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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242
Description

4Ts Game was born in ITD in 2017 to indicate a board game for teacher training, which aims to develop skills in designing collaborative learning activities. The game was originally conceived as a 'tangible' game, consisting of a board and 4 decks of paper cards which contain inputs that guide the teachers/players' design process. Subsequently the game evolved and was developed in its digital version. In this version, developed in Unity and with an underlying knowledge base in Prolog, the game is able to provide feedback to teachers regarding the design/game choices made.

Thematic areas
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage
ICT & Electronics
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Technologies for preservation of cultural heritage
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Education & learning
ICT & Electronics / IT and Telematics applications
ICT & Electronics / Augmented Reality
ICT & Electronics / Multimedia
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Socio-economic models
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Multimedia technologies
# Record card
98
Description

Leishmaniasis is a zoonosis caused by the protozoan of the genus Leishmania, which affects both humans and animals through a phlebotomist. After malaria and lymphatic filariasis, leishmaniasis is the third most common disease on a global scale. Leishmania infantum is the species spread in the European continent and the Mediterranean basin. In Italy, from the hilly coastal areas and major islands, the infection has spread to many pre-Alpine areas and northern Italy.

Thematic areas
Energy and environmental sustainability / Ecology & Biodiversity
Energy and environmental sustainability / Renewable sources
Bioeconomy
Chemicals & Physics / Organic substances
Health & Biotech / New therapies
Health & Biotech / Development of new drugs
# Record card
48
Description

CPIAbot is a conversational assistant supporting the learning of Italian L2 for migrants. It has been tested in particular in the context of CPIA - Centri Provinciali per l'Istruzione degli Adulti - MIUR.

Thematic areas
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
251
Description

The insertion of executable programs within QR codes is a new enabling technology for many application contexts in everyday life. Every time Internet access is unavailable, QR code usage is limited to reading the data it contains without any possibility of interaction.

Thematic areas
ICT & Electronics
ICT & Electronics / Cybersecurity
ICT & Electronics / Smart cities and Communities
ICT & Electronics / Future Internet
ICT & Electronics / Robotics and control systems
ICT & Electronics / Augmented Reality
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing
Health & Biotech
Health & Biotech / Smart Devices for Health and Wellness
Health & Biotech / Diagnostic, Medical imaging & advanced bioimaging
Health & Biotech / Medical Device
Health & Biotech / Diagnostic kits
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Technologies for preservation of cultural heritage
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Education & learning
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Entertainment
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Tourism
Aerospace and Earth Science
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Socio-economic models
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Multimedia technologies
Agrifood
Agrifood / Nutrition & health
Agrifood / Food quality & safety
Automotive transport and logistics
Chemicals & Physics
Energy and environmental sustainability
ICT & Electronics / Information processing, information system, workflow management
ICT & Electronics / IT and Telematics applications
ICT & Electronics / Multimedia
# Record card
55
Description

The constant demand for more powerful and energy-efficient electronic devices than existing ones is challenging scientists and companies to develop innovative solutions that can address such primary technological needs. Based on a recent scientific discovery made by our team we have developed a technology for superfast and extremely scalable logic and computing circuits with minimal energy losses, which has the potential to become the leading technology in the future world of largescale computing and telecommunication infrastructures.

Thematic areas
ICT & Electronics / Cybersecurity
ICT & Electronics / Network technology, network security
ICT & Electronics / Future Internet
ICT & Electronics / Big Data
ICT & Electronics / Artificial Intelligence
ICT & Electronics / Nanotechnologies related to electronics and microelectronics
ICT & Electronics / Electronics and microelectronics
ICT & Electronics / IT and Telematics applications
ICT & Electronics / Microwaves and RF
ICT & Electronics / Telecommunications
Aerospace and Earth Science / Satellite technologies
# Record card
288
Description

Data loggers for environmental data recording  have been commercially available for several years, but their cost often limits their use. The development of low-cost data loggers, with adequate features for the acquisition of environmental and physiological data, to understand the relationships between organisms and the environment, and capable of recording and storing data for long periods of time is essential for their diffusion in the naturalistic field.

Thematic areas
Energy and environmental sustainability / Environmental engineering/technologies
Energy and environmental sustainability / Ecology & Biodiversity
ICT & Electronics / Sensor/multi-sensor technology, instrumentation
Energy and environmental sustainability / Sensory
# Record card
238
Description

Mergers e Acquisitions represent important forms of business deals because of the volumes involved in the transactions and the role of the innovation activity of companies. By considering the patent activity of about one thousand companies, we develop a method to predict future acquisitions by assuming that companies deal more frequently with technologically related ones.

Thematic areas
ICT & Electronics
ICT & Electronics / Information processing, information system, workflow management
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Socio-economic models
# Record card
261
Description

It enables a systemic and evolutionary development of people, organisations and territories by overcoming the criticality of traditional approaches, which get stuck because of rationalistic reductions in complexity, as well as lack of motivation. This responds to the social sustainability needs highlighted by the UN 2030 agenda. The methodology is based on 3 pillars:

Thematic areas
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Socio-economic models
# Record card
17
Description

The NanoMicroFab infrastructure, support companies operating in the field of micro and nanoelectronics through the supply of materials, development of processes, design, fabrication and characterization of materials and devices. NanoMicroFab makes use of existing CNR facilities of the Institute of Microelectronics and Microsystems, the Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnologies and the Institute for the Structure of Matter and provides: • a complete line of development of devices based on wide band gap semiconductors.

