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ESTAR: Low-cost self-powered wireless multisensor devices for Industry 4.0
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The objective of the ESTAR project is to develop a system of completely autonomous low-cost devices that allow automatic monitoring through different sensors. The autonomy is based on the automation of the installation, energy harvesting and automatic configuration of both the network and the devices. In addition, the device will be easy to install and maintain.

The system will adapt to different use cases with different needs.

Title: ESTAR: Low-cost self-powered wireless multisensor devices for Industry 4.0
Duration: November 2022 – October 2023
Partners: UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID, CENTUM SOLUTIONS
Financing entity: CENTUM SOLUTIONS con el apoyo del CENTRO PARA EL DESARROLLO TECNOLÓGICO Y LA INNOVACIÓN E.P.E. (CDTI)  (IDI-20220872)

HUMAIN: Investigación de nuevas soluciones flexibles basadas en patrones de IA e IoT para una producción 5.0 más segura, eficiente y sostenible
Posted on by araujo

The general goal of the HUMAIN project is the improvement of production processes through industrial research and the creation of synergies for the achievement of novel methodologies and algorithms that allow:

  • Execute complex and diverse production processes with greater precision/quality.
  • Increase time efficiency and reduce unplanned stops (predictive maintenance system).
  • Optimize the use of resources, both material and energy.
  • Improve execution quality to help reduce waste generation at increasingly earlier stages of the production process in order to promote circularity.

The task of B105 Electronic Systems Lab is research into indoor and outdoor positioning systems for Industry 5.0.

Title: HUMAIN – Investigación de nuevas soluciones flexibles basadas en patrones de IA e IoT para una producción 5.0 más segura, eficiente y sostenible
Duration: October 2022 – December 2024
Partners: GPA INNOVA, BAMA, CENTUM, AMPER S&C IOT, BitMetrics, UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID
Financing entity: “Programa de Misiones de Ciencia e Innovación”, CENTRO PARA EL DESARROLLO TECNOLÓGICO Y LA INNOVACIÓN E.P.E. (CDTI) (MIP-20221036)

MINA-CM: Madrid Innovative Neurotech Alliance
Posted on by araujo

Neurotechnologies are achieving spectacular advances both in the treatment of pathologies of the
nervous system (with the reduction of enormous social and economic costs associated with these
diseases; with disability and mortality rates of 21M disabled, 1.2M deceased per year respectively in
Europe, costs >4% of GDP) as well as in other important areas, such as empowerment and extension
of brain capacities, brain-machine and brain-brain interfaces. The applications of these technologies
are immense, from the clinical aspects related with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of
neurological pathologies to the development of new computation systems, improvement of learning,
integration and connection of advanced devices with the nervous system.


The main goal of Madrid Innovative Neurotech Alliance (MINA-CM) is the innovation, development and application of advanced neurotechnological solutions in the Comunidad de Madrid.


The main objectives of MINA-CM are:
The development of multidisciplinary and interinstitutional biomedical R+D+i in neurotechnologies for
pathologies of the nervous system and improvement of brain capacities and interconnection through
physical and functional interfaces.
The attraction and incorporation of exceptional young researchers to R+D+i in neurotechnology in the Comunidad de Madrid.
The reinforcement and enhancement of the participation of the Comunidad de Madrid in international
networks and consortiums of R+D+I in neurotechnology.
The reinforcement, potentiation and integration of companies, in particular SMEs of high technology in a network of R+D+i in neurotechnology in the Comunidad de Madrid to favor international and national funding.

Title: MINA-CM – Madrid Innovative Neurotech Alliance
Duration: January 2023 – December 2026
Partners: UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID, UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID, CENTRO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS, HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL, HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS, HOSPITAL LA PAZ
Financing entity: Comunidad de Madrid, Programas de actividades de I+D entre grupos de investigación de la Comunidad de Madrid en Biomedicina 2022 (P2022/BMD-7236)

THOR – Building vascular networks and Blood-Brain-Barriers through a Biomimetic manufacturing Technology for the fabrication of Human tissues and Organs
Posted on by araujo

Tenths of millions of people with organ failures or suffering from degenerative diseases are waiting for a novel cellular therapy or for a transplant of a donor compatible organ and the immense majority of these patients will die before receiving the tissue or organ they need. Despite the significant advances in tissue engineering, not a single artificial tissue has been used to replace a part of an organ, with the exception of simple or avascular tissues like skin or cartilage. And the main impediment is the up-to-date impossibility to engineer physiological vascular networks to provide O2 and nutrients to the artificial tissue.

THOR solves this drawback with the combination of self-assembling molecules (SAM) inspired to the Extracellular matrix (ECM) to construct solid and hollow polymeric fibers, spiderbots to create self-assembling structures (SAS) and photoactivable crosslinkers-based  functionalization of the structures using SAM proteins. THOR tissue arises from high-resolution 3D spatial positioning of SAS, angiogenic factors and relevant cell lineages, reprogrammed and expanded in a dedicated bioreactor under controlled conditions.

B105 Electronics Systems Lab is in charge of the design and implementation of the spiderbots, as well as the integration with the rest of the technologies.

Title: THOR – Building vascular networks and Blood-Brain-Barriers through a Biomimetic manufacturing Technology for the fabrication of Human tissues and Organs
Duration: January 2023 – December 2026
Partners: UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID, UNIVERSITAETSKLINIKUM FREIBURG, ELVESYS, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DELLA CAMPANIA LUIGI VANVITELLI, BIOACTIVE SURFACES, S.L.
Financing entity: HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 (GA 101099719)

More information:

https://www.thor-project.eu/

Conferencia en la Academia de las Ciencias y las Artes Militares
Posted on by Octavio Nieto-Taladriz

El pasado 1 de febrero nuestro compañero Octavio Nieto-Taladriz impartió la conferencia en la Academia de las Ciencias y las Artes Militares (ACAMI) titulada “Prueba de concepto: Munición cooperativa, aspectos tecnológicos”.

Breve extracto:

Una de las principales labores de la Universidad es la de generar nuevas ideas y conceptos y en el caso específico de las tecnológicas, como la del conferenciante, ver cómo llegar a prototipos o productos mínimos viables (MVP). En este caso se presentará como idea la creación de una “red social” de munición autónoma en la que sus elementos colaboren para lograr uno o varios objetivos comunes.

Para ello se partirá de dispositivos de munición básica convencional y sobre ella se incorporarán elementos que permiten la creación de un modelo de “red social”, todo ello bajo un punto de vista tecnológico y de industrialización. La parte de estrategias de colaboración, doctrina, ética y legalidad quedarán para un futuro evento de la ACAMI.

La grabación de la misma está disponible en el siguiente link: https://youtu.be/ykq-9FPBAJo