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Robotic assistance has the potential to play a key role in the fight against COVID-19

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The coronavirus pandemic has presented enormous challenges to healthcare providers, businesses, governments, and to the general public.

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Smart solution: how business clusters drive innovation

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Business Planet heads to Iasi in Romania to see how one tech company got its pharmacy app off the ground thanks to being part of a cluster.

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Climate app for kids forces adults to sit up and listen

A fun, eco-friendly app is engaging children with the climate crisis through interactive artwork.

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Japan's human-centred smart cities enhancing well-being

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Japan is rapidly understanding the opportunities that smart cities can provide to help an aging population and to enhance general well-being. We take a look at two Japanese smart towns and their different solution-oriented smart projects.

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Sustainable cities for a sustainable Japan

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Euronews' Sci-Tech takes a look at two Japanese cities using digital tools and big data to become more sustainable and to respect the environment. The goal is to offer their residents better long-term living conditions.

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How Japan uses technology to make us feel closer during the pandemic

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Japan has been a world leader in electronics for decades. And this is proving valuable to help the country tackle the communication issues the Covid-19 pandemic has created, and solve the problem of isolation.

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Dubai trials shared mobility and greener transport solutions

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Dubai is growing as a metropolitan hub and the infrastructure and public transport network has had to expand. The future shared mobility is being trialled in the city, as well as green solutions for residents.

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Humans and robots battle it out for control of the future

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From bioengineering and gene editing to cybersecurity, 5G, and much more, the future is very much under the spotlight at the 40th annual Gulf Information Technology Exhibition in Dubai.

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“Solutions already exist”: Explorer Bertrand Piccard has big ambitions

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Isabelle Kumar chats to Bertrand Piccard, the inventor, adventurer and eco-warrior about how he's helping to make the planet a greener place.

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Innovative use of robots and autonomous systems in construction

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European researchers are using robots to help with the construction of buildings. In this episode of Futuris, Euronews goes to see one of the prototypes in action.

Eco-Innovation

James Dyson sustainability award winner turns rotten veg into energy

27-year-old Carvey Ehren Maigue is pioneering a new form of renewable energy which can help farmers.

Smart Regions

How technology is revolutionising surgery in Varna

In partnership with the European Commission

A university hospital in Bulgaria is using robots to help doctors carry out surgery. For this episode of Smart Regions, Euronews goes there to find out more.

Smart Regions

The Portuguese city that's a living technology laboratory

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The picturesque city of Aveiro is already special; but less immediately obvious than its beautiful cityscape is the fact that it's also a living technology laboratory. Smart Regions discovers the unique networks that makes the Portuguese beauty spot truly exceptional.

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Blurring the boundaries: will virtual reality take over?

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There’s a lot more to virtual reality than video games and films; whether streamlining design processes or bringing lessons to life, VR is already enhancing how we live and work. Sci-Tech investigates.

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Nestore, the new personal coach to keep you fit in mind, body and soul

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The new Nestore system aims to monitor multiple aspects of the user’s lifestyle as well as medical data, and then make personalised suggestions based on the collected information.

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"It's a myth that older people can't change or improve" says wellness researcher

The new Nestore personalised coaching app aims to give you hints and tips on how to stay well as you get older.

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Could the 'CommonPass' app help save the travel industry?

The app, tested by travelers aboard the United Airlines flight from London Heathrow airport to New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International airport, could make it easier for international airline passengers to securely show they've complied with COVID-19 testing requirements.

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E-learning: boosted by the pandemic, where is it headed next?

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The sudden explosion in distance learning because of COVID-19 has been positive in some areas and challenging in others - but how will it be incorporated in education going forward? Focus takes a look at the background to e-learning and - and how it's working now for students, educators and adults.

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The BARBARA Project - transforming food by-products into raw materials

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Can food waste by-products be re-used to produce car parts and other industrial items, purposes unimaginable just a few years ago? The EU-supported BARBARA Project has made some big steps forward in that direction. Futuris visits Spain to find out more.

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The 4 best apps to help you beat food waste

Did you know? A third of all grown and produced food is thrown out every single year.