Objective
The aim of the TACMON proposal is to increase SME competitive advantage in the special needs sector by offering an innovative and cost-effective technology to help the visually impaired to have access to graphical and text-oriented information. The TACMON technology is innovative in that it applies electrostatic MEMS actuator technologies with a micro hydraulic amplitude transmission to realize a large matrix of tactile dots using cost-effective bath-processing technologies. There are 7.4 million visually impaired people in the European Union. High unemployment amongst the disabled is a serious social and economic problem for the EU, as continued exclusion from productive activity requires increasing state-funded support for social programs. There is a need for effective assistive technology to facilitate employment of the visually impaired and for industry to better be able to meet anti-discrimination legislation. Furthermore, the EU is investing heavily in e-learning to modernize education and training, but locking out the visually impaired since information and communication technologies are heavily oriented to visual user interfaces. The EU must quickly address the needs of sector SMEs that provide technological solutions for the disabled, as there is a continuous competitive threat from both foreign companies and large enterprises. TACMON offers SMEs an innovative technology targeting an interactive graphical tactile display and user interface for the visually impaired to access electronic information. TACMON technology can contribute to the creation of new business opportunities in software for learning, leisure, communicating via Internet, among many others for the disabled community. The TACMON product responds to important market demands in industry, education and other sectors that lack appropriate inclusive technology adaptable to meet the needs of their visually impaired clients.
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Call for proposal
FP7-SME-2007-2
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Funding Scheme
BSG-SME-AG - Research for SME associations/groupingsCoordinator
1077 Budapest
Hungary
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Participants (19)
NW7 2DQ LONDON
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LV-1006 RIGA
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HMR02 BLATA L BAJDA
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110 00 Praha
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13122 N LIOSIA, ATHENS
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1146 Budapest
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70178 STUTTGART
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3095 LEMESOS
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N/A Mosta MST05
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1050 RIGA
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1116 BUDAPEST
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1003 LAUSANNE
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2000 Neuchatel
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G12 8QQ Glasgow
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08940 Cornella De Llobregat Barcelona
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1119 BUDAPEST
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1039 Budapest
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IG11 0HQ BARKING
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1000 Skopje
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