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Smart optical and ultrasound diagnostics of breast cancer (SOLUS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2020,

... leading to needless additional invasive procedures (e.g. biopsy). The project addresses the unmet clinical need for higher specificity in breast cancer imaging following screening by fully combining photonics with non-photonics techniques, developing and clinically validating innovative and previously unthinkable photonics concepts and components: time-domain small source-detector distance optica ...
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Solar Energy to Biomass - Optimisation of light energy conversion in plants and microalgae (SE2B)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

In the face of the increasing global consumption of fossil resources, photosynthetic organisms offer an attractive alternative that could meet our rising future needs as clean, renewable, sources of energy and for the production of fine chemicals. Key to the efficient exploitation of these organisms is to optimise the conversion of Solar Energy into Biomass (SE2B). The SE2B network deals with this ...
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PHOTON – EDUCATIONAL ROBOT AS A TOOL FOR SHAPING FUTURE OF YOUNG GENERATIONS (PHOTON)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: May 31, 2017,

...e as a path of their further education. If they are not going to be the programmers, then their ability of logical thinking will help them in choosing path of their future development.Our solution is Photon – an innovative system that teaches programming and logical thinking through entertainment and competition. It is dedicated for children. It involves the usage of a small robot that is fully in ...
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Photonic Advanced Research And Development for Integrated Generic Manufacturing (PARADIGM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2015,

The objective of PARADIGM is to effect a fundamental change in the way photonic integrated circuits (PICs) based on indium phosphide (InP) are designed and manufactured in Europe, with the aim of reducing the costs of design, development and manufacture by more than an order of magnitude and making more complex and capable designs possible than ever before.The key step is to develop a generic plat ...
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Direct biological conversion of solar energy to volatile hydrocarbon fuels by engineered cyanobacteria (DIRECTFUEL)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

"The objective of the DirectFuel project is to develop photosynthetic microorganisms that catalyze direct conversion of solar energy and carbon dioxide to engine-ready fuels. A key process target of the proposal is 'direct' in the sense that fuel production should not require destructive extraction and further chemical conversion to generate directly useable transport fuels. To further increase ou ...
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AEROdynamic Surfaces by advanced MUltifunctional COatings (AEROMUCO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

"The main objective of the AEROMUCO project is to develop and evaluate a number of alternative – and highly innovative – active and passive multi-functional surface protection systems for future generation of aircraft, leading to a significant improvement in fuel efficiency and a reduction in CO2 and NOx emissions. Two technological routes to achieve this goal will be explored:• The reduction of t ...
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Microelectronic Single-Photon 3D Imaging Arrays\nfor low-light high-speed Safety and Security Applications (MiSPIA)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

Description 3D cameras, based on the measurement of the Time-of-Flight of single photons by means of Single-Photon Avalanche Diode imagers, for automotive safety driving and security surveillance application MiSPIA will develop beyond state-of-the-art photonics technology for array imagers of smar ...
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Control of Light Use Efficiency in Plants and Algae - From Light to Harvest (HARVEST)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

"Photoprotection against excess absorbed light energy is an essential and universal attribute of oxygenic photosynthetic organisms. This requirement has been a strong force in the evolution of plants and micro-organisms, and a diverse range of solutions have arisen. It has determined survival, productivity and habitat preference, and it determines the ceiling on the efficiency of energy conversion ...
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"LOW-COST, HAND-HELD, AND NON-INVASIVE OPTICAL SENSOR FOR MULTIPARAMETRIC FIELD ANALYSIS OF GRAPES AND LEAVES IN VINEYARDS" (PREMIVM)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

"In August 2009 was fully implemented the reform of the Common Market Organization for wine (CR Nº479/2008, 29-04-2008). It aims at reducing the 24 million hl/year surplus of basic low quality wine, phasing out the €500 million/year spent on wine disposal subsidies and making EU wine more competitive. This reform, together with other market constraints will endanger all EU winegrowing SMEs. To sur ...
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Quantum Interfaces, Sensors and Communication based on Entanglement (Q-ESSENCE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

