable and affordable technology.

Mining has traditionally been a dangerous activity with a heavy environmental cost. But European projects are helping to make it safer and cleaner, by taking existing technologies and applying them to the context of mining.

In our latest episode of Futuris, we found out if hydrogen can meet the energy demands on remote, isolated territories. European researchers are working to find out on constrained lands, such as the Orkney Islands in the UK.

The cruise industry is booming, with more than 25 million passengers expected to be carried worldwide in 2019. But with the increase in numbers comes an increase in risk. Now technology is coming to the rescue.

A European research project in Kista in Sweden is working on a new instrument. The X-Mine European project hopes to reduce costs and time by using scanners and 3D technology.

The galvanizing business involves hot and arduous work, turning corroding steel into protected metal using baths of hydrochloric acid and molten zinc. It's also a business which EU researchers believe they can make cleaner and greener. Their tech is now facing, quite literally, the acid test.

With an increase in danger from natural disasters over the last decade - and indications that this will only get worse - a team of developers have created an app that gathers huge amounts of data in emergency situations.