El personal de los nuevos Fablabs de la Provincia de Badajoz, de visita por el centro FIWARE Space

octubre 17 / 2022 | Blog | Digitalización, FIWARE Space, innovación

El personal de los nuevos Fablabs de la Provincia de Badajoz, de visita por el centro FIWARE Space

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No existe tecnología sin acceso a la tecnología. No hablamos sólo de la necesidad de paliar la brecha digital, de la idea de que los avances tecnológicos deben llegar a todo el mundo por igual, sin dejar atrás a nadie; También la propia producción tecnológica debe estar en manos de toda persona con interés por ella. Al fin y al cabo, en un sector donde un nuevo producto, una nuevo estándar o incluso una nueva revolución pueden surgir de la idea más humilde, es de vital importancia que existan entornos que ayuden a cultivar ese proceso creativo.

Se entiende así la importancia que un fablab puede tener para el ecosistema tecnológico local. Estos espacios abiertos al público cuentan con todas las herramientas necesarias para diseñar, crear y experimentar: desde costosa maquinaria de fabricación como cortadoras láser, fresadoras para madera y metal e impresoras 3D, hasta los elementos más humildes, habituales e indispensables de cualquier taller, como herramientas básicas y materiales fungibles. Con estos elementos de partida a su disposición, cualquier persona puede comenzar a aprender y trabajar en una idea, independientemente de su nivel —desde estudiantes dando sus primeros pasos en el mundillo, hasta makers con años de experiencia.

Entendiendo este perfil de difusión y democratización de la tecnología del que hacen gala los fablabs, es lógico que la Diputación haya apostado por estos espacios dentro de su proyecto global de transformación digital de la provincia. Esta estrategia pasa por la creación de tres fablabs en distintos municipios de la provincia (de momento, Olivenza, Jerez de los Caballeros y Villanueva de la Serena), además de un espacio complementario en El Hospital, centro cultural en la capital de la provincia. Dotados con los elementos comentados más arriba, se espera que estos fablabs sirvan como una herramienta más de innovación dentro del ecosistema tecnológico de Badajoz, integrándose con el resto de proyectos de digitalización ya implementados en el territorio.

Con el objetivo de conocer algunos de estos otros proyectos, el equipo encargado de implementar los nuevos Fablabs, formado por Ivan García y Alejandro Oreja, se acercó el pasado martes hasta el centro FIWARE Space. El personal de este nodo de innovación tuvo así la oportunidad de poner al día a sus compañeros en lo concerniente a las distintas actividades, tanto técnicas como de divulgación tecnológica, que se llevan a cabo día a día por parte de Diputación de Badajoz.

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FIWARE SPACE

FIWARE Space is the innovation center of the Provincial Council of Badajoz to bring the new technologies of IoT and Big Data to citizens, SMEs and start-ups. It is constituted as an official Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) in Badajoz province to promote the digitization and transformation of companies through technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data and artificial intelligence with FIWARE as data connector from different sources.

This center is part of a global project called “Badajoz Es Más“, which aims to develop municipalities with a better quality of life through sustainable development. The objective is clear: to turn the province of Badajoz into an Intelligent Territory or a “Smart Province”. In order to achieve this goal, it is a must to involve the local companies, the public administration and the citizens.

FIWARE Space coordinates the activity related to the knowledge, use and possibilities offered by the Provincial Platform for Smart Management of Public Services, which allows the integration of information from different smart services in one place, to facilitate the analysis and management of services that are the responsibility of the Provincial Council of Badajoz. This platform uses the latest technologies promoted by the European Commission about how to integrate near real-time data and how to manage context information.

FIWARE Space is a non-profit innovation center that aims to make the technological knowledge and tools of the “Badajoz Es Más” project available to different entities, among which are:

 

– Public administrations
– Municipalities
– Small and medium enterprises
– The teaching and research staff of the university and other educational institutions
– The entrepreneurs
– The citizens

One of the main goals of this center is to support our small and medium enterprises through the digital transformation of the province. For this, the center offers to these entities de following services.

 

SERVICES

– A 2-month mentoring program to go deeper in the technology knowledge and the opportunities that are behind the intelligent province development, to know first-hand the technological work that is being carried out and how to take advantages of this digital transformation. In these 2 months, the company will adapt its solution or service to a FIWARE smart solution, thus being compatible with the platform used by the Badajoz Provincial council that connects all the data sources of the province, and with any other smart city platform that uses this technology.

– Specialized consulting and technical support for the integration of solutions in FIWARE. We help the creation and adaptation of data models, architecture knowledge and the possibilities of integrating into this European standard.

– Certification of solutions in the FIWARE Marketplace website of the FIWARE Foundation. We advise on how to apply with the solution developed to obtain the different certifications.

– Advice on acceleration programs. After the completion of the mentoring program, we try to find a suitable European acceleration program to take the project to the next level.

– Physical location for the development of integration in FIWARE. We have a physical space in which you can work to integrate the solution into FIWARE, with the tools and support of the technical office.

– Theoretical and practical training workshops. Every Friday of the year we conduct workshops to learn more about how a smart city works and what’s the technology behind.

– Visits to the innovation center. Interested people or entities can visit the center once a week to see first hand the digital transformation that is taking place in the province and meet the real solutions that are being installed.

 

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES FOR PYMES

 

FIWARE Space also carries out some unique activities throughout the year:

– Hackathons. Workday in which, by teams, a real technological problem is solved by multidisciplinary teams.

– IoT challenge. Companies are presented to solve a real problem of the province through technology. Once the applications have been submitted, an evaluating court chooses the winner, who will receive an economic endowment to carry out his idea and put it into operation in the province.

– Design Thinking Workshop. Workshop that aims to foster creativity through innovative new methodologies that will allow us to go deep in a specific challenge.

 

EVENTS

In addition to all this, FIWARE Space, in the hands of the Badajoz Provincial Council, participates in different local, national and international events in which it provides visibility to the local companies with the aim to contribute to the expansion of this companies in other regions.

Finally, it should be noted that FIWARE Space is considered as a 2-star FIWARE iHub, catalogued by the FIWARE Foundation, thanks to the work and the number of activities carried out to bring new technologies to citizens.