Coordinating European Future Internet Research

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IHSIT-CD

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 15, 2014   |   Comments Off

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SUMMARY

This project seeks to produce a decision making system for automatic diagnostics solutions of skin and lung cancers on the base of IT- analysis of data images received from patient using the multi-spectral optical system. IT based solution system will reduce the possibility of human error due to a lack of specialised personnel. A standardized database of clinical examples will be constructed, developed and implemented on the back of Belorussian and Lithuanian partners’ infrastructure.

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SOLUTIONS

  • Contributing to the enhancement of health & social sphere development and cross-cultural communication
  • Enhancing professional networking and visibility
  • Empowering oncology professionals

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LINK:http://mif.vu.lt/en2/research/projects/improvement-of-the-health-service-by-means-of-it-technology-in-dermal-and-lungs-cancer-diagnostics-ihsit-cd/#2

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MobiGuide

Posted by www.cefims.eu on June 10, 2014   |   Comments Off

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SUMMARY

In this project, MobiGuide seeks to develop a patient guidance system that integrates hospital and monitoring data into a Personal Health Record (PHR) accessible by both patients and care providers and also provides personalised, secure clinical guidance outside clinical environments. MobiGuide will be tested and validated on the basis of pre-selected clinical domains with monitoring designed to demonstrate the generality of the design and to assess functionality, feasibility, and impact.

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SOLUTIONS

  • Addressing EU research and development priorities such as: increasing patient safety, providing ubiquitous secure access to health care, enhancing patient empowerment, developing a common platform for healthcare services, and increasing the competitiveness of Europe in the healthcare market
  • Achievin ubiquity by having a Decision Support System (DSS) at the back end, and on the front end by utilizing Body Area Network (BAN) technology and developing a coordinated light-weight DSS that can operate independently.
  • Leveraging the momentum generated by Europe’s increased interest in national PHRs and patient empowerment to momentum to create a solution that goes beyond local proprietary and stand-alone EMR, DSS, and BAN

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LINK: https://tiss.tuwien.ac.at/research/project.xhtml?projectId=9824

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MONARCA

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 9, 2013   |   Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The MONARCA aims to develop and validate solutions for multi-parametric, long term monitoring of behavioural and physiological information relevant to bipolar disorder. It will combine those solutions with an appropriate platform and a set of services into an innovative system for management, treatment, and self-treatment of the disease.

The MONARCA system will be designed to comply with all relevant security, privacy and medical regulations, will pay close attention to interoperability with existing medical information systems, will be integrated into relevant medical workflows, and will be evaluated in a statistically significant manner in clinical trials.

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SOLUTIONS

  • Developing an eHealth monitoring system for bipolar sufferers consisting of 5 components: a sensor enabled mobile phone, a wrist worn activity monitor, a novel “sock integrated” physiological (GSR, pulse) sensor, a stationary EEG system for periodic measurements, and a home gateway
  • Combining GPS location traces, physical motion information, and recognition of complex activities (nutrition habits, household activity, amount and quality of sleep) into a continuously updated behavioural profile
  • Assessing the patient’s emotional state and mood through physiological information from the “GSR sock”, the periodic EEG measurements, voice analysis from mobile phone conversations, and motion analysis
  • Integrating patient data with medical records and established psychiatric quantitative assessment of patients condition (expressed in Psychiatric Rating Scales like BRAM or HAMD) so as to predict depressive and manic episodes
  • Closing the loop between the system and the patient with an interface for self assessment (on the basis of the above information), provision of warnings and risk profiles and a coaching concept for self treatment will be implemented

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LINK: http://www.monarca-project.eu/

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Ambient Assisted Living joint Programme

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 9, 2013   |   Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme (AAL JP) is a funding activity running from 2008 to 2013, with the aim of enhancing the quality of life of older people and strengthening the industrial base in Europe through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

AAL JP operates in the field of services and actions to enable the active ageing among the populationThe demographic change in Europe, mainly caused by a process of constant and increasing ageing, implies challenges for the states’ finances, as it weights on the pensions’ schemes and on the health system, but it also translates into some interesting opportunities for the future.

