Ideathon 2021

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What is an ideathon? An open and participatory online event where Red Cross volunteers and workers throughout Spain collaborate to respond to challenges and needs identified in the work of the Red Cross with the most vulnerable groups in our society. This process is carried out following innovative methodologies and focusing on the application of technology for […]

STAMINA project

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TECSOS participates together with the Spanish Red Cross and 36 other European entities in the STAMINA project. WHAT IS THE OBJETIVE? The objective of the project is the demonstration of an evidence-based intelligent decision system for the prediction and management of pandemic crises inside and outside the European borders. STAMINA aspires to equip […]

Ideathon 2020

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What is an ideathon? An open and participatory online event where volunteers from all over Spain collaborate to respond to challenges and needs that have been identified in these months of response to the COVID-19 crisis, working with the most vulnerable groups in our society. This process is carried out […]

Mapathons Online

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WHAT IS THE OBJETIVE? If you are a Red Cross volunteer, we propose an activity that you can do from home, with which you can help map areas prone to natural disasters, armed conflicts or epidemics, and contribute to directly improve the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world. planet. Just by being in […]

5G: Affective Avatar

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WHAT IS THE OBJETIVE? Problems in adherence to medication in the elderly are one of the great concerns of the health sector in general. The Red Cross and the TECSOS Foundation, being aware of this problem, began an innovation process together with the Altran Foundation to address it. This process resulted in the Avatar […]

5G: Rescue of people with drones

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This project aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of people rescue operations through the application of new technologies. It intends to implement a more efficient and adjusted solution than the current one thanks to the use of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), better known as drones, and the extensive benefits […]

Missing Maps

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Missing Maps is a humanitarian project dedicated to creating detailed maps of parts of the world that are vulnerable to natural disasters, armed conflict, and disease epidemics. Some of the most vulnerable sites in the world are in under-resourced urban or rural areas and are generally not well […]

Project RV.Ommm

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"RV.Ommm: Relaxation through virtual reality" aims to facilitate a state of mental well-being through the use of virtual reality glasses for people with disabilities. The project is carried out with APAM (http://www.apamja.org/es/), Association of Parents of Disabled Students, and ASPAYM (https://www.aspaymmadrid.org/), Association of Paraplegics and People with Great Disability […]

GHOST project

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TECSOS participated until 2020 in the European GHOST project together with the Spanish Red Cross and 8 other entities to guarantee the security of advanced Telecare services in digital homes. The Social Technologies Foundation has participated in the GHOST project for 3 years together with European entities from different fields such as research, […]

Smart Assist

Participants in the smart assist event

Offering effective solutions through technology that facilitate the day-to-day life of people with disabilities, the elderly who require care or people with special needs and their caregivers is the objective of Smart Assist. This collaborative research and development (R&D) project is led by Televes and in it […]