At Punta de Gáldar, a lab where Canary prototypes turn into products
Inside a building at the Circular Economy Experimental Area of Punta de Gáldar, things that until recently existed only on paper have been getting tested since mid-July. This is where, on 14 July, the Canary Islands Technological Institute opened its new R&D&I Space, an environment built not for theoretical research but for the trickiest step […]
Eight farms, one algorithm: how Gáldar is trying to cut its banana plants’ thirst in half
In an archipelago with no permanent rivers, where every drop used in agriculture is already a contested resource, the municipality of Gáldar has decided to bet on artificial intelligence to solve a problem as old as banana farming itself: how to irrigate enough without wasting water. The project is called AGALDAT, short for Sustainable Digital […]
Almost 4,000 new students and the rector front and centre: La Laguna officially opens the academic year today
This morning at eleven, the Paraninfo of the University of La Laguna filled with academic gowns, officials and families for the formal opening ceremony of the 2026/27 academic year. It was presided over by the President of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, alongside rector Francisco J. García Rodríguez, in front of around two hundred people […]