The programme is financed by the European Commission and the 22 Countries that constitute the Partner States of this Joint Programme:Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom

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SOLUTIONS

  • Co-financing Research & Development & Innovation projects aiming to deliver concrete solutions for independent living or ‘ageing well’ of elderly people using ICT.
  • Reinforcing the European market for Ambient Assisted Living products and services
  • Combining social, technological and business aspects to deliver:
    • New models of service delivery and care that contribute to greater self reliance for older adults and greater support for informal carers
    • Adapted living spaces that can improve the quality of their everyday lives
    • New ways for older people to remain active, including contributing as volunteers or providing mutual support
    • New ways of mobilising active and trusted networks, both formal and informal, professional and in kind, to provide all types of support

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LINK: http://www.aal-europe.eu

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SmartSphincter

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 9, 2013   |   Comments Off

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SUMMARY

One of the largest markets, still under-developed by medical device companies, is the treatment of urinary and fecal incontinence . Furthermore, demographic changes in western countries will lead to a significant increase in the number of incontinence sufferers.

The aim of this project is to develop a prototype artificial anal sphincter so as to improve the treatment of patients with severe FI. The device should replace the destroyed natural muscle function using low-voltage electrically activated polymers (EAPs) controlled by implemented pressure sensors and the patient.

The project consortium is a competent, multidisciplinary team, distributed across Switzerland, active in fields ranging from medicine via microelectronics towards biomaterials science with recent experience in the development of sophisticated urinary sphincters.

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SOLUTIONS

  • Designing a unique, artificial, fecal, EAP-based sphincter system which is driven by an integrated microprocessor, powered by an energy harvesting device and an implantable battery, rechargeable by trans-cutaneous energy transfer (TCT). The device can control the fluid flow either intentionally through the patient and / or automatically with pressure gauges.
  • Facilitating remote control which will allow a medical practitioner to perform patient-specific adjustments
  • Optimising the sphincter’s functionality and ergonomity through applying statistical shape models to its surface architecture and chemistry to prevent infections and facilitate implantation procedures
  • Shortening hospitalisation through simplifying treatment and facilitating individual post-op adjustments

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LINK: http://www.nano-tera.ch/projects/341.php#

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COPD

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 8, 2013   |   Comments Off

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SUMMARY

Seven hundred thousand Swedish citizens suffer from Chronic Respiratory Insufficiency, a lung disease which causes severe suffering for the patient and costs Swedish society: 9 Billion SEK annually.

This project seeks to develop a telemedicine solution ease the suffering of Chronic Respiratory Insufficiency patients and improve the quality and cost-efficiency of their healthcare. The project team will design an oxygen treatment for patients at home. Specifically, the team will produce ICT based measurements of vital health metrics, remote control of the necessary equipment and video communication between the patient and the health professional. A consortium of research and medical partners will have input on the project work at every step from conception to execution.

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SOLUTIONS

  • Designing a secure communication solution from home to hospital
  • Integrating the telemedical technology into the hospital system together with modified clinical processes
  • Producing an efficient and patient-appropriate method of measuring vital health parameters
  • Maintaining a focus on the quality of life of the patient
  • Testing solutions in conjunction with a large consortium of research and health experts

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LINK: https://www.acreo.se/projects/copd-home-treatment-of-patients-with-chronic-respiratory-insufficiency

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ASSET

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 8, 2013   |   Comments Off

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SUMMARY

Emerging Internet of Things (IoT) technologies are key in the development of eHealth programmes. IoT technologies however, are vulnerable to breaches of privacy, virtual and physical attacks, and their energy-use, communications, and computation capabilities are constrained by complex security schemes. Most current security schemes render IoT infrastructure inflexible, and vulnerable to damages resulting from powerful threats.

