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MARINE environmental in situ Assessment and monitoring tool BOX (MARIABOX)
Date du début: 1 févr. 2014, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2018,
"MariaBox will develop a wireless marine environment analysis device for monitoring chemical and biological pollutants while installed into a buoy, a maritime means of transport or a mooring. The device, based on novel biosensors, will be of high-sensitivity, portable and capable of repeating measurements over a long time, allowing permanent deployment at sea. The word “MARIA” is the plural of the ...
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AUTONOMOUS CLOUD-COMPUTING VINEYARD ROBOT TO OPTIMISE YIELD MANAGEMENT AND WINE QUALITY (VINBOT)
Date du début: 1 févr. 2014, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2017,
VinBot responds to a need to boost the quality of European wines by implementing precision viticulture (PV) tools in the face of serious market threats worldwide and structural shortcomings within the EU wine sector. Wine producer associations have no control over yield management throughout their members’ vineyards, which leads to reduced quality wine at the association level. At the vineyard lev ...
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Revalorization of wet olive pomace through polyphenol extraction and steam gasification (PHENOLIVE)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2013, Date de fin: 30 juin 2016,
The residue generated by the olive oil process is known as wet olive pomace (WOP), which have high water content (up to 65%), and may contain between 2-8 g. polyphenols/Kg pomace, so more than 80% of the total polyphenol content in olives is lost in the waste material. This olive pomace is normally used for further extraction of pomace oil. For that application, it is dried prior to using organic ...
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DEMONSTRATION OF ULTRA-LOW POWER WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK FOR METERING APPLICATIONS (DEMOSYNCSEN)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2014, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2015,
"The SYNCSEN Demonstration action (DEMOSYNCSEN) is a direct follow-on of the very successful SYNCSEN FP7-SME-2007-1 ‘Research for SME’s’ project (Grant Agreement number: 222322) that came to a successful conclusion in January 2011. The RTD tasks of the SYNCSEN project resulted in an Automatic Metering Reading (AMR) system that included smart meters (Hardware and Software) and a collection system ( ...
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ELECTRONIC NOSE TO DETECT HALOANISOLES IN CORK STOPPERS (ENCORK)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2014, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2015,
"Inasmuch as it is expected that cork stoppers will continue to be the preferred choice of wine bottlers, it is necessary to address a major drawback associated with the use of cork. Cork taint refers to a common fault in wine, associated with the presence of haloanisole compounds (particularly, 2,4,6-trichloroanisole or TCA) in large enough concentrations above 2ppt (2ng/l) to degrade the sensori ...
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A novel Wireless, wearable Shoe-based system for real time monitoring of Energy Expenditure and Gait parameters for Sport and Medical Applications (Wi-Shoe)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2014, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2015,
Gait parameters monitoring and energetic expenditure (EE) calculation is of high importance for patients recovering from diseases that affect movement (e.g. stroke). The same applies to professional athletes either in the phase of recovery from a lower limb injury or performing a sport requiring precise body posture and movement control. Currently, gait parameters’ monitoring is made either using ...
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Innovative Digital Preservation using Social Search in Agent Environments (DURAFILE)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2013, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2015,
Digital preservation (DP) represents the management of digital information over time to guarantee their accessibility and preserved quality. It includes processes and activities that ensure access to information and all types of records, scientific and cultural heritage that is stored in digital formats. Digital preservation offers assurance that digital information can be accessed continuously at ...
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ONLINE ANALYSIS TOOL FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS (OPTIMIZR)
Date du début: 1 sept. 2013, Date de fin: 31 août 2015,
For the first time in history, spending on Internet advertising surpassed newspaper spending, a trend that will increase in the future. The large bulk of this spending was invested in non-traditional social media marketing programmes, involving multiple channels such as Twitter, social networks, blogs and more. Alongside the growth of social networks the birth of a new methodology of analysis: Soc ...
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3D-IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR HELPING PHYSICIANS IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF SCOLIOSIS (SCOLIO-SEE)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2012, Date de fin: 31 juil. 2015,
Scoliosis is a three-dimensional (3D) deformity of the human spinal column and ribcage, caused by lateral curvature deviating from the midline and provoking acute pain, stomach and respiratory problems. This internal deformity is reflected in the external shape of the back; treatment aims at improving the health and the aesthetics of the patients.From the health point of view, the golden standard ...
