With two weeks to go before the end of the year, the venture capital industry can begin to congratulate itself on the conclusion of a historic year, at least as far as SME financing is concerned. The year 2014 saw the regulation of SME venture capital funds, which has led to the creation of 8 SME venture capital funds.
Spri has opened the deadline for the Basque Industry 4.0 grants, to support Technology Transfer Projects from "technology suppliers" to industrial manufacturing companies, in the field of EICTs (Electronics, Information and Telecommunications Technologies) applied to Advanced Manufacturing, which have a demonstration effect and therefore allow accelerating the transfer to the market of the results of R&D projects in EICTs.
On 21 April, the deadline for applications for aid granted by Spri for the incorporation of Electronics, Information and Communications Technologies (EICTs) in industrial manufacturing SMEs opened.
Two calls for proposals focused on the industrial sector have been launched: aid for industrialisation and aid for the promotion of industrial competitiveness. These grants will be open until 1 June 2015.
Device monitoring, energy savings, wireless charging of devices, low-power wi-fi are some of the applications that the internet of things is enabling. We have carried out a study of which technologies are being invested in.
Accenture said in a report in 2011 that the healthcare sector would be the most affected by the development of the Internet of Things. Logic-fin's study confirms that this is becoming a reality: diagnosis of illnesses, support for doctors through the Internet of Things,...
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