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Selected Project Profiles

European Parliament Exhibit, 15 June 2005

The following projects have been funded by a variety of EC programmes. They were exhibited at the European Parliament on 15 June during the meetings of the Parliamentary Committees on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy and Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, to which Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media, presented the newly proposed i2010 initiative:

CinemaNet Europe: Digital Technology to Support European Cinema

Funded by the MEDIA Programme, CinemaNet Europe is bringing documentaries to the big screen by transforming independent cinemas across Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, Slovakia and the UK into digital cinemas. These screens will receive films by satellite instead of reels, making it easier and more affordable to get European films to a wider audience. The network went live in November 2004. More than 100 cinemas now have digital cinema technology and by the end of 2005, the number is expected to reach 180.

More: CinemaNet Europe site

CogViSys: Cognitive Vision Systems

CogViSys aimed to develop a computer that describes what it sees. It took us several steps closer towards realising this ambitious goal and towards setting the engineering basis for developing marketable products. Actual progress was demonstrated in a number of applications.

More: IST Research: Cognition in IST

DISMAR: Data Integration System for Marine Pollution and Water Quality

The DISMAR project has developed a distributed system – DISPRO - for monitoring and forecasting of the marine environment. DISPRO provides a single entry point, via a web-based GIS portal, to services delivering a variety of remote sensing, in situ and model data to support decision-making in crisis situations.

More: IST Research: ICT for the Environment

GÉANT2: World-beating Infrastructure for European Research

GÉANT is the world’s leading research and education network, employing state-of-the-art technology to provide advanced networking services to researchers across Europe. By the end of 2005 it will offer unlimited bandwidth to Europe’s researchers, creating a crucial infrastructure for Europe’s knowledge economy.

More: Research Networking: eInfrastructures

INSTINCT: IP-based Networks, Services and Terminals for Converging Systems

INSTINCT is paving the way for the commercial introduction of new end-user services that will deliver mobile broadband and digital terrestrial TV through a single handheld device.

More: IST Research: Networked Audio Visual Systems and Home Platforms

MediaNet : Bringing integrated Audiovisual and Multimedia applications over broadband networks to end-users

MediaNet – Multimedia Networking – is a European Research & Development Project funded by IST programme of the European Commission with additional financing from the partner companies and organizations. Under this project "Amigo TV" has been developed. Amigo TV is an innovative Community TV suite of converged "triple play" applications (voice, interactive TV and high speed internet) which enables viewers to :

• share personal media with affinity groups on TV (family, friends, colleagues, local cities, countries for leisure, e-well being and e-gov use)
• make TV viewing a social experience by adding rich communication and community support
• allow usability and access for all
• generate new business opportunities for operators, content providers and users

Amigo TV multimedia presentation

More: MediaNet website

MyHeart: Fighting cardio-vascular diseases by prevention & early diagnosis

MyHeart aims to develop intelligent systems for the prevention and monitoring of cardiovascular diseases. The project develops smart electronic and textile systems and appropriate services that empower the users to take control of their own health status.

More: IST Research: ICT for Health

s-Travel: using biometrics to improve Passenger Handling at Airports

s-Travel has been promoting the adoption of biometrics, smart cards, digital certificates and many other technologies to streamline and secure the passenger handling in airports. It developed “airport fast track lanes” at check-in, security check, border control, and boarding. After testing in Athens and Milan, it is being piloted in the USA (Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Houston)and tested by the French Civil Aviation Authorities (DGAC) in 5 airports (Bordeaux, Lille, Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse).

More:

• ICT Results: Biometric firm takes off with safer air travel
• IST Research: ICT for Trust and Security

Press Briefing, 21 February 2005

The following projects were exhibited in Brussels to the press on 21 February, 2005:

OPTIVIP: Electronic implant

The project has developed an implantable prosthesis for patients with a certain type of blindness. A miniature camera worn on the patient's glasses transmits images to the prosthesis which enables the patient to "see" what the camera transmits. One patient has been implanted and clinical tests are in progress. Initial results are good.

IST FP5 Action Line : Persons with special needs, including the disabled and the elderly - Intelligent assistive systems/interfaces to compensate impairment

Project speaker : Professor Claude Veraart, Université Catholique de Louvain, Neural Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory

APNEE-TU  : Air pollution network

The project seeks ways of transmitting environmental hazard warning to specific groups and individuals at risk through such channels as internet provision to PCs, SMS messaging to mobile phones and PDAs, and even electronic street panels. The technical work is now completed but some experimental services are still being tested.

IST FP5 Action Line : Environment - Best practice trials in Environment Management

Project speaker : Dr. Thomas Rose, Fraunhofer-Institut für angewandte Informationstechnick

NETC@RDS : Access to health care for the mobile citizen

EU Member States introduced the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or comparable arrangements as of 1 May 2004. These cards replace the old E-128 form, which no longer exists, and the E-111 form (for tourists) which EU citizens previously used to obtain access to health care in Member States other than their own. Netc@rds is forging a common interoperable platform to facilitate health care services abroad for mobile Europeans. It will integrate the existing national computer networks and organisational systems which govern access to health care.

eTen project

Project speaker : Marjan Suselj, Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia

 

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