A public webpage has been set up for the project by the project coordinator. This website contains general information on the project, information on the public deliverables and links to the social media accounts for the project so that the public can follow our progress
https://sixthsenseproject.eu/(se abrirá en una nueva ventana).
During the project many of these are only the basic outlines, as no details will be revealed until we have a clearer picture on the Intellectual Property generated from the project; thus, reducing the chances of accidental dissemination jeopardising potential patents and exploitation routes.
A total of 93 deliverable documents have been produced from May 2020 – Oct 2023 of the project and 13 project milestones have been met.
Milestones occurring during Period 1 of the project were:
• MS1 Common vision
• MS2 First tactile feedback prototype
• MS3 Alpha physiological strain assessment
• MS4 Alpha demonstrator
• MS5 Alpha field trials
• MS6 Electrochemical biosensors prototypes
• MS7 System integrating sensors for advanced strain assessment
• MS8 Beta demonstrator
• MS9 Beta field trials
• MS10 Final version of biosensors
• MS11 Gamma demonstrator
• MS12 Gamma field tests
• MS13 Exploitation and business plan
The key results from the project are:
- The SIXTHSENSE concept has been defined, a common vision within the transdisciplinary partners has been established and piloted with the ALPHA system
- Alpha prototypes were produced by modification and integration of assets existing within the consortium.
- Alpha design of electrodes and stimulation coding have been established in a co-development process with the first responders and then tested both in laboratory conditions and in the relevant environment
http://sixthsenseproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SIXTH.mp4(se abrirá en una nueva ventana) - Alpha prototype Multi-Electrode Array sensors have been designed, produced, and tested.
- Infrastructure for data collection, storage, analysis and sharing has been established and is used by partners from different disciplines to facilitate trans-disciplinary research.
- Alpha field trials have been performed in firefighting training facilities with over 50 participants.
https://sixthsenseproject.eu/2021/alpha-prototype-field-trials/(se abrirá en una nueva ventana) - A novel physiological strain model for first responders deployed in extreme heat has been established based on the experimental data collected in the project trials with the sensors relevant for the SIXTHSENSE approach.
- Novel noninvasive biosensors for biomarkers of interest have been established and tested in laboratory conditions.
- Over 50 stakeholders from primary and secondary markets of interest for exploitation of SIXTHSESE research results have been identified and contacted.
- The first stakeholder workshop held with a selected subset of high-relevance stakeholders with the aim of directing the Beta stage research towards the assets with most potential for later adoption and exploitation in the markets of interest.
- The Beta system was prototyped and passed technical validation
- Two field trials were performed with this system, one in the firefighting scenario and one in the mountain rescue scenario. These tests were performed in the relevant environment, but highly controlled protocols
- The second stakeholder workshop held at Nicosia Safety forum 2022 with a large number of stakeholders from the civil protection sector, policy makers and academia.
- The final development iteration performed with feedback from practitioners and informed by the results of the Beta filed trials
- The Gamma system was prototyped and passed technical validation
- The final field trials were performed with the final SIXTHSENSE demonstrator in a joint exercise including 3 firefighting teams and 2 mountain rescue teams. These tests allowed system prototype demonstration in operational environment.
- The final stakeholder workshop held at Firefighter Safety Seminar in Rijeka, Croatia, with 150 firefighters from the SEE region, as well as representatives of industrial actors with products in the civil protection sector.
