Technologies

In this section it is possible to view, also through targeted research, the technologies inserted in the PROMO-TT Database. For further information on the technologies and to contact the CNR Research Teams who developed them, it is necessary to contact the Project Manager (see the references at the bottom of each record card).

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# Record card
135
Description

Portable robotic device for bilateral neuromotor rehabilitation. An appropriate mechanical structure and a series of interchangeable accessories suitably designed allow the execution of various motor gestures of the upper limbs, involving different articulations and muscles. The possibility of being used with both limbs contributes to the recovery of motor coordination and facilitates the mechanism of brain plasticity. Some rotary axes the device is equipped with are motorized and sensorized.

Thematic areas
Health & Biotech
Health & Biotech / Bio-medicals
Health & Biotech / Smart Devices for Health and Wellness
Health & Biotech / Medical Device
ICT & Electronics
ICT & Electronics / Robotics and control systems
ICT & Electronics / Artificial Intelligence
# Record card
240
Description

"Transitional Wearable Companions'' (TWC) are interactive, multisensory, animal-shaped soft toys, developed as a support tool for early intervention in neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD), with particular reference to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Thanks to internal electronics, TWC can emit coloured lights, nice sounds and mild vibrations when touched on the paws. Such stimulations are usually very reinforcing to children and attract their attention.

Thematic areas
Health & Biotech
Health & Biotech / Smart Devices for Health and Wellness
ICT & Electronics
ICT & Electronics / Electronics and microelectronics
# Record card
237
Description

The proposed technology is based on the concept of Power-Over-Fibre (PoF), which involves the transmission of data and power over an optical fiber. This technology is suitable for applications where traditional copper cabling is impractical or undesirable. This is the case with pantographs, where there is a large potential difference between the catenary and the earth, and therefore any electrical contact must be avoided for safety reasons. Furthermore, pantographs operate in an environment with very high electromagnetic interference (EMI).

Thematic areas
ICT & Electronics
ICT & Electronics / Sensor/multi-sensor technology, instrumentation
ICT & Electronics / Optoacustic sensors, Optoelectronic devices
# Record card
94
Description

The metasurface optomechanical modulator is a device designed to modulate the amplitude, phase and polarization of a beam of electromagnetic radiation, independently, or simultaneously, according to prescribed paths in the parameter space (for example, as regards polarization, paths on the Poincaré sphere). The concept of our device can be applied to the entire spectrum of electromagnetic waves: from radio frequency, to microwaves (GHz), to millimeter waves (THz), to far and near infrared radiation, and to visible light.

Thematic areas
Chemicals & Physics / Imaging & image processing
ICT & Electronics / Laser technologies
ICT & Electronics / Optics & Acoustic
Chemicals & Physics / Micro and nanotechnology related to physical, chemical and exact sciences
Energy and environmental sustainability / Sensory
ICT & Electronics / Optoacustic sensors, Optoelectronic devices
Chemicals & Physics / Quantum optics
Materials / Optical materials
Chemicals & Physics / Atomic and molecular spectroscopy
ICT & Electronics / Telecommunications
# Record card
184
Description

We developed an hybrid organic-inorganic composite consisting of a 2D perovskite and a copolymer. At room temperature the composite is highly transparent in the visible region with transmittance > 90%. At higher temperatures, the movement of the polymer chains releases the precursors, allowing the perovskite formation, which results in a colored film. The color changes according to the ‘n’ value of the PVK. PVK with n=1 starts coloring at 70°C, achieving a ∆Tmax = 91.5% at 510 nm.

Thematic areas
ICT & Electronics
ICT & Electronics / Sensor/multi-sensor technology, instrumentation
ICT & Electronics / Nanotechnologies related to electronics and microelectronics
Energy and environmental sustainability
Energy and environmental sustainability / Rational use of energy
Materials
Materials / Composite and hybrid materials
# Record card
47
Description

AIS aim is a robotized inclinometer measurement in standard inclinometer boreholes. The deep measurements have multiple applications, including: evaluating the rate of deep-seated ground deformation in landslide areas, evaluating the volume of deep-seated landslides and assessing landslide hazards. The AIS is composed by an electronic control manager, an inclinometer probe and an electric motor equipped with a high precision encoder for handling and continuous control of the probe in the borehole.

Thematic areas
Energy and environmental sustainability / Environmental engineering/technologies
Aerospace and Earth Science / Geological engineering
Energy and environmental sustainability / Sensory
Measurement tools and Standards
ICT & Electronics / Robotics and control systems
Energy and environmental sustainability / Natural disasters
# Record card
85
Description

This technology is based on an algorithm able to provide the probability of being asthmatic with high accuracy. This probability is based on the evaluation of respiratory function and, specifically, of forced expiratory vital capacity in the first second (FEV1), in resting conditions, and 20 minutes after administration of a bronchodilator drug.

Thematic areas
Health & Biotech / Smart Devices for Health and Wellness
Health & Biotech / Diagnostic, Medical imaging & advanced bioimaging
ICT & Electronics / IT and Telematics applications
Health & Biotech / Medical Device
# Record card
241
Description

Electrochromism is an optoelectronic characteristic of particular interest because it can be exploited in the creation of technologies such as smart windows (Smart Windows) to promote energy efficiency, automotive, sensor or visualization devices. Electrochromic materials change their optoelectronic characteristics, showing different colors depending on the applied electric field.

