CiTIUS presents its scientific results at its technology demonstration day Inside the Lab

CiTIUS, a centre affiliated with the University of Santiago and part of the CIGUS network, an initiative promoted by the Xunta de Galicia that brings together centres within the system that have demonstrated scientific excellence, held an event on July 4th to present its scientific results to companies and public administrations during its open day titled Inside the Lab: cutting-edge technology to meet the needs of the socioeconomic fabric.

This event was aimed at companies, public institutions, and organizations in general interested in establishing synergies through R&D projects, technology licensing, or strategic partnerships.

It was a unique day designed to facilitate the transfer of knowledge from the university, adding value to the productive sector, during which a total of 11 technological demonstrators developed at the center and 2 spin-offs were showcased.

The projects presented span different fields, including demonstrators such as SAIA, a medical image analysis tool for animals that allows for automatic management and analysis of MRI data in rats, and a system that boosts biomedical research by enabling access to advanced techniques for research teams without programming knowledge; or BreastAnalyser, a tool that enables the automatic analysis of immunohistochemical images for breast cancer diagnosis.

Several of these projects are in the field of environmental technology, such as LiDAR, an artificial intelligence-based solution to improve forest management, or a system for the automatic identification of marine algae species through underwater image analysis, particularly relevant for the pharmaceutical and food industries.

In the field of computer vision, two highly innovative demonstrators were presented: one focused on visual object detection using FPGA, which identifies people in real time through programmable devices, and another on event detection using high-performance CMOS sensors, which captures scene changes at the pixel level.

Among the spin-offs showcased, energHius stood out. Recently created from the centre’s research activity, this new technology-based company uses Nanostart® technology to harvest small amounts of ambient energy, enabling a new generation of ultra-small, battery-free devices for the Internet of Things (IoT).

This project, which highlights innovation in sustainable technology, shared the stage with CiTIUS’s most established spin-off, Situm, which participated through GAIA by Situm—a demonstrator developed under the IA360 project, offering an intelligent platform that provides real-time geospatial information tailored to the specific needs of both workers and managers.