Descrizione del progetto
Tecnologia digitale per il ripristino olfattivo
La perdita parziale o totale dell’olfatto (iposmia/anosmia) colpisce il 20 % della popolazione mondiale con effetti dannosi sulla qualità della vita. Tuttavia, mentre per altri deficit sensoriali gli scienziati hanno sviluppato protesi e impianti, non esistono ancora dispositivi in grado di ripristinare la capacità olfattiva, poiché la conoscenza scientifica che collega i sistemi artificiali all’olfatto biologico umano è scarsa. Il progetto Rose, finanziato dall’UE, genererà nuovi segmenti di conoscenza da combinare per la costruzione di una prova di concetto finale, il Digital Olfaction Module (DOM). DOM permetterà alle persone con perdita dell’olfatto di percepire il loro ambiente olfattivo. Il progetto fornirà, nel campo delle protesi sensoriali, un’innovazione graduale che prima era impensabile.
Obiettivo
Sensory deficits are a major source of handicap in people's lives. Scientists have already developed prostheses and implants for hearing impairments and are developing those for vision. Partial and total loss of smell (hyposmia / anosmia) impacts 20% of the world-wide population with deleterious effects on quality of life. However, we have yet to develop such devices to restore the sense of smell, primarily because scientific knowledge linking artificial systems to human biological olfaction is still lacking. Within Rose we envision such a long-term idea. Rose will generate new pieces of scientific knowledge that will be merged to construct a final proof of concept: the Digital Olfaction Module (DOM), a science-to-technology breakthrough enabling people with olfactory loss to perceive their olfactory environment. To this end, Rose will conduct ambitious interdisciplinary research: each partner will be assigned a specific role aligned with their domain of expertise and asked to push conventional boundaries. The Grenoble team (nanotechnology) will develop a new generation of miniaturized odor sensors. The Lausanne team (microtechnology) will develop a stimulation array. The Aryballe team (SME, biotechnology) and the Milano team (design and mechanics) will combine the sensors and the stimulators to design the DOM. The Dresden (neurosurgery), Thessaloniki (clinical olfaction) and Lyon (cognitive neuroscience) teams will test the DOM in humans with smell disorders. To the millions that suffer from hyposmia and anosmia, Rose will provide stepwise innovation previously unfathomed to overcome scientific and societal challenges and industrial competitiveness in the domain of sensory protheses.
Campo scientifico
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesneurobiologycognitive neuroscience
- engineering and technologynanotechnology
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- medical and health sciencesmedical biotechnologyimplants
- engineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesmicrotechnology
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H2020-FETOPEN-2018-2019-2020-01
Meccanismo di finanziamento
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinatore
75794 Paris
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