Elementary School Eugen Kvaternik visiting LARICS
On Friday, 1 October 2021, a group of eight upper-grade students from the Elementary School Eugen Kvaternik in Velika Gorica visited the LARICS lab accompanied by their informatics teacher Dalija Kager. The students had the opportunity to see LARICS’ labs, 3D printers in action, and various robotic equipment such as the Schunk robotic arm currently used for installing […]
WatchPlant Project, on Croatian National Television
On 23 September 2021, the TV show “Prometej” aired on Croatian National Television (HRT) showing several interesting reports of scientific news in Croatia, including a report about the WATCHPLANT project. LARICS members prof. Stjepan Bogdan, Dean Martinović, Ph.D., Marijana Peti, and Marko Križmančić presented the goals of the project, its importance for the general public, and the current progress of the research. They also talked […]
A new source of renewable energy from plants is about to be born
A European venture of scientists, technology developers and companies have just started to research on how electricity and relevant information of the environment can be obtained from sap in plants thanks to an experimental and radically innovative technology. The new device will be innocuous for the plant and will have a direct application for the development of environmental monitoring sensors in urban, agricultural and forest areas.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101017899