The ASSET (Adaptive Security for Smart Internet of Things in eHealth) project aims to build risk-based adaptive security methods and mechanisms that increase which will adapt to the dynamic, changing conditions of IoT. The results enhance future e-Health solutions in Norwegian hospitals and health services

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SOLUTIONS

  • Duilding risk-based, dynamically adaptive security methods and mechanisms for the Internet of Things
  • Producing a case study which will lead to the design of adaptive strategies for the dynamic interplay between security and data transmissions in mobile patient monitoring systems
  • Designing systems adaptable to changing threat, usability, diversity and homogeneity conditions of the IoT, taking into account varios Quality of Service metrics
  • Verifying the necessary security and trust levels for emerging IoT e-Health applications

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LINK: http://www.forskningsradet.no/servlet/Satellite?c=Prosjekt&cid=1253972901191&pagename=verdikt/Hovedsidemal&p=1226993814962

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Smart System to Support Safer Independent Living and Social Interaction for Elderly at Home

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 8, 2013   |   Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The main objective of this project is to expand and solidify social networks for senior citizen’s healthcare services through the use of Internet of Things technology. Specifically, the project aims to integrate home-based Smart devices with off-site professional service providers across the public and private sectors.

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SOLUTIONS

  • Delivering an Internet of Things platform which integrates home-based Smart devices with professional service providers in an eHealth network
  • Integrating a variety of ageing-in-place services such as:
    • Social interaction via video-calling and the provision of forums and other social channels to prevent loneliness
    • Monitoring services enabling identification and prevention of health threats
    • Safety services to reduce anxiety and fear
    • Overall disease management and support tfor healthy lifestyles
    • Prolonging independent living and extending active working life
  • Involving multi-disciplinary stakeholders at different operational and financial levels to focus on integrating the platform into the eHealth value chain; methods for reliability, security and privacy assurance on an integrated platform; proof-of-concept integrated realistic test services across value chain; developing focused user interfaces suitable for the target end-user

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LINK: http://www.forskningsradet.no/servlet/Satellite?c=Prosjekt&cid=1253967857801&pagename=verdikt/Hovedsidemal&p=1226993814962

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National e-Health program

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 7, 2013   |   Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The Lithuanian eHealth project aims to improve the delivery of healthcare to Lithuanian citizens through adopting leading-edge ICT solutions. The project will promote eHealth development thereby ensuring effectiveness, quality and accessibility of healthcare services for patients through the use of comprehensive, reliable, secure and timely patient-oriented health information exchange and modern information technology.

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SOLUTIONS

  • Creating and maintaining the national electronic health record, based on safe and reliable information exchange and storage.
  • Continuing the formation of the national eHealth system (NESS) covering technical resources, data transmission infrastructure and data interchange standards, and safety.
  • Creating and developing direct and indirect patient-oriented services (information exchange, consultation, registration, patient empowerment, etc.).
  • Developing and maintaining the Information communication technology in national healthcare providers
  • Securing reliable and safe data exchange.
  • Developing medical imaging management and telemedicine solutions.
  • Implementing modern solutions for information analysis and management, reporting and accounting.
  • Disseminating eHealth potentials within different levels and promoting further education of eHealth users.

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LINK: http://www.ehealthforregions.net/network/national_systems_strategies/lithuania.php

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The Antenna & High Frequency Research Centre

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 7, 2013   |   Comments Off

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The Antenna & High Frequency Research Centre specialises in the analysis, design and measurement of antennas and associated devices for wireless communications and medical applications.

Current research themes include Multiband & Wideband Antennas for Portable Communications, Base-Stations Antennas, Hyperthermia Antennas and Antennas for Sensor Networks. Equipped with a comprehensive range of analysis methods, manufacturing equipment and a measurement laboratory, the team aims to rapidly expedite ideas to qualified prototypes.

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SOLUTIONS

  • Designing miniaturised UWB telemetry antennas for body-centric communications
  • Developing compact and high-performance circularly polarized antennas for the integration of wireless positioning, communications and asset tracking systems
  • Investigating design principles of antennas for multiband reconfigurable wireless systems

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LINK: http://ahfr.dit.ie/

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Ubicom

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 6, 2013   |   Comments Off

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SUMMARY

Embedded computing operates imperceptibly in people’s and companies’ everyday working environments. Objects and machines communicate wirelessly between themselves and adjust their operations independently in real time.
The embedded computing sector is facing a steep development curve. Even now, 98% of the world’s microprocessors are in embedded systems. Digital homes are becoming more common and new embedded electronic systems are being increasingly employed in transport equipment, public infrastructure and factories. The increasing pervasiveness of embedded computing improves efficiency and safety and at the same time creates enhanced services for consumers.

