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IMPACT Hackathon (23 September 2014)
On the 23rd of September, 60 people gathered in Madrid for the first hackathon held by IMPACT, and dedicated to mobile apps using FIWARE technologies. It was a sold out event that aroused much interest among the Spanish tech community. After 5...
Open Data. Untapping the hidden value
During the past years the public administrations from all over the world have been involved in the deployment of public data pools, sharing data owned by the public administration over an open-shared scheme. The main intention of these...
eHealth: apps and services for a better healthcare
Men and women having undergone an operation can avoid some surveillance visits to the hospital by carrying an electronic device with them; doctors can remotely diagnose patients from little villages with no medical centre or can direct a...
Selected teams to compete in the FIWARE Excellence Challenge
Finally! We have the list of selected teams for the FIWARE Excellence Challenge! FIWARE Excellence will award internet applications that truly make the most out of FIWARE technology and is open to any kind...
FIWARE Business & Tech Hackathon awards 5.000€ to mobile projects
Next Tuesday, September 23rd, the FIWARE Accelerator IMPACT is organizing a Business & Tech Hackathon focused on mobile projects developed with FIWARE. Applicants must develop a web or a native app in 5 hours! Participants will have...
Review of the European Conference for the Future Internet (ECFI)
At last, after so much work, the FIWARE Accelerator Programme is now being presented at the European Conference for the Future Internet (ECFI) in Munich! Some 400 people are attending this meeting point where developers, entrepreneurs and...
3D Printing: new contents, new formats
Did you know that films such as The Hobbit, Iron Man, Jurassic Park, Avatar, Terminator or even The Muppets used a technique to create their characters and settings that is now revolutionizing design in a broader context? We are talking about 3D...
IoT Business (R)Evolution
Let there be Internet, and there were great business opportunities. Since the mid-90s, the Internet reached everybody’s lives in nearly every aspect. Communication became instantaneous; transactions, encrypted; and businesses, online. When...
FoodLoop: responsible consumption, sustainable society!
A couple of weeks ago, we already spoke about the unique opportunity that the Internet of the Future meant for the area of food and agriculture. Let’s see now how these digital dreams can come true and become one of the success...