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Up one levelResearchers help fishermen use the Web and other networks
In 2014, deep-sea fishermen will have free access to wireless broadband Internet between the cities of Póvoa de Varzim and Porto.
HEARBO Robot Has Superhearing
We live in a world of sounds, full of beautiful music, birds chirping, and the voices of our friends. It's a rich cacophony, with blaring beeps, accented alarms, and knock-knock jokes. The sound of a door opening can alert us to a friend's arrival, and a door slamming can alert us to an impending argument.
Meet a robot that is entirely Portuguese
This could be a typical scene in any Star Wars movie, but the robot that is currently 'patrolling' the corridors of the Lionesa Business Centre in Leça do Balio, Porto, still depends on humans for good supervision.
This robot is Portuguese and can be the security officers’ best friend
This robot is Portuguese; it is 1.60 meters high and remotely operated. This project was developed at the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of Porto (INESC TEC).
The new partner of security officers is a robot and it is Portuguese
This robot is Portuguese and it patrols areas by itself; it is capable of detecting smoke, gas, water and people. Equipped with cameras and sensors, the aim with this robot is to facilitate the work of security officers. However, it will not replace them.
Technology: A Surveillance Robot that detects intruders, fires and floods on its rounds
A robot that detects intruders, dangerously high temperatures and floods could soon be patrolling large scale buildings, such as warehouses or shopping centres thanks to a project developed by INESC TEC.
GimmeDaBlues - Beira TV
The musical application GimmeDaBlues one first place in the category “Multimedia Contents and Applications” in the ZON Creativity in Multimedia awards 2011. The application was developed by a team of researchers from INESC TEC in conjunction with the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). The application will soon be available in the App store. Beira TV, 10th February, 2012.
GRANDE PORTO participates in multimedia project on buses
SITme was developed by INESC TEC and Xarevision and offers information and Wi-Fi Internet access
Bus 207 with free digital TV and Internet
“Did you know that this morning Porto Football Club opens its doors to fans to watch the training session? You will now on route 207”. This is one of the slogans of the STCP’s new trial service, SITme that was presented yesterday and offers free Internet and digital television for passengers.
Passengers on STCP route 207 have free access to the Internet and Digital TV starting today
Project SITme is co-funded by the NSRF and is part of a partnership between the STCP and Xarevision, INESC TEC, FEUP, Porto Canal and Grande Porto
p3.publico.pt
Project P3 is a new informative site aimed at youngsters (students and graduates) and adapted to their interests and their experience of using the internet. The project was created through a partnership consisting of the Portuguese newspaper, Público, the University of Porto and INESC Porto and was funded by the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF). The site will be produced by a team of journalists from the Portuguese newspaper and university professionals.
Project developed by PÚBLICO in partnership with the University of Porto and INESC Porto
From Thursday 22nd September the Portuguese newspaper PÚBLICO will be offering its readers a new editorial project.
Portuguese App for the Android Simplifies Electric Vehicle Charging
The Portuguese application for mobile phones with an Android operating system will inform drivers in real-time about the closest place where they can change or charge their battery.
INESC Porto software will facilitate kidney transplants
INESC Porto is developing advanced software to determine the highest number of compatible patient-donor pairs in paired kidney exchange programmes. The aim of this technology is to maximise the number of renal transplants and it gives new hope for patients suffering from kidney failure with incompatible living donors who are forced to wait for a deceased donor. The software will be completed in December 2012 and is being developed in collaboration with the University of Minho, the University of Lisbon, the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto and the Portuguese Blood Establishment and Transplant Authority.
Portuguese software facilitates breast cancer scans
Software developed by researchers at INESC Porto can automatically recognise cases where breast cancer is clear, based on similar images. The diagnosis is 100% accurate and aids specialists, speeding up the diagnosis process.
Robot Analyzes Music then Dances
An interesting project going on at the LIACC artificial intelligence lab and INESC Porto in Portugal is connecting the open-source Marsyas music analysis engine with a LEGO NXT-based robotic platform.
Robot Analyzes Music then Dances
An interesting project going on at the LIACC artificial intelligence lab and INESC Porto in Portugal is connecting the open-source Marsyas music analysis engine with a LEGO NXT-based robotic platform.
Autonomous Robot Dancer Identifies Dance And Music In Intelligent Manner
Built from a simple Lego NXT kit, a new robotic system designed by a student of FEUP can identify different types of dance and music in an intelligent manner and is fully autonomous. The next step is to create and manage choreography between humanoid robots.
UT Austin-Portugal Programme brings Future Places to the City of Porto
Manuel Heitor, Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education will be at the Rectory of the University of Porto for the opening of the new contents and digital art exhibition that will take place in the context of the 1st edition of the Future Places festival. This festival is the result of a partnership between the Portuguese Government and the University of Texas at Austin (USA), through the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).
PhD in Computer Music
The relationship between Mathematics and Music has always been appealing to a large number of composers and philosophers. Now, this relationship is the subject of the most recent Doctoral Programme of the School of Arts of the Universidade Católica do Porto (UCP), which is expected to start this year.
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