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High-resolution fingerprint sensing with vertical piezoelectric nanowire matrices (PiezoMAT)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

... contacted piezoelectric NWs and reconstruction from generated potentials, whose amplitudes are proportional to the NW displacement. Each NW and its associated electronics constitute a sensor, or pixel. The sub-micron dimension of NWs allows for high spatial frequency sampling of every fingerprint feature, enabling extremely reliable fingerprint differentiation through detection of the smallest mi ...
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WIDE spectral band & WIDE dynamics multifunctional imaging SENSor Enabling safer car transportation (2WIDE_SENSE)

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

... the paradigm of 'application independent' multifunctional camera;?- hybridisation of InGaAs detector on silicon read out circuits;?- deposition of low cost interferential bandpass optical filters at pixel level;?- design of AR coatings and plastic lenses;?- development of multi-spectral wide dynamic range camera engine;?- algorithm development for predictive road status monitoring;?- sensor valid ...
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Study of Terahertz Focal Plain Arrays (TFPA)

Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2014,

...still lagging behind. For incoherent bolometric arrays, a novel kinetic inductor detector (KID) has been recently proposed. It makes it possible to multiplex focal plane arrays with many thousands of pixels in very efficient and cost effective way. Backend technologies for both coherent and KID focal plane array will be based on Fourier Transform Spectrometer digital technique, which has demonstra ...
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Visual Learning and Inference in Joint Scene Models (VISLIM)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2018,

... versatile toolbox for joint scene modeling that addresses heterogeneous visual representations (discrete and continuous, dense and sparse) as well as a wide range of levels of abstractions (from the pixel level to high-level abstractions). This is expected to lead joint scene models beyond conceptual appeal to practical impact and top-level application performance. No other endeavor in computer v ...
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Synthetic Optical Holography (SYNTOH)

Start date: Jan 11, 2016, End date: Jan 10, 2019,

...ear-field microscopes at CIC nanoGUNE during the return phase. The goal is to achieve a technological milestone in near-field microscopy, which is the rapid recording of a near-field image where each pixel contains the local amplitude, phase AND spectral information. This new technology, called rapid hyperspectral nanoimaging, is expected to greatly extend the applicability of near-field microscop ...
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The New Eco-friendly Advertising Tool Which Gives an Alternative Real-Time Outdoor Advertising Media for SMEs (ECOBOARD)

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

...n the development of such a technology, constituting this a significant threat to their competitiveness within the industry. To meet such competition, the proposed ECOBOARD solution will create a pixel-based advertising board capable of displaying static images in near real-time with relatively low initial and operational costs. ECOBOARD will use existing innovative technology combined with creati ...
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Preparing for MID-SKA receiving concepts in South-Africa (MIDPREP)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

...national human-capital, research and infrastructure. In Europe novel approaches to radio astronomy i.e. Aperture Array technology as used in the Low Frequency Array (“LOFAR”) and Wideband Single Pixel Feed Receivers give insight in gaps to be filled and requirements for future radio telescopes. For the SKA as the world largest radio telescope operating in the next decade, with a large fraction in ...
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Advanced SuperConducting devices for ENhanced infrared Detection (ASCEND) (ASCEND)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2015,

...nducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) when detecting infrared photons of energy below 1eV. Excellent signal-to-noise ratio and timing resolution can currently be achieved in small single pixel SNSPDs of typical area 10 x 10 square micrometres. This small area is a severe practical limitation for real applications and my proposal is targeted at addressing this central challenge. I aim ...
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Innovative tools for the study of high-energy transients (HETransients)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

... observing techniques, based on high time-resolution plenoptic photon-counting cameras. Plenoptic cameras have the capacity to collect information not only on the intensity of light arriving to every pixel, but also the direction in which the rays of light arrive. Combined with photon-counting techniques, this technology will allow us to correct the wavefront of the arriving light and provide both ...
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Overcoming the Limits of Diffraction with Superresolution Lighting on a Chip (ChipScope)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

