D-VERSE: The Space Park
Space has always captured human imagination ever since the most ancient civilizations, but it was only in the last century that science evolved to the
Haptichem: A Haptic-Enhanced Framework for Chemistry Teaching and Research
Currently, the approach in life science teaching makes a wide use of visual representations, especially when molecules are involved. Indeed, due to their size they
PARLOMA: A Communication System for Deafblind People
As Aristotle said, “Man is by nature a social animal”. One of the main characteristics of human beings is the will to be together and
SMART.MAP: Smart Sensitive City. New Mapping for XXI century citizens
Information technologies offer innovative ways to deal with urban space. EXPO 2015, as occasion to promote the local and regional area values, requires an original
Data4cities : Smart big data for smart cities
The Smart City is stuck in the middle between visionary concepts and implementation problems whose origin often lies in organizational and management problems. Since Information
MICRA: Micro Combined Generation for Residential Applications
Operating in the energy sector and interested in the new market possibilities offered by the Micro Combined Heat and Power (µCHP) generation, the group AsjaGen
ECOBikePrint: bicycling toward a sustainable design
Cycling Tourism is a new and great challenge for enhancing our territories thanks to its powerful ability to generate green jobs, economies, cultural actions involving
ESTIA: collaborative platform for emergencies in aree sparse
The ESTIA project is an innovative product-service solution for earthquake-related housing emergency in ‘aree sparse’, meaning all those areas far from the main urban centres,
MEP-WEAR: Data logging about cities
The proposed solution is a wearable device ecosystem, called IOM (Internet of Mobility), consisting of: a wearable device, which exploits a set of different sensors
MUSEUM CLUSTERS ICT: New digital and interactive spaces for new museum clusters
In the 21st century, changes in economy, politics, culture and social life caused changes in the role of museums. This project aims to respond to
MO.MO: MOving MOzambique – from freights to passengers
What does it mean to build a national railway that can switch from freights to passengers in a developing country? Which relations and connections have
The Age of Smart Factories: New ICT for the Automotive Supply Chain of the future
The ASP project “The Age of Smart Factories: New ICT for the Automotive Supply Chain of the Future” was commissioned to the group by Fiat
BUZZWORD: Sensing fashion brands through social networks
In the Digital Era, social media provide to the fashion industry a powerful tool to stimulate discussion and build brand awareness, along with improving consumer
OPEN BUILDING: Open Building for Future Healthcare Environments
In recent years, many studies have revealed the increasing rate of hospital obsolescence. This fact is a reflection of the fast pace at which contemporary
E-AdaSt: Environment-driven Adaptive Structure
Thermal, acoustic and lighting comforts are fundamental aspects in the design of sustainable or resource efficient buildings. The need for low-impact structures is compelling in
ISy WiRe U: Internal Synergies for Wiser Resources Use in University Campuses
Sustainability has become an international agenda; and due to its size, complexity, and influence in society, it is important to enhance sustainability in Higher Educational
IntegraGreen: Integration of additive manufacturing and machining processes in view of green and sustainable development
The Additive Manufacturing technology is one of the agents responsible for the 4th industrial revolution for at least three reasons. First, it offers the possibility
Smart Light: Development of a smart automotive taillight system
The Smart Light project consists in the development of a car taillight that is smarter than what is currently available on the market. The objective
G-Neo Colloids: Development of novel guanidinoglycoside based nanoparticles and nanogels for an efficient delivery of unmodified therapeutics
Main purpose of the project has been the synthesis of a new nanogel based on a PEG-PEI copolymer decorated with a modified guanidino-glycoside compound. This
FIAMME: Finishing processes for additive manufactured metal components
The FIAMME project consisted in developing a surface finishing process that could be effective on additively manufactured (AM) components with complex geometries. AM parts can
Active Pedal: Evaluation of Business Opportunities for Bosch Active Pedal
The Active Pedal is an innovative accelerator pedal developed by Robert Bosch GmbH which applies haptic stimuli (vibration, counterforce or knocking) under certain situations; the
Neworkplaces
Technology allows people employed in certain jobs to work everywhere, as long as they have a laptop, a phone and internet connection. However, this does
MINT: Memristive Neuromorphics for Smart Internet of Things
This project focus on the evaluation of the memristive technology applied to a specific pattern recognition problem. In particular, we selected as pattern recognition problem
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WaLi: Water for Life
Water resources are the core of any sustainable development, but they have been highly affected by unsustainable development and lack of appropriate government policies, and
MAP: Marginal Asset Project
Marginal Assets Project (MAP) has the aim to propose practices and recommendations for converting disused thermoelectric power plants maintaining their industrial heritage. In order to
FoodMade4U: Challenging 3D food printing
3D food printing integrates the technology and techniques of 3D printing and additive manufacturing, together with gastronomy. Alongside Dutch research institution TNO (The Netherlands Organization
S[m]ART: Yummy it, reduce food wastage
The ASP group developed their activity working in parallel with the S [m2] art research project, winner of the MIUR Smart Cities and Social Innovation
BRIDGE: Bridging the gap between Industry and Academia
Seeing the need to have more communication skill training done in the academic sector, gave birth to this project being recommended by IBM and further
MACLoC: Multi-Axis Climbing Load Cells for performance analysis in sport climbing
Climbing is a complex task, involving strength, balance and coordination. The performance of a climber is experience based and more insights in the mechanics of
BMSI: Bosch Mobility Scope Italyg system
Profound and dramatic changes in the customer needs and requirements are shaping the mobility industry and new business models based on innovative products and service
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MODULA: Web Configurator for Automatic dispensing system
Nowadays, the increased competition on the global markets pushes companies to face the trade-off between volume and variety. Customers simultaneously ask for huge quantities and
SMITh: Smart Metering with Internet of Things
The ongoing transformation of energy systems towards a decentralized production model requires a new centrality and active involvement of energy consumers (or prosumers) in electricity