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Developing a 1.2 kW air-to-air single-room heat pump unit for heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HEATPUMP)

Start date: Aug 1, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

We, EU HVAC industry AGs, represent the interests of more than 4,900 SME firms active in installation, commissioning and maintenance of heating, AC, and ventilation devices, are under threat from upcoming EC regulations (expected full compliance by 2015) to phase out such devices that are non-energy efficient, noisy, non-aesthetic and contribute to CO2 generation. These regulations are Directive 2 ...
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Device for prophylaxis and treatment of diabetic foot ulcers for hospital and home use (PreventDFU)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

In PreventDFU, we propose to develop an advanced prototype for prophylaxis and treatment of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). This condition contributes to morbidity and loss of Quality of Life (QoL) of Diabetes Mellitus sufferers, most especially the elderly. We propose to develop a unit prototype, based on our proprietary pulsating negative pressure technology that can be used at home or nursing hom ...
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Innovative Intracranial Pressure and Volume Wave Monitoring System (DynICP)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

In DynICP, we propose to develop an advanced, portable prototype of a non-invasive intracranial dynamic pressure (dynamic ICP) diagnosing and monitoring device which can be used at hospitals, point of care as well as at home. This device will consist of a wearable head gear capable of precise positioning of two ultrasonic transducers, software and hardware for dynamic ICP analysis and data communi ...
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"Development of a Secure, Modular, Cash Checking Machine" (EUROTHENTIC)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

"The euro represents the largest currency in circulation in the world and therefore an attractive target for counterfeiters with both the number and sophistication of counterfeits increasing since the euro’s introduction in 2002. To fight counterfeiting, the European Central Bank has implemented strict requirements under the Banknote Recycling Framework which require that no counterfeit notes are ...
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An Universal Flexible Low-cost Plumbing and Heating pipe system fully Environment-compatible by using innovative Nanoparticle technology (NanoFlex)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

The building and construction community in Europe includes about 150000 plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning contractor SMEs with 1.2 million employees generating a total turnover of €130Bn. Our community faces the challenges of meeting the growing demand for plastic pipes and the EU Landfill Directive and the revised EU Waste Framework Directive. The polluter-pays principle says that ...
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A user-oriented, knowledge-based suite of Construction Industry LifE Cycle CosT Analysis (CILECCTA) software for pan-European determination and costing of sustainable project options (CILECCTA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

The principal objective of the CILECCTA project is to bring together a top class consortium of academic and industrial researchers, associations and enterprises – both SMEs and LEs – to develop a suite of software that is: capable of full Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA); compatible with codified Price Banks (PBs) and Life Cycle Inventories (LCIs) across Europe; customisable / configurable for whol ...
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Development of a raising, walking and exercise device with upper body support for rehabilitation of stroke victims (WalkX)

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

Stroke is the most common cause of adult disability in Europe. Roughly 75 % of the victims survive, but about half of these lose the ability to live independently in their own home. Rehabilitation and hospitalization represent a major economic burden for the EU of about €34Bn annually. Currently the annual incidence is approximately 2 per 1000 inhabitants in the EU, and the number is predicted to ...
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Development of a Point of Care microfluidic chip unit and self-sampling device for cervical cancer screening and platform technology for Nucleic Acid Detection at the Point of Care (SelfPOCNAD)

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

In SelfPOCNAD, we propose to develop an industrial prototype for a rapid (“same day”) Cervical Cancer screening of self-taken patient samples. The industrial prototype will only include enough sample from the self-taken sample in order not to risk any clogging of the sample preparation chip. The first industrial prototype will include the detection of oncogenic E6/E7 mRNA from in total 9 HPV types ...
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GIGA BIT ACCESS PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK USING WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (GigaWaM)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2012,

The need for higher speed is a never ceasing requirement for broadband access and requirement of 1 Gbps is expected around 2016. The copper lines are expected to reach their maximum capacity at about 10 Mbps while the capacity required only for watching one channel of HDTV is 20 Mbps.Tithe total number of homes connected to fibres will grow from about 11 million at the end of 2006 to about 86 mill ...
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Mobile Microwave Pyrolysis Plant turns Biomass into Fuel Locally (MicroFuel)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2012,

Around 15 million private forest owners own about 60% of the forest land in the EU. Privately-owned forests have an average size of 13 ha, but the majority of them are less that 3 ha in size. This group supplies the raw material for the forest based industries with the help of 492,000 people employed in forestry. Forestry and forest-based and related industries employ about 3.4 million people. Eur ...
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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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Microwave Cleaning of Drilling Mud and Oil Containing Hazardous Waste (MicroCleanMud)

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

Currently around 70 oil and gas exploration/production rigs drill in the North Sea and approximately 240 floating drilling rigs operate in the global industry. Totally there are several thousand drilling rigs where approximately 2400 rigs drilling for oil and natural gas in North America. Drilling processes are lubricated by a viscous oil/water invert emulsion known as drilling mud. Although Water ...
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Elimination of secondary surgery for removal of internal fixations of fractured bones (FracFix)

Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2011,

Internal fixation components are widely used in fracture surgery. The medical implant industry is a part of the medical device market generates about €2.4 Bn in Europe and €1.5 Bn in the USA in 2008 and has an estimated annual growth of 10% per year, largely attributed to the aging population in the developed countries. Internal fixation devices market is an estimated €980 Mn in EU25. The total co ...
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Tracking and Security System with Built-in Energy Generation for Containers (TrackBoCs)

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

Approximately 90% of the world’s cargo moves in containers and there are 15 million shipping-containers in circulation which provide for approximately 250 million moves per year. More than 60 million containers are handled in the main EU ports alone. These containers are forwarded by rail, sea or road transport. The transport sector provides more than ten million jobs and generates 10% of EU wealt ...
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Light, easy to Cut and moisture proof façade Wallboard (CuteWall)

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

The construction sector employs directly 11.8 million people and is EU's largest industrial employer accounting for 7% of total employment in EU. About 910 billion Euro was invested in construction in 2003, representing 10% of the GDP. The construction sector is characterised by a large number of small enterprises, and relatively few large ones, with most enterprises serving a relatively small geo ...
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Development of extraction process for removal of pigments and additives for recycling of polymers (ClearPlast)

Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2010,

Production of PE in Western Europe alone is 13.5 million tonnes p.a. The scrap PE from this production is 15% scrap of which 35% is coloured; creating 709 000 tons of off-spec material. The price on off-spec PE is €1050/ton, indicating a European industrial waste PE recycling market €744M p.a. only in Western Europe. The annual production world wide of 60 mill. tons PE indicates a world wide marke ...
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