Descripción del proyecto High-Tech Research Intensive SMEs in FET research Mostrar el objetivo del proyecto Ocultar el objetivo del proyecto Plants have amazing and significant sensing capabilities. For instance, each single root apex can simultaneously and continuously monitor many chemical and physical parameters. Natural organisms, including human beings, have often inspired works of science and science fiction on how to augment their abilities or interface them with machines. As a remarkable example, electroencephalography (EEG) enables the transduction of electrical activity in the brain into machine understandable signals of non-verbalised patterns.In this project, we plan to extend this approach to the realm of plants, shifting focus from interfacing a single entity (e.g. a human brain that controls a prosthetic device) to a network of entities (a community of plants) that renders an orchestrated response to the environment in which it lives. While artificial sensing devices exist that can monitor environmental parameters of interest, such as temperature or humidity, the focus of our research will be on the use of plants themselves as sensing and decision-making devices.The holistic approach we propose is novel: while plants as bio-sensors have been the object of previous studies, prior work has focused on the study of the sensing capabilities of individual plants in a controlled laboratory environment. In contrast, we plan to consider real field scenarios (e.g. a forest or a meadow) in which plants often receive uncontrollable and unpredictable stimuli. We will consider the case of multiple points of observations, in which readings from several plants are collected over a wireless network and integrated in a suitable way to obtain a consistent and global view of an environment of interest. Eco-compatible, self-sustainable and cost effective plant-based solutions will be studied to tackle two relevant problems of the modern society: air pollution and the use of chemicals in organic agriculture.We are used to thinking of plants as inanimate objects. A nice aphorism well describes our vision: "One day you will step into the garden to look at the flowers – and the flowers will look back at you". Even more interestingly, we also claim that plants will gossip about you! Ámbito científico ciencias agrícolasagricultura, silvicultura y pescaagriculturaagricultura sostenibleingeniería y tecnologíaingeniería ambientalingeniería de la contaminación atmosféricaciencias naturalesciencias de la tierra y ciencias ambientales conexasciencias ambientalescontaminaciónhumanidadeslenguas y literaturaestudios literariosgéneros literariosensayociencia ficciónciencias médicas y de la saludbiotecnología médicaimplantes Programa(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Tema(s) ICT-2011.9.2 - High-Tech Research Intensive SMEs in FET research Convocatoria de propuestas FP7-ICT-2011-C Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinador WLAB SRL Dirección Via giovanni nicotera 00195 Roma Italia Ver en el mapa Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo Andrea Vitaletti (Prof.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Aportación de la UE € 240 750,00 Participantes (4) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo ADVANTIC SISTEMAS Y SERVICIOS SL España Aportación de la UE € 227 550,00 Dirección C zurbano 83 escalera izquierda 3a 28003 Madrid Ver en el mapa Región Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo JOSE JAVIER DE LAS HERAS (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE Italia Aportación de la UE € 223 050,00 Dirección Piazza san marco 4 50121 Florence Ver en el mapa Región Centro (IT) Toscana Firenze Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contacto administrativo Nannipieri Paolo (Prof.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Reino Unido Aportación de la UE € 223 875,00 Dirección Highfield SO17 1BJ Southampton Ver en el mapa Región South East (England) Hampshire and Isle of Wight Southampton Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contacto administrativo Yan Qiao (Ms.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window LONDON CENTRE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES LBG Reino Unido Aportación de la UE € 160 800,00 Dirección South street 35a mayfair W1K 2XF London Ver en el mapa Región London Inner London — West Westminster Tipo de actividad Research Organisations Contacto administrativo Guido Caldarelli (Dr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window