Thematic areas
ICT & Electronics / Laser technologies
ICT & Electronics / Sensor/multi-sensor technology, instrumentation
ICT & Electronics / Optics & Acoustic
ICT & Electronics / Smart cities and Communities
ICT & Electronics / Robotics and control systems
ICT & Electronics / Internet of Things
ICT & Electronics / Optoacustic sensors, Optoelectronic devices
ICT & Electronics / Nanotechnologies related to electronics and microelectronics
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing / Packaging
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing / Robotics
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing / Additive manufacturing processes and materials
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing / Factory of the Future
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing / Vacuum/High vacuum technologies
Materials / Semiconductors and Superconductors
Health & Biotech / Smart Devices for Health and Wellness
Health & Biotech / Medical Device
Health & Biotech / Biosensors
Health & Biotech / Micro and nanotechnology related to biological sciences
Health & Biotech / Bio-medicals
Health & Biotech / Diagnostic kits
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Technologies for preservation of cultural heritage
Aerospace and Earth Science / Aeronautical technologies and avionics
Aerospace and Earth Science / Satellite technologies
Agrifood / Food quality & safety
Automotive transport and logistics
Chemicals & Physics / Atomic and molecular spectroscopy
Chemicals & Physics / Imaging & image processing
Chemicals & Physics / Electron microscopy
Chemicals & Physics / Micro and nanotechnology related to physical, chemical and exact sciences
Energy and environmental sustainability / Safety and security
Energy and environmental sustainability / Pollution treatment (air, soil, water)
Energy and environmental sustainability / Environmental engineering/technologies
Energy and environmental sustainability / Ecology & Biodiversity
Energy and environmental sustainability / Mechanical Engineering, Hydraulics, Vibration and Acoustic Engineering
Energy and environmental sustainability / Sensory
Energy and environmental sustainability / Simulation
Energy and environmental sustainability / Wearable technologies
ICT & Electronics / Electronics and microelectronics
ICT & Electronics / Information processing, information system, workflow management
ICT & Electronics / Microwaves and RF
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9
Description

Optical backplane for interconnection between boards of a high-capacity ICT apparatus, data-center, server and the related automatic assembly method. The solution is based on optical connections between boards with an optimized layout on a support with mechanical constraints that involve controlled deformations of commercial optical fibers with standardized connectors. The entire interconnection circuit is divided into N independent circuits, each of which makes the connections between all the boards (Full-Mesh).

Thematic areas
ICT & Electronics / Information processing, information system, workflow management
ICT & Electronics / Telecommunications
# 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
96
Description

The proposed technology deals with the development of active SERS (Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering) substrates ad hoc designed for diagnostics of cultural heritage. The substrates are prepared starting from common commercial 'polishing film' sheets (lapping optical fibers) showing an intrinsic roughness (48- 1000 nm) that favors the SERS effect. A pattern of silver or gold nanoparticles are deposited on these films through Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD).

Thematic areas
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
38
Description

The Q-PLL is an innovative nonlinear circuit which is able to synchronize to a signal comprising two or more incommensurate frequencies (forcing).

When the forcing contains two prevailing frequencies the locking response is a third frequency parametrically selected among those prescribed by the theory of three-frequency resonances in dynamical systems.

In particular, the locked frequency is closely related to the pitch perception of complex sound in humans.

Thematic areas
Materials / Properties of materials, corrosion, degradation
ICT & Electronics / Sensor/multi-sensor technology, instrumentation
ICT & Electronics / Optics & Acoustic
ICT & Electronics / Robotics and control systems
Health & Biotech / Medical Device
Health & Biotech / Micro and nanotechnology related to biological sciences
Health & Biotech / Bio-medicals
ICT & Electronics / Electronics and microelectronics
ICT & Electronics / Information processing, information system, workflow management
ICT & Electronics / IT and Telematics applications
ICT & Electronics / Multimedia
ICT & Electronics / Telecommunications
# Record card
139
Description

The study of proteins is typically limited to notions, sometimes with the aid of virtual 3D models, obtained from visualization programs. A knowledge of this type, although useful, limits the ability to acquire a more direct knowledge, almost never leads to awareness of dimensions, and is particularly difficult for those who do not have a strong capacity for three-dimensional imagination.

Thematic areas
Health & Biotech
Health & Biotech / Bio-informatics
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Technologies for preservation of cultural heritage
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Education & learning
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Entertainment
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Socio-economic models
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Multimedia technologies
# Record card
130
Description

The software is based on mathematical models able of simulating the time evolution of the different stages of a pest population starting from environmental data collected from weather stations located in an area of interest and information regarding the development stage of the host plant. The models are of two types: phenological, which provides information on the stages population as a function of time and demographic which also allows to know the abundance of each population stage.

Thematic areas
Energy and environmental sustainability
Energy and environmental sustainability / Ecology & Biodiversity
Energy and environmental sustainability / Simulation
Agrifood
Agrifood / Food quality & safety