Politecnico di Milano

AdMIRE 2: Advanced Mobile Intelligence and Reactive Environments

2008, 4th Cycle, Courses and Projects, Politecnico di Milano, Research Topics

AdMIRE, Advanced Mobile Intelligence and Reactive Environments, presents a revolutionary vision in which the “intelligence” is placed on the mobile device. “Mobile” as “personal”, always available in the hands of the user, able to hold all his/her knowledge. The environment is perceived as “reactive”: equipped with ICT sensors and controls it “reacts” to user requests, […]

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Sharitage: Creating a planned and participatory form of cultural heritage management

2008, 4th Cycle, Courses and Projects, Politecnico di Milano, Research Topics

In a new perspective of the value of the past, the preservation domain is being enlarged by a strong increase in the types of artifacts being considered worthy of protection and conservation: in addition to monumental high-style architecture (traditionally the preservation concern) many new categories of sites are now recognized as equally meritorious: cultural and

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ORTHOROB: ORTHOpaedic Surgery and ROBotics

2008, 4th Cycle, Courses and Projects, Politecnico di Milano, Research Topics

In total knee arthroplasty (TKA) procedures, the surgeon is required to correctly orient the cutting guides to ensure the surgical operation outcome. Navigation systems and medical robotic systems are becoming part of surgical practice, but they are still not easily accepted in clinics due to their disadvantageous cost benefit ratio: they offer solutions which are

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SPH: Sustainable planning of hospitals in urban areas

2008, 4th Cycle, Courses and Projects, Politecnico di Milano, Research Topics

Regional Council of Lombardia approved the hypothesis of an “agreement plan” in order to realize a new health centre near Milan. It will be named the “Health City” and will be built in the area of Sacco Hospital as well as the neurological institute Besta and the national tumour institute. New compound will arise in

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FLEX-HAB: Flexible structures for future habitat solutions

13th Cycle, 2017, Politecnico di Milano

The project will be concentrated on creating a technology push for a new material. The MadFlex (PCT WO2016120785 A1) is a lightweight asymmetric composite material panel, having a sandwich-like structure. It exhibits two order-of-magnitude difference in bending stiffness, depending by the direction of the applied bending moment, thanks to a reversible buckling phenomenon of one

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DREAM 3: DRone tEchnology for wAter resources and hydrologic hazards Monitoring 3

13th Cycle, 2017, Politecnico di Milano

Nowadays, expected effects of climate change at local, regional and global scales endanger hydrologic budgets of Alpine regions. An example is the massive shrinkage of mountain glaciers, with the consequent problem of water resources reduction for civil population and ecosystems. Therefore, it is very important to monitor glaciers’ evolution, in order to allow an estimation

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Willchair: Reinventing the wheels… into wills

2009, 5th Cycle, ASP Cycle, Courses and Projects, Politecnico di Milano, Research Topics, University, Year

The scope of the willchair project, from its very beginning, was left intentionally broad and unfocused aiming at having the students find their way in the complex world of assistive technologies for mobility impaired people. Students have been encouraged to apply a User Centered Design approach in order to change the project paradigm starting from

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