The Ubicom – Embedded ICT project strengthens research into ubiquitous computing, increases the resources available for the industry’s commercial competitive offerings, enhances the international cooperation environment and spurs on cooperation between different branches of industry by creating new industry networks and industry standards.

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SOLUTIONS

  • Increasing the pool of resources available to the Finnish embedded computing industry through the provision of funding
  • Fostering an international collaborative environment through concluding cooperation agreements and issuing joint calls
  • Establishing an industry ecosystem and network, thereby creating synergies between individual value chains through agreeing joint action plans, holding seminars and workshops and facilitating forums
  • Some of the targeted areas for funding:
    • Bioinformatics
    • Cleantech
    • Healthtech

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LINK: http://www.tekes.fi/ubicom/

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BioMedIT

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The goal of the BioMedIT project is to explore emerging data management and data analysis methods and tools and their role in the research, development and innovation value chain from their basic scientific research capacity to their potential applications.

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SOLUTIONS

  • Applying “big data”, data mining, machine learning, and pattern detection to the domains of Biotechnology, medicine and neuroscience research
  • Evaluating the role of data management and analysis from research conception to end-user

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LINK: https://www.etis.ee/portaal/projektiAndmed.aspx?DropDownListAreaOfStudy=4&IsDetailSearch=True&DropDownListFinanceProgramCode=0&DropDownListProjectStatus=1&CheckBoxExactSearch=False&VID=8ffd3807-4ba0-4b23-adab-a076c335c603&DropDownListSpeciality=6&lang=en&FromUrl0=projektiInfo.aspx

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eMedic

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 6, 2013   |   Comments Off

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This project aims to develop new practices for teleconsultation between patients and medical professionals. The team will develop a model in which IT plays a central role in providing secure and innovative work methods, cooperation and know-how sharing. The growing trend of teleconsultation sets a demand for virtual and secure data sharing in providing and also consuming clinical e-Health services.

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SOLUTIONS

  • Meeting the demand for virtual and secure data sharing in the provision of clinical e-Health services.
  • Developing a framework for IT mediated communication between patient and medical professional

 

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LINK: https://www.etis.ee/portaal/projektiAndmed.aspx?DropDownListAreaOfStudy=4&IsDetailSearch=True&DropDownListFinanceProgramCode=0&DropDownListProjectStatus=1&CheckBoxExactSearch=False&VID=5b559c4d-42d9-4994-a4b3-b9d6529fd6d6&DropDownListSpeciality=7&lang=en&FromUrl0=projektiInfo.aspx

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CITH

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The overall goal of the CITH project to contribute to a safe and secure life of chronic heart failure patients with Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator’s (ICDs) through improved IT-supported communication and collaboration between all involved parties. CITH will advance the conceptual and practical understanding of how to model, develop and implement socio-technical IT solutions for communication and collaboration within heterogeneous and distributed healthcare networks.

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SOLUTIONS

  • Applying an explorative, experimental and interventionist approach within an overall participatory design research strategy involving health professionals, patients and relatives
  • Examining the feasibility of the existing ICD telemonitoring system
  • Developing IT applications and services, through iterative prototyping and testing in real life situations, to support communication and collaboration across organizational and professional boundaries and between patients’ homes and the hospitals.

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LINK: http://www.cith.dk/

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Fallrisk

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SUMMARY

The FallRisk project aims to utilise leading edge ICT technology to reduce the risk seniors face of falling in their homes and to respond promptly to any such fall incidents. The project will design and develop non-stigmatizing, holistic services in view of the automated follow up of fall risk and the multi-sensor and contextual detection of fall incidents.

