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Mycelium – fine root-like threads produced by fungi – are amazing structures that we could one day use to ‘grow’ buildings, explains Phil Ayres, an architect, researcher and associate professor at the Royal Danish Academy’s School of Architecture.
Soil is a precious resource, but between 60-70% of EU soils are unhealthy. By giving research & innovation a new focus, the EU is on a mission to establish 100 living labs and lighthouses to lead the transition towards healthy soils by 2030.
Dimos Dimarogonas, Professor of automatic control at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, is exploring ways to communicate with robots. This will help groups of robots to work together effectively without getting in each other’s way.
Cities consume over 65% of the world’s energy and account for more than 70% of global CO2 emissions. The EU is on a mission to make 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030 and inspire all other cities to follow suit by 2050.
EU-funded research and innovation projects are empowering people with a new generation of digital technologies that are set to make a real difference on our everyday lives.