... limit by developing the scientific and technological basis for a completely new approach to optical superresolution, based on semiconductor nano Light Emitting Diode (nanoLED) arrays with individual pixel operation. The core idea of ChipScope is to use spatially resolved illumination instead of spatially resolved detection for achieving microscopy functionality with superresolution. This will be ...
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A Total Photon Camera for Molecular Imaging of Live Cells (TOTALPHOTON)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

... external display or recording at fraction of second intervals. In order to process photons individually rather than as packets we must develop a camera operating 10-100 thousand times faster. Each pixel must be capable of capturing single photon parameters without compromising the high resolution and sensitivity achieved by current technology. The ""total photon"" camera will be realised in nano ...
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A SiPM upgrade for VHE Astronomy and beyond (Light-Trap)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

...unwanted longer wavelengths while lacking sensitivity at short wavelengths, small physical area, high cost and electronic noise. Here we propose a novel method to build relatively low-cost SiPM-based pixels utilizing wavelength-shifting material which overcome some of these drawbacks by collecting light over a larger area than standard SiPMs and improving sensitivity to shorter wavelengths while r ...
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Cooperation across Europe for Cd(Zn)Te based Security Instruments (COCAE)

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

...igh transport properties and homogeneous distribution of these material properties in the grown crystals. The growth of crystals with a diameter up to 75 mm will be performed. (b) The fabrication of pixel detectors having structure of p-n and Schottky diodes. This will permit the application of bias voltage high enough to collect all the induced charge by both electrons and holes. (c) The design ...
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THE NANO EYE DEVICE (NED- Nano Eye Device)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

...developing a fully automated, small size, lightweight, self-powered and portable optical system for imaging at micro/nano dimensional range, with a field of view between 0,5 millimeters down to a pixel size of 50 nanometers. NED is automated in XYZ axis movement and has a two-way (input/output) interface, via LAN connectivity (USB backup connection anyway available), with any portable (and/or desk ...
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"An Innovative, Ultra Low Cost, High Performance, Monolithic Millimeter Wave Imager Module to Increase the Safety of European Citizens" (IMAGINE)

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

... normal flow rates. Whilst millimetre-wave (mm-wave) technology is the leading technology, cost is a barrier. The critical part of mm-wave systems is the detector module, at a cost of €1125 per pixel, the imager module accounts for 60% of the overall system cost. At present this high cost is due to the cost of semiconductor material and the cost of assembly and tuning to overcome resonance effects ...
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Extended Image Sensing Technologies (EXIST)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

...f several application domains.The image sensor research will focus on enhancing the capabilities of current imaging devices:• New design (architectures) and technology (e.g. 3D stacking) for better pixels (lower noise, higher dynamic range, new functionality within the pixel) and more pixels (higher spatial and temporal resolutions) at higher speed, time-of-flight pixels, local (on-chip) image pro ...
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INtelligent Fast Interconnected and Efficient Devices for Frontier Exploitation in Research and Industry (INFIERI)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

...and algorithms, with a common theme of placing intelligence into data-acquisition, processing and transmission technologies very close to the information source. We consider three main applications: pixel detectors in the harsh radiation environment of CMS at LHC; novel SiPM devices for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and an array of Cherenkov detectors spread over kilometers, forming a gamma- ...
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FLEXIBLE MICROSYSTEM TECHNOLOGY FOR MICRO- AND MILLIMETRE-WAVE ANTENNA ARRAYS WITH INTELLIGENT PIXELS (FLEXWIN)

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

...proposed highly innovative FLEXWIN technology platform, a smart reflectarray architecture for broadband communication links will be realized. In fact, the core FLEXWIN ICs will be used as intelligent pixels providing spatial power combining with full individual amplitude and phase settings of each pixel in transmit and receive mode controlled by a serial bus. Together with the monolithic integrati ...
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SwIFT - Non-volatile optical Switch combining Integrated Photonics and Fluidics Technologies (SwIFT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

...ing outdoor specs. The main challenge for the silicon photonics technology is to realise the required low losses, the main challenge for the EWOD technology is to find the right liquids and downscale pixel dimensions. A field trial by an end-user (TDC) will validate the concept.The consortium partners together cover the supply chain. With TE-BE, TE-NL, Bartels and imec, SwIFT partners European lea ...
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Micro Retina Thermal Infrared (MIRTIC)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 1, 2016,

