The definition of the Cre-Active Places (CAPs) project brief is a challenge in itself: to empower creative production in a creative way, by activating an abandoned place outside of large metropolitan context, while simultaneously actuating a communication platform to support the reactivation by establishing a critical mass of participants in the project. From a theoretical […]
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Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are nowadays a widespread issue in sports, both at the professional and at the amateur level. The severity of their consequences and the difficulty for athletes to fully recover in their sports and daily lives have convinced public opinion that prevention cannot be the only strategy to face this problem. Indeed,
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The ASP multidisciplinary project “New forms of work in the automobile industry: toward the factory of the future WCM@FCA” broadly aims at studying new technological paradigms and new forms of organization in manufacturing contexts, with a particular focus on the automotive industry. To understand how to increase productivity, quality and cost efficiency, the team has
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Guaranteeing a future for cultural heritage in an era of rapid technological innovation is a complex challenge. The aim of this project is to develop a tool to support the choice of an Adaptive reuse for three castles in Valle d’Aosta (Chateau Vallaise in Arnad, Sant-Germain castle in Montjovet and Ussel castle). Adaptive reuse is
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The need to monitor the territory, as can be seen from Regional, National and International requests, is strong and growing. The development of technologies for environmental monitoring and regional safety represents an important aspect for the management and control system. Fixed or rotary-wing aircraft are currently used in this role for monitoring coastlines and borders,
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In the age of urbanization, mountain areas are facing a continuous depopulation and a decrease in socio-economic standards, which entails a disharmony development leading to a substantial marginalization of these territories. Energy park project intends to emphasize the strength points of the alpine areas, exploiting the use of new technologies and innovation in order to
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The Turin Energy Centre multidisciplinary project is a work aimed at designing the functions and assessing the energy performance of a 20.000 m2 under-construction building. The paradox of having to fill an “about-to-be-completed” empty box embodies both an opportunity and a challenge: on one hand, the need to outline innovative functions is a great chance
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The aim of the project is to draw the next frontiers of cold spray (CS), a new, solid-state coating deposition technology. At first, the process and its advantages and disadvantages have been assessed. Then, current equipment, materials and applications have been studied, in order to outline present technological limits from the study of recent innovations
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Climate change concerns, urban air pollution and new regulations in the transport sector are shifting the attention to Electric Mobility, recognised as the most sustainable solution to alleviate these environmental problems. However, technological and infrastructure problems are limiting its scale-up only to few countries, and Electric Vehicles in Italy still represent a niche market. The
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Nowadays in the western world, two main trends are giving birth to several opportunities and threats from social, political, legal, environmental and economical perspectives: the aging population and the third wave of the digital revolution. IoT and wearable devices in particular are technologies that enable new products and services for wellness and for elderly. This
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