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19th November 2019

School Ship Sagres is being equipped to study atmospheric electricity and climate changes

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These data will be collected throughout the circumnavigation, which the vessel will make starting from 5 January of 2020.What are the goals?On the one hand, increasing the climate knowledge by studying the effects of climate changes on the planet's electrical circuit, thus allowing a better prediction of the climate evolution.On the other hand, assessing the health of the ocean, which has a significant global impact on sectors such as fisheries, marine activities or even energy, by collecting biological samples (fishes) for further laboratory analysis

06th November 2019

Portuguese spin-off ensures EUR 2 million in international competition to fight against Alzheimer's disease

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There is a Portuguese spin-off that has just received EUR 2 million to fight Alzheimer's disease through the use of Artificial Intelligence and Photonics. The award was given by Wild Card, an EIT Health's acceleration programme - the largest healthcare consortium in the world - for disruptive healthcare projects, which selected the startup from hundreds of projects. iLoF - the name of the spin-off of the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC) - will be present for the first time at the Web Summit in Lisbon.

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04th November 2019

The digitalisation of the European power system starts with EUR 36 million and 51 entities

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InterConnect – is the name of the European project that has just started and which brings together 51 European entities that will develop and test advanced solutions for the digitalisation of the power system. There will be EUR 36 million available for this project, which is the biggest European project ever led by a Portuguese institution. The Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC) will be responsible for the project and four other Portuguese institutions, like EDP Distribuição, SONAE MC, Schneider Electric Portugal and Domótica SA., will participate in it.

24th October 2019

Portugal participates in a European project to anticipate climatic phenomena

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The melting in the Antarctica, monsoon disturbances, changes in the Atlantic ocean currents, reductions of ice in the Arctic sea and extreme droughts are examples of weather events with the potential to cause a domino effect and a cascade of dramatic changes in the environment. This way, understanding the mechanisms that lead to these events is of vital importance to prevent abrupt climate transitions and irreversible changes in the earth system.

17th October 2019

A Portuguese team develops a painting robot that collaborates with humans

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It’s already possible to see humans and robots collaborating with each other in an effective way in the coating of complex and large-scale products in Portugal. Painting robots already existed, but one of their main limitations was related to their inability to paint large-scale products or those that had a complex geometry. The collaborative robotic cell developed in the European project FLEXCoating managed to overcome this limitation, promoting the cooperation between humans and robots through 3D sensors for workspace monitoring, object recognition and location, trajectory programming by demonstration, among other technologies.

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Sagres school ship will measure the atmospheric electric field during a trip around the world

The flagship ship of the Portuguese Navy will act as a travelling data collection platform to describe the health of oceans and the planet's electrical circuit. (EN)

Date19th November 2019

SourceExame Informática

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Portuguese solution to fight against Alzheimer's disease wins award in Latvia

iLoF won a competition for best startup at the Digital Freedom Festival and is one step away from joining the Dutch accelerator Rockstart. (EN)

Date19th November 2019

SourceDinheiro Vivo

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Digital (R)evolution in Agri-Food and Forestry under discussion at INESC TEC Autumn Forum

The Autumn Forum is an annual initiative of INESC TEC that aims at promoting a forum for discussion of topics of major interest to Portugal, from the point of view of both the economy and the public policies, particularly those that are strongly influenced by science and technology. (PT)

Date14th November 2019

SourceTVU

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Startup' created in Porto receives EUR 2 million to fight against Alzheimer's disease

The developed technology resulted from a joint work between two INESC TEC’s centres, the Centre for Biomedical Engineering Research – with expertise in the development of advanced techniques in the signal processing and artificial intelligence fields and the Centre for Applied Photonics – with expertise in the optics and photonics fields in the development of the microscale manipulation technology". (PT)

Date06th November 2019

SourceVisão

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Portuguese Startup receives EUR 2 million to fight against Alzheimer's disease

iLoF created a "portable system" that will serve as a “fingerprint" library of several neurodegenerative diseases, allowing rapid and non-invasive tests . (EN)

Date06th November 2019

SourcePúblico

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The digitalisation of the European power system starts with EUR 36 million and 51 entities

InterConnect is the name of the European project that has just started and which brings together 51 European entities that will develop and test advanced solutions for the digitalisation of the power system. (PT)

Date04th November 2019

SourceO Instalador

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The digitalisation of the European power system starts with EUR 36 million and 51 entities

Date04th November 2019

SourceRevista Port.com

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Institute from Porto involved in a EUR 36 million project to digitalise the power system

INESC TEC leads a European project, funded with EUR 36 million, which aims at developing solutions in order to to digitalise the "power system" of residential buildings and services. (EN)

Date04th November 2019

SourceNotícias ao Minuto

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