News
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The latest news on the initiatives and activities implemented and promoted by Sardegna Ricerche, its partners and the Technology Park tenants felt to be of interest to international users. For a more complete list of news items, please visit the Italian version of this website.
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Sardegna Ricerche regularly launches calls for innovation projects open to start-ups, businesses, research bodies and public authorities.
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Botteega is a startup based in Cagliari. The company is one of the beneficiaries of the SME instrument of Horizon 2020 under the topic “New business models for inclusive, innovative and reflective societies”, for which it applied in the round closed in September 2016.
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Applix Education is a company with legal headquarter in Cagliari. Its project was evaluated successfully and hence approved under Phase 1 of the SME instrument.
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Refa Med is a renowned technology provider for farming warm water marine species, which applied, and was selected and funded, for SME instrument in Horizon 2020.
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Two videos have been added to Sardegna Ricerche’s YouTube channel presenting the results of "Smart City - Class A Municipalities", the project by the Region of Sardinia to reduce CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, which ended in December 2015.
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Sedilo (OR) has achieved a national-level record: it is the first Italian municipality to have entered its data in the National Register of Geographical Data, the national catalogue of meta-data covering geographical data and associated services. It shares the credit for this achievement with Nordai, a Sardinian start-up which created GeoNue, an open-source web platform.
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Over the past few years, the success of photovoltaic plants has taken a slide: the rate of installation of new systems is declining and good practices are spreading at a sluggish pace. How come? To understand the reasons for this trend we have spoken to Paolo Zurru, an engineering manager with a strong background as a physics researcher, who is the brain behind the My Solar Family project.
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Carlino Casari, the head of HandyP@rking, presents the idea designed to save drivers time by enabling them to find a parking space via their smartphones.
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Laser scanning systems and 3d modelling software are nowadays applied in engineering to reduce errors and improve worker safety in construction sites. We have discussed this topic with Gexcel, a Technology Park tenant company, which has won an award from FARO Asia Pacific for the innovativeness of its products.
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3D printing has generated a new, fast-growing market. We have interviewed Davide Del Nista, co-founder with Antonio Onidi of online store '3D Maker', to learn about the first Sardinian e-commerce website dedicated to the world of makers and digital fabrication.