The EU-funded project READ (Recognition and Enrichment of Archival Documents) is developing technologies that can decipher handwritten documents, making life easier for historians, archivists, genealogists and other researchers. The project’s Transkribus platform, where documents can be uploaded, transcribed and shared, has been up and running since 2015. Participants can also use their own transcriptions of historical documents to train the software to read further texts in the same handwriting.
Bringing the past back to life – Transkribus
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Augmented reality: the future of surgery
Marina Carbone and Nadia Cattari from the University of Pisa in Italy talk about Vostars, an augmented reality project that aims to revolutionise the future of surgery
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IT4Innovations: HPC at the heart of a Digital Innovation Hub
In the last few decades, computers have become more and more powerful. Now supercomputing (also known as High Performance Computing, HPC), which involves machines that are far more powerful than normal computers, is driving innovation in research, business and industry.
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Towards trustworthy AI - ethics & competitiveness go hand-in-hand
The first draft of the ethical guidelines for the development, deployment and use of AI were published on 18 December, an important step towards innovative and trustworthy AI ‘made in Europe’.
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Discovering new career pathways through Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) projects
Dr Laura Margheri, who was recently nominated by RoboHub as one of the “25 women in robotics you need to know about”, looks back on her cross-disciplinary career so far.
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The 5G Olympics
The current hype around 5G announcements makes me think of the Olympic Games. Firstly, this is because – just like the winter Olympics in Korea last year – Japan has chosen the Olympics in 2020 as a showcase for 5G. But also for other reasons. Everyone wants to win the gold medal in deploying and launching 5G, and we also have different 5G disciplines in which to compete.
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The internet of humans
The Next Generation Internet initiative is designed to create an internet of humans, that responds to our fundamental needs, including trust, security and inclusion.
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The Phoenix project: measuring the impossible
Imagine that you are a geologist, a water distribution engineer, a medical specialist, a chemical plant operator, or a safety inspector. The chances are that you – and many other professionals in a wide range of fields – have encountered situations where you wanted to get measurements from locations that nobody can access. You might think the solution is to use a remotely-operated sensor to take the measurements. But designing such a sensor requires knowledge of the inaccessible environment – which you might well be able to obtain only through a sensor. A Catch-22 situation!
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Meet the winners of the European Cyber Security Challenge
The 2018 European Cyber Security Challenge was won by Team Germany. Here they explain what the challenge entailed and why they are proud to be hackers.
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Should robots pay taxes?
"Should robots pay taxes?" This question may initially sound ridiculous - but it is at the core of a key debate about the future of the tax and benefit systems. The advent of artificial intelligence could mean that radical measures are needed to keep public finances sustainable.
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The Magneuron project: remote-controlling cells to cure neurodegenerative diseases
On average, people are living longer than ever before, and that's good news. However, ageing populations mean higher rates of certain illnesses, such as neurodegenerative disorders. A prominent example of is Parkinson’s disease, a medical condition that already affects 6.5 million people worldwide. This number is expected to more than double by 2030.
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The MOON project: quicker diagnosis of eye diseases
Coordinator of the MOON project Prof. Dr Rainer Leitgeb explains how it is developing ways to diagnose diseases more quickly by scanning patients' eyes.
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‘Women bring a different set of skills’ - the Women4Cyber initiative
In the Digital Digest podcast, Anett Mádi-Nátor discusses the role of women in cybersecurity and the Women4Cyber initiative.
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The CYBERLEGs Plus Plus project: robotics making life easier for amputees
Dr Nicola Vitiello explains how robotic artificial limbs and exoskeletons can help amputees stay mobile.
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Media literacy and media freedom, and the need for a European approach
Media Literacy Week put the spotlight on the importance of thinking critically about what we read and hear. The team behind the initiative explain further.
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Online disinformation: a major challenge for Europe
Today I gave this speech to the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education. I explained what the EU is doing in response to the threats posed by disinformation and fake news, especially in the context of the forthcoming European elections.
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Meeting the global blockchain challenge
Today I had the pleasure to address the inaugural meeting of the International Association of Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA) in Brussels. In my speech I highlighted the significant potential of blockchain across a wide range of sectors and in connection with many other technologies - and the challenges we still face in bringing this fledgling technology into the global mainstream.
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Using new technologies to preserve the past
We all know that digital technologies are breaking down silos in our daily lives, helping us make connections we might not have made otherwise. But I have recently been reminded that this is also true in sectors like cultural heritage, where centuries-old lines between disciplines are being blurred. Painting blends with animation, theatre merges with film, exhibition curation fuses with virtual reality curatorship.
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Women in Digital: more than numbers
This year’s Digital Day celebrated the contribution that women are already making in the digital sphere – and the potential for making further progress. At the event, 26 European countries signed a declaration on promoting the greater participation of women in digital. What is the thinking behind this?
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The future of farming: how digital can make a difference
Agriculture and rural areas may not be the first topics that come to mind when we think about how new technologies are reshaping our societies – but they are in fact on the point of a major digital transformation, which was high on the agenda at the 2019 Digital Day.
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