Quantum entanglement has the capacity to enable disruptive technologies that solve outstanding issues in: - Trust, privacy protection, and security in two- and multi-party transactions; - Novel or enhanced modes of operation of ICT devices; - Reference standards, sensing, and metrology. The development of entanglement-based strategies addresses these challenges and provides the foundations for qua ...
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"Development of an innovative, completely automated antifouling test system for professional examinations of marine coatings" (IATS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2013,

"Scientists try to develop coatings that prevent of fouling. Development of new coating formulation takes 5 years, beginning from R&D study to the date of launching. Taking into account the marine market development and the change of low requirements connected to the environmental issues this time is too long. Formulation time distances depend mainly on testing. In Europe the only method is testin ...
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Impact Monitoring of Mineral Resources Exploitation (ImpactMin)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

ImpactMin will develop new methods and a corresponding toolset for the environmental impact monitoring of mining operations using Earth Observations. Novel technology will be proposed for the combined use of satellite remote sensing, aerial lightweight measurements and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The proposed methods will be validated at four demonstration sites in Sweden, Bosnia&Herzegovina, ...
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PLAsmonic Innovative Sensing in the IR (PLAISIR)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

.... The term plasmonics refers to the investigation, development and application of enhanced electromagnetic properties of metallic (nano-) structures and is starting to find applications in a range of photonic devices such as VCSELs and high speed photodetectors. While the promise of plasmonics photonic components in the visible and NIR is very promising, this project will exploit the huge potentia ...
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PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS: Automated Tools to Measure Primary Productivity in European Seas. A New Autonomous Monitoring Tool to Measure the Primary Production of Major European Seas (PROTOOL)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

"PROTOOL stands for PROductivity TOOLs: Automated Tools to Measure Primary Productivity in European Seas. The project will develop and adapt sensor technologies to measure primary production of phytoplankton with automated optical techniques, so that they can be placed on ships of opportunity (SOOP, ferries, container ships). The complete PROTOOL Measuring Device will consist of (1) a fluorometer ...
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Non-invasive imaging of brain function and disease by pulsed near infrared light (nEUROPt)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

The proposal aims at the development and clinical validation of advanced non-invasive optical methodologies for in-vivo diagnosis, monitoring, and prognosis of major neurological diseases (stroke, epilepsy, ischemia), based on diffuse optical imaging by pulsed near infrared light. Established diagnostic imaging modalities (e.g. X-ray Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Positron Emissi ...
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Development of an Innovative Industrial Bioreacting and Fermentation Process producing an Organic Insect Repellent-Fertilizer for Ecological farming (EcoBug)

Start date: Dec 1, 2008, End date: Jan 31, 2012,

Our idea is to develop an “all-in-one” organic smell-free fertilizer and insecticide to increase yield of eco-crops, reduce costs, and reduce emissions to air & water that are common while using inorganic pesticides and fertilizers or fresh manure. The production of smell free fertilizer will be based on anaerobic fermenting of manure in a bioreactor. The insecticide production will be based on gr ...
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Laboratory compact light sources (LABSYNC)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

...tu, real-time nano-material synthesis system and a medical imaging and therapy station.In the first two years if the project the focus was indeed on using the Mirrorcle as the source for photons. In the third year of the project that has changes and the activities related to the Mirrorcle have stopped. They have been replaced by activities with liquid metal jet sources (for hard x-rays) and with l ...
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Parallel fluorescence spectroscopy tools for micro and nano-analytical applications down to single biomolecules (PARAFLUO)

Start date: Jun 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2011,

... useful also for other market objectives, such as simultaneous multi-spectral profiling of objects by laser detection and ranging (LADAR) techniques. The developments envisaged are essentially: (a) a photon-counting array detector based on the silicon single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) technology; (b) a new micro-lens system for focusing light onto the detector and (c) an ASIC based multichannel ...
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