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PORTABLE KIT FOR DETECTING TRAPPED AND BURIED PEOPLE IN RUINS AND AVALANCHES (RESCUECELL)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2013, Date de fin: 28 févr. 2015,
Although avalanches, earthquakes and collapsed buildings are claiming an increasing death toll due to urbanisation, climate change and tourism, Search and Rescue (SAR) operations are limited and expensive. Even research efforts for Search and Rescue services are relatively unimportant due to the specific and therefore limited market for existing products. The main limitations of existing SAR metho ...
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INEXPENSIVE AND RELIABLE ON-SITE SOLUTION FOR OLIVE PRODUCERS TO CONTAIN VERTICILLIUM WILT (VERTIGEEN)
Date du début: 1 févr. 2012, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2015,
VERTIGEEN addresses a need identified by olive sector SME-Associations for the rapid and reliable on-site detection and quantification of the Verticillium dahliae fungus in soil and plant samples. The increasing frequency and severity of this pathogen in most EU olive growing areas has made it the most serious problem of commercial olive plantations.For an estimated commercial price of €1,000/devi ...
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Enabling next generation commercial service-oriented, automatic irrigation management systems for high efficient use of water, fertilizers and energy in drip irrigated tree crops (EFFIDRIP)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2012, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2014,
Decisions on irrigation in farm management are not made for purely agricultural reasons any more. In recent years the cost of irrigating has shown a rising tendency lead by the increase in the price of energy and synthetic fertilizers. In addition, the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) urges a new model phasing out water subsidies for agriculture and implementing the principle of full cost recove ...
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A LOW COST SORTING SOLUTION FOR THE FRUIT SECTOR BASED ON THE EVALUATION OF INTERNAL FRUIT QUALITY (FRUITGRADING)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2012, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2014,
This project aims to improve the competitiveness of SMEs within the European Fruit Sector by providing them with a new fruit sorting technology to produce and market high quality “premium grade” product. SME-AGs have identified the “premium” branding approach, as a response to the competitive pressure from producers in developing nations and from large retailers. This goal is aligned with the majo ...
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PLATFORM OF GAMES FOR PEOPLE WITH CEREBRAL PALSY TO ENHANCE LIVING ADJUSTMENT (GAME-ABLING)
Date du début: 1 déc. 2012, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2014,
Cerebral Palsy (CP) is one of the most frequently conditions in childhood, with an incidence of 2 per 1,000 live births. In the EU there is 1.3 out of 15 million persons with CP in the world. This neurological disorder affects body movement, balance and posture and almost always is accompanied by other cognitive or sensory impairments like mental retardation, deafness and vision problems. The seve ...
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Reduction of microalgae harvesting costs via the development of an ultrasound flow cell to provide pre-concentration (ALGAEMAX)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2012, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2014,
The worldwide production of microalgae is currently around 5,000 tons per year of dry algal biomass, and is used for livestock feed, fish meal, and high value extracts for dietary supplements, functional foods, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Microalgae contain around 30% by weight of lipids/oil, and are regarded as a highly promising feedstock for biofuels, primarily biodiesel.Microalgae are comme ...
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A Multi-Pathogen Pre-Screening Tool for Safer Pork Products (PASSPORK)
Date du début: 1 sept. 2012, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2014,
Within the European meat sector the pork industry is crucial in terms of consumption and commercial importance; pork is the most produced and consumed meat in Europe (51%), as well as the most exported. However, pork is also responsible for a high number of verified outbreaks per year, with Salmonella, Yersinia, Listeria and Campylobacter representing practically all verified pork-associated infec ...
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HELPING EU PROCESSORS BECOME COMPETITIVE USING AUTOMATED AND NON-CONTACT PIGMEAT PIECE QUALITY CLASSIFICATION (Q-MEAT)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2012, Date de fin: 30 juin 2014,
The €160.6 billion EU-27 meat processing sector employs over 1 million workers and is dominated by SMEs (94%) with small productions and traditional processes. SMEs in this vital sector are facing global competition from multinationals which are more productive and have superior marketing capacity. Moreover, the current crisis is reducing demand for premium meat and traditional quality products th ...
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DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW-COST INTERACTIVE GRAPHICAL TACTILE DISPLAY CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING TEXTUAL AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION AS ADVANCED USER INTERFACE FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED (TACMON)
Date du début: 1 nov. 2008, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2011,
The aim of the TACMON proposal is to increase SME competitive advantage in the special needs sector by offering an innovative and cost-effective technology to help the visually impaired to have access to graphical and text-oriented information. The TACMON technology is innovative in that it applies electrostatic MEMS actuator technologies with a micro hydraulic amplitude transmission to realize a ...
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