María del Mar Domínguez I Málaga, (EFE).- An intelligent nest that allows obtaining information about birds in real time, the use of green hydrogen in vehicles or the use of a drone that helps locate victims in catastrophes are some examples of the role that technology can play in achieving a more sustainable and secure future.
The Transfer forum on technology and innovation, inaugurated this Wednesday in Malaga, includes as a novelty in its twelfth edition a space on disruptive advances and exhibits more than forty innovative prototypes that offer solutions in areas such as the circular economy, health or logistics.
Many of the proposals have environmental significance, such as the intelligent nest presented by the Higher Center for Scientific Research (CSIC) aimed at stopping the decline of biodiversity and avoiding human presence in habitats.
Currently, the first prototypes are being placed in the Doñana National Park, in addition to twenty that already exist in an abandoned silo in La Palma del Condado (Huelva).
No contaminants in the process
It is a “self-sufficient” nest, with solar panels and sensors, to which cameras can be incorporated, and which makes possible the radiofrequency identification of species such as the lesser kestrel, explained Víctor Galvín, a technician from the Seville Institute of Microelectronics.
This system can also be adapted to bats, and allows you to know when a specimen has appeared and receive an alert on your mobile phone, so that it is “much less intrusive” than having to capture the animals to carry out measurements.
The National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA) shows a model of an unmanned terrestrial vehicle whose energy storage system has been modified to include another that combines batteries and hydrogen, and also exposes an electrolyzer, which is used to produce hydrogen from water.
The hydrogen produced in the electrolyser is stored in the vehicle and with the fuel cell it is transformed again into electricity and gives it propulsion, researcher José Julio Caparrós told journalists.
“There is no contaminant in any part of the process” and an increase in autonomy is achieved, stressed Caparrós, who has indicated that hydrogen is one of the alternatives to “advance towards a more sustainable future”.
Devices to increase security
Technology can also increase people’s safety. Examples of this are a device developed by the University of Malaga (UMA) that focuses on pedestrian crossings that do not have traffic lights to avoid accidents, a drone prototype that can help locate victims in emergency situations or a system for improve driving.
A six-armed hexacopter drone makes it possible to set up a 5G base station anywhere without infrastructure, whether in a catastrophe in which there is no mobile coverage, such as a fire in the middle of the field, or at a show or sporting event, Fernando Ruiz, a UMA professor, told EFE.
This prototype, however, has not yet been used because it requires air navigation permits, Ruiz explained. In addition, it is shown in Transfer a quadcopter that allows piloting and vision anywhere there is 4G.
Another initiative, called Synride, proposes to improve the driving of a user by learning in parallel. “What we do is record our journey and we can download it as if it were a sports application and see how safe we are and try to improve driving,” said Javier Pérez, professor of Mechanical Engineering at the UMA.
Transfer, a stimulus to innovation
The project, which is still in the seed phase, expands options to value the driving of workers and improve their efficiency, or to combine the work of the driving assistant in driving schools.
You can also see a robotic arm with rotating fingers, which allows “dragging objects without having to grab them multiple times.” The main novelty is the grip, and initially it is designed for soft objects, with applications in the food or medical industry, although its promoters hope to obtain more financing for its use in the metallurgical industry.
The Transfiere forum, organized by the Malaga City Council, the Andalusian Knowledge Agency -dependent on the University Council of the Board- and the Ministry of Science and Innovation, welcomes more than 500 companies, entities and institutions until next Friday, with the participation of more than 400 experts.
Emblem of the technological Malaga, this meeting contributes to promoting the structuring of the sector at a national level, with nine regions represented: the Community of Madrid, Asturias, the Basque Country, Castilla y León, Navarra, Extremadura, the Canary Islands, Catalonia and Andalusia and also learn from what is done in other countries, like Sweden and Finland this year.
The increase in investment in R&D, a greater commitment to the internationalization of companies, the reduction of obstacles to transfer ideas to the market and joint work to take advantage of synergies, are some of the recipes to strengthen the sector.
Malaga’s candidacy to organize the 2027 International Exposition, with the motto ‘The urban age: towards a sustainable city’, has also been planned on the first day of the event, with different mentions of support for this initiative. EFE
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