Translation and gender bias
Artificial intelligence has revolutionised machine translation, but it has also brought with it biases that reproduce existing inequalities.
Using samples from literature, science and journalism, this research focuses on detecting how gender bias manifests itself in texts translated by automatic systems compared to translations carried out by professionals and proposes practical solutions to improve equity in automatic translation processes.
Participants: Research Group TRALIMA/ITZULIK (Faculty of Arts - EHU) & Elhuyar Fundazioa
Sector: Language
Scoby Tissues
This research project optimises the growth of SCOBY biomaterial for application in large-scale artistic fabrics and formats. It is an exploration of biotechnology, art and sustainability.
The results obtained during the six months of the project were applied at a later stage in the production of an installation by artist Bianca Hlywa.
Participants: BC Materials,Tractora Koop. & Basque Bio Design Center
Sector: Visual arts and Fashion
Dance, age and wellbeing
This project is based on a two-pronged approach: researching the physical benefits of dance in older people with no previous experience, and developing a technological solution that translates those benefits into a functional prototype.
Developed as part of a course project, the work combines applied research, experience design and technology to benefit the well-being of older people. It is an example of how the classroom can become a laboratory for social innovation.
Participants: CAFYD (EUNEIZ) & DOOS Colectivo
Sector: Performing Arts
Future Rides
Undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students from different universities around the world took part in the international DC Living Lab bootcamp, where they worked hand in hand with the Automotive Intelligence Center in the Basque Country to imagine the interiors of vehicles in the future.
The challenge: to develop proposals that combine comfort, technology and the human-machine link.
The result: four designs that explore new ways of spending time in the car beyond driving.
Participants: AIC & International students
Sector: Design / Automotive
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