ASP Cycle

BR.I.NA: Contents and technologies for the next-generation wide-band access

2006, 2nd Cycle, ASP projects

Wide-band technology is a “fact” which allows the present access to advanced telephone services, internet and video-on-demand. Meanwhile, the most quoted observers foresee that the present wide-band is just the beginning of a further evolution which will provide customers with an even larger bands, both to improve the present services and to offer new ones.

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F.L.A.G. – Future of Lenses and Glasses

2006, 2nd Cycle, ASP projects

The sponsoring company Luxottica suggested two separate streams of research: developing new products or improving the current production process located in Lauriano (To). Thinking about such broad themes as emerging technologies, product features, changes in society at large and consumers’ behaviour was required. Research on the improvement of the current production process led students to

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WoMan: Window on the Man

2006, 2nd Cycle, ASP projects

Cutting edge technologies make it possible to open a Window on the Man by interfacing non-invasive devices directly into the human body to perceive signals related to people’s emotions. Affective computing is the key to the success of new devices, no longer technological slaves, but partners involved in everyday life. The aims of this project

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B²M: The broadcasting revolution: social impacts and opportunities

2007, 3rd Cycle, ASP projects

Almost everyone watches television, nowadays. And we all have a mobile phone in our pockets! Could you imagine, then, an unsuccessful future for TV over a mobile phone? Before launching of the service, just few years ago, not even the most visionary individuals would have imagined such large problems in penetrating the market. But the

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Home Textile for Tomorrow

2007, 3rd Cycle, ASP projects

Home Textile for Tomorrow is a project whose objective is the development of potential scenarios in terms of products, markets, features desired and technologies which are related to the home of tomorrow as well their validation through strategies and actions linked to textile industry needs; these products and technologies would be developed in cooperation with

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UP4tin: Engineering and architecture for supporting sustainable development in Ecuador: the case study of Guayaquil’s barrios

2007, 3rd Cycle, ASP projects

The project was focused on the general benefits that a full engineering and architectural approach may provide when dealing with sustainable development and within the framework of critical social realities. In these environments, such as the suburbs of a big town in one of the Least Developed Countries (LCD), many complexities need to be faced.

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SensoBot: Sensors and control for societal robots

2007, 3rd Cycle, ASP projects

In 2004, sales in non-industrial robots has surpassed sales in industrial robots, thus making evident the long-expected distribution of robots in the society. The successful market deployment of such devices often depends on the availability of low-cost, reliable, well-suited sensors and control devices, integrated with a market-effective robotic body. The aims of this project included

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SmartCopter: Sensor-vision-enabled autonomous robotic helicopter for civil applications in urban environments

2007, 3rd Cycle, ASP projects

Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles (UAVs) are being developed by the aeronautical community at a fast pace and for a wide range of applications due to advances in sensor technology and automation. Missions which are best suited for UAV platforms are typically “dull, dirty and dangerous”. Among such missions, there are a number of operational scenarios which

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DWARFe: Environmental nanotechnology: applications, fate and risks of engineered nanoparticles

2007, 3rd Cycle, ASP projects

This project combines two major topics. The first relates to the dramatic growth of the importance of nanotechnologies in science and engineering in the last few years; the second refers to the impact of human activities on the environment, which is becoming increasingly serious, and the stemming interventions which become necessary to reduce and control

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