Thematic areas
Materials
Materials / Semiconductors and Superconductors
Energy and environmental sustainability
Energy and environmental sustainability / Rational use of energy
Health & Biotech
Health & Biotech / Diagnostic, Medical imaging & advanced bioimaging
Automotive transport and logistics
Automotive transport and logistics / Vehicles
Chemicals & Physics
Energy and environmental sustainability / Sensory
Chemicals & Physics / Organic substances
Chemicals & Physics / Colours & dyes
ICT & Electronics / Electronics and microelectronics
Chemicals & Physics / Subtainable substances and green chemistry
Materials / Optical materials
Chemicals & Physics / Atomic and molecular spectroscopy
ICT & Electronics
# Record card
64
Description

The technology refers to a system for the safety and control of the mobility of vehicles, pedestrians, and mass transport users, in conventional and advanced contexts and is suitable for use as an infrastructure for the production/sharing of information and data, aimed at monitoring and intervention in critical areas by offering specific functions concerning the detection of potentially dangerous situations or the optimization of resources.

Thematic areas
Automotive transport and logistics / Traffic control systems
ICT & Electronics / Sensor/multi-sensor technology, instrumentation
ICT & Electronics / Optics & Acoustic
ICT & Electronics / Smart cities and Communities
ICT & Electronics / Big Data
ICT & Electronics / Internet of Things
ICT & Electronics / Artificial Intelligence
ICT & Electronics / Augmented Reality
ICT & Electronics / Electronics and microelectronics
ICT & Electronics / Information processing, information system, workflow management
ICT & Electronics / IT and Telematics applications
ICT & Electronics / Multimedia
# Record card
79
Description

Our team can develop low-cost ultra-flexible sensors integrated on plastic substrate for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and gas detection. These devices combine scalable fabrication technologies, implementing active materials such as nanostructured metal oxides or stack of nanostructures decorated with metal nanoparticles, thus enabling a high sensitivity (in the range of hundreds of ppb). These devices can be applied to numerous industrial and commercial sectors and they can be embedded in systems that are more sophisticated.

Thematic areas
Materials / Semiconductors and Superconductors
Chemicals & Physics / Micro and nanotechnology related to physical, chemical and exact sciences
Agrifood / Agriculture
Health & Biotech / Nanomedicine
Health & Biotech / Medical Device
ICT & Electronics / Nanotechnologies related to electronics and microelectronics
Health & Biotech / Biosensors
Energy and environmental sustainability / Sensory
Chemicals & Physics / Inorganic substances
Chemicals & Physics / Organic substances
ICT & Electronics / Electronics and microelectronics
Materials / Plastics, polymers
# Record card
81
Description

IMM has developed tactile sensors for the detection of objects and surface and for the handling of objects with humanoid robots (e-skin). These devices can be integrated on ultra-flexible and high conformable substrates and they can be used for multiple applications: 1) for a correct interaction with objects distributed in complex environment; 2) for a safe short-range interaction between humanoid robot and humans; 3) for fabricating smart wearables for the detection of biometric parameters (e.g. heartbeat); 4) for remotely control rovers with wearable gadgets.

Thematic areas
ICT & Electronics / Smart cities and Communities
Health & Biotech / Smart Devices for Health and Wellness
ICT & Electronics / Robotics and control systems
ICT & Electronics / Internet of Things
Automotive transport and logistics / Vehicles
Health & Biotech / Medical Device
Health & Biotech / Micro and nanotechnology related to biological sciences
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing / Robotics
ICT & Electronics / Electronics and microelectronics
Materials / Plastics, polymers
# Record card
66
Description

uManager is a management game designed to foster the development of young students' entrepreneurial skills and abilities. The game offers the opportunity to manage a tourist village, stimulating the skills of decision making and problem-solving in a simulated scenario adhering to the real one. uManager is suitable for use in the classroom or at a distance, in formal and informal contexts.

Thematic areas
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Technologies for preservation of cultural heritage
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Education & learning
ICT & Electronics / Artificial Intelligence
ICT & Electronics / IT and Telematics applications
ICT & Electronics / Multimedia
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Socio-economic models
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Multimedia technologies
# Record card
256
Description

Environmental monitoring is a rapidly growing field, both in academia and industry. The use of wearables for environmental monitoring is a promising technique, as it allows data to be collected continuously and comprehensively. The main problem with using wearables for environmental monitoring is the size and weight of the system, as well as the high degree of specialization required to develop a fully functional device.

Thematic areas
ICT & Electronics
ICT & Electronics / Sensor/multi-sensor technology, instrumentation
Energy and environmental sustainability
Energy and environmental sustainability / Sensory
Energy and environmental sustainability / Wearable technologies
Health & Biotech
Health & Biotech / Smart Devices for Health and Wellness
ICT & Electronics / Internet of Things
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Safety and security
# Record card
185
Description

WSense provides customizable and modular real-time, bi-directional, in-situ monitoring tools capable of sending real-time alarms. It makes possible to monitor the entire water column, on areas that can scale from a few tens of square meters to hundreds or thousands of square meters depending on the number of nodes deployed as needed. The monitoring system is implemented using submarine wireless communication nodes (W-Nodes) integrated with probes to monitor various parameters.

Thematic areas
Energy and environmental sustainability
Energy and environmental sustainability / Environmental engineering/technologies
Aerospace and Earth Science
Aerospace and Earth Science / Oceanography
Energy and environmental sustainability / Marine technologies
ICT & Electronics
ICT & Electronics / Internet of Things
Aerospace and Earth Science / Satellite technologies