Tag: Horizon 2020

Romania and Spain speed up the digitisation of Europe’s society

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Romania and Spain are joining three EU initiatives that aim to speed up the digitisation of Europe’s society and economy and boost European digital performance globally. Romania is due to sign the European Blockchain Partnership, the Declaration of Cooperation on Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the Innovation Radar, while Spain will join the Innovation Radar. The Innovation Radar focuses Read more about Romania and Spain speed up the digitisation of Europe’s society[…]

Developing and testing shared, connected and cooperative automated vehicle fleets in urban areas for the mobility of all

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Specific Challenge: Shared, connected and cooperative automated vehicles may become a game changer for urban mobility. They can provide seamless door to door mobility of people and freight delivery services, which can lead to healthier, more accessible, greener and more sustainable cities, as long as they are integrated in an effective public transport system. Since Read more about Developing and testing shared, connected and cooperative automated vehicle fleets in urban areas for the mobility of all[…]

Upgrading transport infrastructure in order to monitor noise and emissions

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Specific Challenge: Noise and emissions from transport affect seriously people’s health and environmental ecosystems requiring the implementation of mitigation measures to achieve a higher reduction in all transport modes. The fast development of technologies that facilitate connectivity of innovative sensors, -both on-board and on the side of the infrastructure- could allow real-time monitoring and control Read more about Upgrading transport infrastructure in order to monitor noise and emissions[…]

Safety in an evolving road mobility environment

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Specific Challenge: The road mobility environment – the area which covers both road transport users and those affected by them – is evolving. Vehicle types are beginning to change as a result of increasing levels of automation. New vehicle types and new types of road user will operate with conventional vehicles and road users as Read more about Safety in an evolving road mobility environment[…]

Advancements in aerodynamics and innovative propulsion systems for quieter and greener aircrafts

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Specific Challenge: Significant progress has been done recently in terms of environmental emission (including noise) by the development of Ultra High Pressure Ratio and Ultra High By-Pass Ratio engines. Technology assessments based on the turbofan engine configuration are indicating that there is still remarkable potential inherent in the turbofan engine configuration to be realised to Read more about Advancements in aerodynamics and innovative propulsion systems for quieter and greener aircrafts[…]

Horizon prize for a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Installation in a hospital using 100% Renewable Energy Sources

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Specific Challenge: The integration and use of renewable energy in buildings for heat and power generation still encounter unsolved technological problems linked to the security and reliability of energy supply and related costs. Partly, it is due to unpredictable fluctuation of some renewable energy sources, such as solar or wind. The difficulty is even greater Read more about Horizon prize for a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Installation in a hospital using 100% Renewable Energy Sources[…]

Horizon Prize for Social Innovation in Europe

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Specific Challenge: Innovations are new or significantly improved goods, services, processes and methods which are social when they aim at gains for society rather than for the individual, i.e. when they are good for society and enhance society’s capacity to act. Very often social challenges cannot be met with traditional recipes and approaches. The European Read more about Horizon Prize for Social Innovation in Europe[…]

The European Capital of Innovation Award (iCapital)

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Specific Challenge: With their capacity to connect people, places, public and private actors, cities can substantially enhance innovation in Europe and improve the quality of citizens’ lives. New approaches to undertake and deploy innovative practices are gaining support, marking the shift from traditional top-down schemes to stronger bottom-up practices, where citizens are increasingly co-shaping public Read more about The European Capital of Innovation Award (iCapital)[…]

50 winners of an innovation grant competition

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The awarded projects cover a variety of topics: a promising advance in the development of a universal flu vaccine, an atlas of the human sub-cortex for deep brain stimulation of people suffering Parkinson’s and other neurological diseases, a new environment-friendly process to produce menthol, and deep learning algorithms for the automatic detection of fake news. Read more about 50 winners of an innovation grant competition[…]

Next-generation of Energy Performance Assessment and Certification

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Specific Challenge: Under the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, all EU countries have established independent energy performance certification systems supported by independent mechanisms of control and verification. However, current practices and tools of energy performance assessment and certification applied across Europe face a number of challenges. Assessment processes and certificates have to become more reliable, Read more about Next-generation of Energy Performance Assessment and Certification[…]

Sniffing Entrapped Humans with Sensor Arrays

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The first step after buildings collapse from an earthquake, bombing or other disaster is to rescue people who could be trapped in the rubble. But finding entrapped humans among the ruins can be challenging. Scientists now report in the ACS journal Analytical Chemistry the development of an inexpensive, selective sensor that is light and portable enough for Read more about Sniffing Entrapped Humans with Sensor Arrays[…]

Human dynamics of climate change

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Specific Challenge: As climatic changes increasingly place populations under pressure, human beings are already adapting. However, less developed countries – particularly in Africa – are often less resilient to climate change and require the deployment of appropriate support to adaptation, including in the form of bespoke climate services tailored to users’ needs. There is some Read more about Human dynamics of climate change[…]