The latest smart phones, tablet computers and a universal charger are among some of the technological innovations on show at the Mobile World Congress, taking place from February 14-17 in Barcelona. Having bounced back strong from the recession, the industry faces the new challenge of how to avert the collapse of mobile phone networks

STAFF | FEBRUARY 15TH, 2011

A team of researchers from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) has designed an intelligent walker, called the i-Walker, with the ability to communicate with the user, think for itself and react to the environment.

STAFF | SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2010

The Catalan Institute of Oncology has incorporated the most modern linear accelerator in the world for radiation treatment into its center in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, located near Barcelona. The device is the second of its kind that has been installed in Europe (the other is in Zurich), and third in the world after the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York acquired one last spring.

STAFF | SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2010