...scopy).The project is divided in technology development part and application development part which are running in parallel.? Technological part: CEA/LETI will mainly develop an innovative vacuum Pixel Level Packaging technology which will give key advantage over the competitors for cost reduction. ULIS will be in charge of infrared algorithm development to integrate them on sensor chip as well as ...
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Un caso di trasferimento di tecnologie dalla fisica delle alte energie alle PMI (CLAVIUS)

Start date: Jun 30, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2011,

CLAVIUS is a technology transfer project, based on an ultra-fast pixel sensor developed in an international project coordinated by the University of Insubria. The consortium proposing, balanced and complementary skills and location, directs the development of tools for solar and astronomical observatories, as well as devices for diagnostic and safety in particle accelerators for industrial use ...
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NITEC: a Negative Ion Time Expansion Chamber for directional Dark Matter search (NITEC)

Start date: May 4, 2015, End date: May 3, 2017,

The goal of this project is the construction of a Negative Ion Time Projection Chamber (NITPC) with triple Gas Electron Multiplier amplification and pixel readout (GEMPix) for directional Dark Matter (DM) searches. DM is 5 times as prevalent as normal matter in the Universe, but its identity remains unknown. Its mere existence implies that our inventory of the basic building blocks of nature is in ...
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Advanced Use of Learning Technologies in Higher Education

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

... relevant information on how to use TEL in the daily teaching in an advanced way based on these barriers. The consortium consists of partners from Finland (HUMAK), Germany (LUE), Hungary (KF), Italy (Pixel), Netherlands (OUNL), Portugal (IPB), and Spain (UCM). The partners were chosen based on their experiences, competencies and existing networks. All partners will be involved in the development o ...
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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,

...r automotive safety driving and security surveillance application MiSPIA will develop beyond state-of-the-art photonics technology for array imagers of smart-pixels able to detect single photons. Intelligent in-pixel pre-processing will simultaneously provide ultra high sensitivity (single-photon level), very high frame-rate (up to 200,000fps) and advanced ...
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Smart inspection system for high speed and multifunctional testing of MEMS and MOEMS (SMARTIEHS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

... structures within only one measurement cycle. A multifunctional approach of the measurement concept allows the inspection of passive and active parameters within one inspection system. A novel smart pixel detector array is developed.SMARTIEHS provides a multifunctional design with two interferometer configurations; a low coherent interferometer and a laser interferometer. The project focuses on t ...
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High Sensitivity Mammography with a new generation of silicon pixel sensors (MAMMOMEDIPIX)

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Jul 31, 2015,

Mammography is an X-ray imaging technique widely used to screen women for breast cancer. The abilities to detect small micro-calcifications that are possible indicators of malignant processes and to distinguish between abnormal and normal soft tissue findings are crucial in mammography. Current systems employ high-resolution full field detectors to spot micro-calcifications and low energy X-rays t ...
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Direct conversion hybrid-organic X-ray detectors on metal oxide backplane (DiCoMo)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

...tive approach in sensing where we combine radical innovations from leading European players from various disciplines. On the backplane level a new material system enables the realization of an active pixel architecture with amorphous semiconductors. In combination with a custom made read-out IC this promises a significant enhancement in sensitivity. On the frontplane level a novel solvent-free pro ...
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Active Matrix of Any Shape with Organic Light Emitting Diodes displays (AMAzOLED)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2010,

...ut also where the weight is a major issue such as in sports items. The solution to these issues is an emissive display technology for which both lighting and information content are integrated at the pixel level. Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) made tremendous progress in the last 2 years. AMAzOLED is planning to push the technology to its limits to achieve the expected display function for c ...
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Milli-Volt Switch Technologies for Energy Efficient Computation and Sensing (Milli-Tech)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2021,

...citance in VO2, used as additive technology boosters.Milli-Tech plans breakthroughs by precise demonstrators: (i) energy efficient computation blocks for Von-Neumann ICs at sub-100mV, (ii) Active Pixel Sensors based on 2D TMD/GeSn tunnel FETs for IR imagers, (iii) Terahertz detectors based on hybrid 2D VO2/TMD switches (iii) ultra-sensitive 2D steep slope charge detectors for biosensing. The high- ...
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Inkjet-Printed organic Photodetectors for Imaging Applications (IPPIA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

