The on-line resource center is available for public use on the internet at http://www.fos-en.net. This public forum gives information about the network, its activities, how FOS can and has been applied to industrial problems and the potential for FOS. As part of this on-line facility the following services are offered:
- A searchable index of partners within the network and their organizations.
- An on-line index (with summary) of fibre optic sensor related activity.
- A contact forum where suggestions for collaboration, request for information, and questions may be posed directly to the expertise pool of FOS_EN.
- A database of all FOS related activity funded by the EU.
End users and manufacturing organizations will find this access to a pool of expertise by outside manufacturers / end-users invaluable in making time and cost savings when trying to find solutions to their current requirements, and will lead to the take-up of EU generated technology.
The secondary function is to maintain, and raise, awareness of this technology and its capabilities within the EU.