Today, the occurring shift inside an economic model in crisis, a digitalized production process and the necessity of a re-organized energy model underline the importance of industrial production as a key factor of innovation inside the development of our city. A good city has also industry inside, the goal of the project is to investigate […]
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In a period of rapid urbanization and population growth, buildings play an increasingly critical role in sustaining the health of people and the planet. In light of this, much emphasis has been placed on the design of smarter and more energy-efficient buildings. Yet, new and renovated structures represents just 4% of building stock in the
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The recent technological development is deeply reshaping the way in which companies can reach their final consumers and build a strong long-lasting relationships. Especially in the retail industry, incumbent companies like P&G are willing to maintain their leading position adopting new solutions which could solve their current issues. In particular, Gillette, one of the most
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The evolution brought in the automotive sector by the development of electric mobility and self-driving vehicles will have a significant impact on the conception and design of cabin air conditioning systems. The InnoVACS project tackles the challenges of providing an optimal and sustainable cabin comfort in the innovative concept POP-UP, proposed by Italdesign. The InnoVACS
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In a consistently aging society, improving the life quality of fragile people, both in protected facilities and at home, represents an utmost challenge. This project applies the same objective to the context of “Il paese ritrovato” (Monza), a pioneering care center where patients with Alzheimer can get all the necessary treatments while leading an almost
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The CHECK project applies AI and cognitive technologies for creating a novel approach to development of smart chatbots. Assuming that a large body of content exists, the iCHAT technology develops, in a sustainable manner, chatbots helping the user to efficiently use that body of content. Two real-life applications are envisioned: a) An Education-Bot assisting pupils
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Entrepreneurship represents a fundamental driver for job creation, innovation, structural change and long-run economic growth. Financial literacy, business acumen and attitude towards risks are the three keys that can make an entrepreneur successful. Nowadays, financial education is provided by books or by frontal lessons and workshops. These methods efficacy has been discussed, as they may
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New trends are involving photovoltaic (PV) power plants in recent years due to a dramatic change of the market. Plant monitoring and maintenance is becoming a crucial point in this field: plant owners and operators are requiring higher accuracy and lower costs in the maintenance to keep at top the performance of the plant. Many
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The main goal of DR.BEAR project is to develop a Business Model to harness the potential flexibility coming from load shifting at household level, designing an appropriate customer engagement strategy and incentive scheme to involve them in such programs. The project will be particularly innovative for the Italian case, as in this country few projects
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Agriculture is facing many challenges, such as the growth in the world population, resource shortages, the increasing demand for energy, dietary changes and the increase in competition on world markets. Traditional agricultural methods are not able to sustain all these changes, so technology comes to the rescue. Precision agriculture (PA), or precision farming, is a
MUFFIN 4.0: Farm 4.0 – Mobile manipUlation in agriculture For precision FarmINg Read More »
