Since our founding, we have taken part in a variety of Research and Design projects within consortia at both national and international level.

To further this objective, we currently participate in SENSATION – Advanced SENsor development for ATtentION, stress, vigilance & sleep/wakefulness monitoring, an EU FP6 project in which 43 other European companies and research institutions are also involved.

The project’s principal objective is the development of efficient solutions for reducing accidents caused by lack of attention, sleepiness and fatigue, through the use of micro and nano sensors and related technologies, to perform monitoring of a user’s physiological state.

More info in: www.sensation-eu.org

Intelligent Luggage Project
There exist a number of issues related to the management and security of passenger and baggage transport.  In order to improve baggage security one must be able to reliably identify and track each item.  The latter two are the most critical aspects which can affect baggage security during transport. 

This project aims to locate and track luggage items by means of the introduction of smart systems into the items themselves.  The project’s principle objectives are:

• Development of a novel kind of “intelligent” suitcase, including an integrated solution with ID, sensor and communications capabilities,
• Development of a baggage tracking and management system. 

The final phase of the project will consist of pilot tests to be run at Portuguese airports, which will serve as rigorous tests of the system resulting from the very high standards required of systems installed in these locations. 
This project is funded by the SI I&DT QREN (Quadro de Referência Estratégica Nacional) national funding programme; with a start date of 1st September 2008 and end date of 28th February 2011. 
The consortium is made up of the companies SETSA (prime contractor), Tecmic, Critical Software, ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal, and the R&D institutions INOV e PIEP. 

The project’s website can is at www.mala-segura.com

DGF-AE Project
The continued growth in road traffic, most significantly across major European cities and principal traffic routes, along with changing climate conditions, are causing a major impact on the goods haulage sector, most notably in:

• Guarantee of the level of service quality the customer has contracted for (essentially delays in delivery);
• An increase in operational costs.

The projects objectives are therefore:

• The establishment of a server to aggregate all available information on road traffic;
• The implementation of a web-service infrastructure aimed at the management of road traffic flows;
• To allow organisations to cross-reference their operational data with external data obtained from a network of sensors at a national and European level. 
• Preparation of a case study;
• Implementation of a pilot project within the goods haulage sector;
• Implementation of a control centre for the analysis and spatial (map-based) monitoring of business performance, for different user profiles and business objectives. 

The goods haulage company Transportes Luís Simões, will participate in the project as a specifier and end-user of the system. 
This project is funded by the SI I&DT QREN (Quadro de Referência Estratégica Nacional) national funding programme; with a start date of 1st September 2008 and end date of 31st August 2010. 
Neste consórcio participam as empresas Tecmic (Promotor-líder), Transportes Luís Simões e a entidade do SCTN INOV.