Description du projet High-Tech Research Intensive SMEs in FET research Afficher les objectifs du projet Masquer les objectifs du projet 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! Champ scientifique sciences agricolesagriculture, sylviculture et pêcheagricultureagriculture durableingénierie et technologiegénie de l'environnementingénierie de la pollution atmosphériquesciences naturellessciences de la Terre et sciences connexes de l'environnementsciences de l'environnementpollutionlettreslangues et littératureétudes littérairesgenres littérairesessaiscience-fictionsciences médicales et de la santébiotechnologie médicaleimplant Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Thème(s) ICT-2011.9.2 - High-Tech Research Intensive SMEs in FET research Appel à propositions FP7-ICT-2011-C Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinateur WLAB SRL Adresse Via giovanni nicotera 00195 Roma Italie Voir sur la carte Type d’activité Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contact administratif Andrea Vitaletti (Prof.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Participants (4) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire ADVANTIC SISTEMAS Y SERVICIOS SL Espagne Contribution de l’UE € 227 550,00 Adresse C zurbano 83 escalera izquierda 3a 28003 Madrid Voir sur la carte Région Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Type d’activité Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contact administratif JOSE JAVIER DE LAS HERAS (Mr.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Autres sources de financement Aucune donnée UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE Italie Contribution de l’UE € 223 050,00 Adresse Piazza san marco 4 50121 Florence Voir sur la carte Région Centro (IT) Toscana Firenze Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contact administratif Nannipieri Paolo (Prof.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Autres sources de financement Aucune donnée UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Royaume-Uni Contribution de l’UE € 223 875,00 Adresse Highfield SO17 1BJ Southampton Voir sur la carte Région South East (England) Hampshire and Isle of Wight Southampton Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contact administratif Yan Qiao (Ms.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Autres sources de financement Aucune donnée LONDON CENTRE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES LBG Royaume-Uni Contribution de l’UE € 160 800,00 Adresse South street 35a mayfair W1K 2XF London Voir sur la carte Région London Inner London — West Westminster Type d’activité Research Organisations Contact administratif Guido Caldarelli (Dr.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Autres sources de financement Aucune donnée
