The future hybrid meetings: Now you can “whisper” to your virtual colleague
20 August 2024
Researchers have developed a new technology that enables participants in hybrid meetings to communicate more effectively. This innovation makes it easier for online attendees to build strong connections with colleagues in a world where hybrid meetings have rapidly become the norm.
Error source or necessity? Researchers explore the human role in future production
2 July 2024
The interplay between humans and technology is a subject of intense debate. Is human involvement necessary if technology can handle the work on its own? A research collaboration between Copenhagen Business School and the University of Southern Denmark, funded by DIREC, highlights the importance of human involvement in automated systems.
Swarms of robots are being deployed on the fields – What does it take to expand the use of them?
21 November 2023
Danish farmers are ready to embrace new technologies to support the green transition and ensure smarter production. Multi-robot systems are a crucial part of the solution, but barriers need to be dismantled and teething problems eliminated for seamless interaction between farmers and robots.
For four decades, Susanne has been shaping the digital everyday life of Danes
4 October 2023
Susanne Bødker’s research in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) has had a profound influence for decades on how we interact with technology in our daily lives and work.
DIREC Interview: Professor Henrik Christensen on developments in robot technology
3 October 2023
We met the world-renowned robotics expert for a discussion on Danish tech research compared to American and Swedish research and on the next major advancements in robotics technology.
Exhibition gave a twisted glimpse into the future workplace
3 October 2023
The research project, REWORK, explores the future of hybrid work technologies and experiences. Three Copenhagen-based artists presented their interpretation of how technology in the near future could transform our work lives.
Researchers and artists are designing the future hybrid workplace
3 October 2023
The research project called ‘REWORK’ aims at developing the digital meeting room to make human interaction feel more authentic and personal, much like in a physical meeting.
Explainable AI will disrupt the grain industry and give farmers confidence
4 July 2023
The agricultural sector is the least digitized sector in the world, and a large part of food quality assurance is still handled manually. The aim of a research project is to strengthen understanding of and trust in AI and image analysis, which can improve quality assurance, food quality and optimize production.
Cyber systems collaboration could help bring “lab on a chip” into the real world
13 June 2023
Getting a complex piece of hardware to work with all the variables of the real world is difficult. But through a DIREC-project collaboration, Luca Pezzarossa got much closer to having a working prototype.
Data detects irregularities before things go wrong
25 May 2023
A defect at a processing plant in Brazil meant that production was at a standstill for three days. The incident has prompted SANOVO TECHNOLOGY GROUP to invest time and data in a DIREC research project, which involves machine learning and IoT with the aim of preventing similar breakdowns in the future.