...activity, which will take place at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), a leading research center in Italy. The final objective of this project is to fabricate small arrays of an organic active pixel by integrating OPDs with suitable organic field-effect transistors, acting as an electrical switch, thus paving the way for cost-effective, light-weight, conformable digital imagers. The experti ...
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Networked energy-aware visual analysis (GreenEyes)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

.... The key tenet is that most visual analysis tasks can be carried out based on a succinct representation of the image, which entails both global and local features, while it disregards the underlying pixel-level representation. Still, under severe energy constraints it is imperative to optimize the computation, the coding and the transmission of the features. On the computation and coding side, Gr ...
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A Single Cell AnaLysis and Sorting Platform based on Lensfree digital imaging techniques applied to Rapid Detection of Cancer (SCALPEL)

Start date: Nov 1, 2014, End date: Oct 31, 2019,

...d sorting platform, more compact and easier to use than any existing single cell analyzer. The high content results from lensfree digital imaging of single cells on a high speed CMOS active optical pixel matrix to analyze the morphology of cells. The high throughput results from a highly parallelized fluidic matrix that steers cells at high speed over the CMOS imaging blocks. Lensfree cell sor ...
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Innovative teaching methodology of health friendly nutrition development and practice in pre-primary and primary education

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

The quality of our nutrition affects our wellbeing throughout our lives, but it has an even greater impact on children whose bodies and minds are still growing. As studies presents nutritional deficiencies can seriously damage a child’s neural development, possibly leading to lower IQ and even learning disabilities. The essential role nutrition plays for developmental, cognitive and behavioral out ...
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E-Learning from Nature

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

The project rationale is deeply rooted in the long lasting effort of European policies in addressing the underachievements in basic skills as far as scientific issues are concerned. The "Council conclusions on increasing the level of basic skills in the context of European cooperation on schools for the 21st century" stated that "A good level of reading literacy and numeracy, together with a solid ...
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Regional ICT based Clusters for Healthcare Applications and R&D Integration (RICHARD)

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

Chronic diseases represent for healthcare systems the heaviest cost burden. Aside from the social costs in terms of suffering, they account for 70% on European average of public healthcare systems in the EU. A plethora of ICT based applications have been developed in the last years, allowing to tackle at least partially problems related to specific pathologies. However, even advanced experiences h ...
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EINET - European Network for Entrepreneurial and Innovative Training & Support

EINET will establish itself as a multi-level network to encourage entrepreneurship and innovative training amongst young European citizens. Partners representing 17 countries will be established at 4 levels (local, regional, national & transnational) comprising core players, permanent relay points and occasional correspondents.Primary activities of the network will include the creation of a 'Virtu ...
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European Languages for Secretaries (acronym ELSTI)

The 2003 – 2005 Leonardo ELS project (2003-I-03-BF-LA-154168) was taken over by one of the partners, EuroEd Foundation, which decided to gather this partnership and apply for a grant for the transfer of innovation of the products of this project. This new project addresses the difficulties that recent EU member countries meet in international business relations as a result of office workers’ insuf ...
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Europe Local Manufacturers Training Platform

Local products are mainly products and services produced and offered by traditional sectors, while the monotonousness and rejection of change and innovation that stems from the tendency of becoming traditional makes it difficult for them to adapt to changing market conditions, eventually exhausting their capacity of competition. The general objective of the ELMA-TP is to increase the capacities o ...
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On-Air: Effective use of Media for School Education

The project aims to make teachers being able to exploit the attractive potential that NewMedia have on young generation in order to raise their attention and motivate them torediscover the importance of literacy skills (reading and writing) and to approach theflow and diffusion of information that the New Media spread, with the necessary criticalskills in order to become aware users.The main targe ...
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BenchTour, Benchlearning in the Tourism Sector

The tourism sector is dominated by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) whose potentials have to be strengthened in order to increase employment opportunities in the sector. Therefore the goal of the project was to develop of competences of employees and entrepreneurs in the tourism industry. A key to these goals lies within the strengthening of operational capabilities of the actors through ...
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