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SOLUTIONS

  • Automating compliance checks in view of fall prevention advice given (e.g. use of walking aids, 
physical exercises)
  • Linking ADL (Activities Daily Life) patterns – measured through smart technologies at home – and 
changes thereof, indicating potential increased risk of falling (e.g. more toilet visits at night)
  • Creating early notifications with contextual information to support pro-active follow-up
  • Reducing the occurrence of False Positives and False Negatives through a multi-sensor approach
  • Creating easy-to-use and non-stigmatizing solutions to enhance user compliance
  • Supporting the dynamic and optimized selection of most appropriate (in)formal caregiver at the 
point and time of need
  • Automating the provision of relevant contextual information when generating alarms.

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LINK: http://www.iminds.be/en/research/overview-projects/p/detail/fallrisk-2

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I2Web

Posted by www.cefims.eu on June 6, 2011   |   Comments Off

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SUMMARY

I2Web is a research project that aims to enable an accessible Future Internet for people with special needs. From a socio-economic standpoint, accessibility and usability issues are becoming critical issues due to the worldwide trend of demographic change. For instance, according to the UN 2006 Revision of World Population Prospects, a third of the total EU population will be above 60 in 2025. When we add to this figure the percentage of the population afflicted with a disability, then this project is addressing the needs of more than 40% of the population.

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KEY OUTPUTS/RESULTS

  • Developing user, device and generic application models that allow adaptive and accessible interfaces into modern mobile and web 2.0 applications.
  • Designing a set of applications and extensions of integrated development environments, which will provide to users, developers, managers and commissioners information on accessibility and usability issues of their applications (this information will be integrated into their standard development workflow and will be implemented via Service Oriented Architecture components).
  • Testing, validating and demonstrating the developed frameworks and tools in different industrial software development environments and applications in the areas of ebanking, e-government and multimedia development environments.

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LINK: http://i2web.eu/

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APOLLON

Posted by www.cefims.eu on June 5, 2011   |   Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The APOLLON Project merges Living Lab research and innovation process with the local, development. The Project will seek to demonstrate the positive impacts of cross-border, domain-specific Living Lab networks by setting up an advanced pilot composed of 4 thematically focused, European-wide, Living Lab experiments:

  • Homecare
  • Energy Efficiency
  • eManufacturing
  • eParticipation through Social Media

Collaboration between partners will take place on two different levels. On the first level, partners will focus on delivering added value through innovation at every level of the value chain. On the second level, partners will disseminate innovations throughout Europe, expanding each link in the value chain.

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SOLUTIONS

  • Conducting cross-border Living Lab pilots, aimed in particular at SMEs
  • Harmonising methodologies and tools for cross-border Living Lab projects
  • Creating sustainable, cross-border, domain-specific Living Lab networks

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LINK: http://www.apollon-pilot.eu

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NDIX

Posted by www.cefims.eu on January 3, 2011   |   No Comments

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SUMMARY

NDIX an open platform which seeks to facilitate competition, innovation and the development of new digital services by offering unlimited and secure connectivity between content suppliers and end-users.

As a result, NDIX aims to:

  • Boost competition between suppliers of existing services (like Internet, telephony and hosting/backup)
  • Facilitate the development of new services (for learning, security, healthcare, public services, in the cultural, social, entertainment and creative sectors)
  • Promote investment in new broadband infrastructures.

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KEY OUTPUTS/RESULTS

  • Offering flexible and concurrent use of  many different services
  • Creating a critical mass of users for new service development
  • Stimulating innovation

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LINK: www.ndix.net

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T-City Szolnok

Posted by www.cefims.eu on January 2, 2011   |   No Comments

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SUMMARY

T-City is a long-term innovation and development collaboration between Magyar Telekom NyRt and the city of Szolnok. Through the initiative, the citizens, companies and institutes of Szolnok can test the new services and products of Magyar Telekom NyRt, and they can discover the advantages of the internet based information society.

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SOLUTIONS

  • Creating a Digital City which will provide new solutions for citizens, employees, students, city services.
  • Testing new ICT services and products under real circumstances together with the citizens and small/medium enterprises.
  • Narrowing the Digital Divide

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LINK: www.t-city.hu

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