Description
The SLIM project ‘Sensory Wireless Platform for Safety in Intermodal Terminals’ is a strategic project of the Spanish Technological Platform for Wireless Communication (eMOV), cofinanced with the JSIT program as a Project for Industrial Research, in cooperation with Japan. The project counts on an approximate budget of 2,300,000 euros, and 7 partners in Spain and Japan, and will be developped from 2009 through to 2010.
The SLIM project forms part of a strategy to create new products directed to growing markets, applying R+D to create innovative products based on ZigBee technologies, intelligent sensors, distributed telemetry (WSN) and other innovative concepts. The aim of SLIM is to develop an integral platform of personal safety in intermodal terminals, which will allow for analysis of different situations through sensors, detecting potential risk towards people.
The SLIM project is for workers and companies working in management, logistics and organisation of Intermodal Container Terminals in a maritime environment. The system aims to be compatible with any type of loading terminal, regardless of its focus (maritime, air or ground), given that all have similar charateristics where risk is concerned, the only differences are in the goods to be loaded and the weather.
Also, SLIM needs to be compatible with all elements deployed in the terminal, especially mobile elements such as loading trucks and cranes, and those requiring tailor-made installation depending on the manufacturer and model. SLIM contributes information relevant to potential risk situations, will help to prevent accidents, and will require warning and alarm systems which, on detection of a potential risk, will take the quickest prevention measures possible. For example, on detecting loading movement in one corridor adjacent to another where a vehicle is present, the platform will emit warning signals to stop all movement.
ITACA is coordinator of the work package related to the development and integration of the sensory and interaction systems, and will also contribute to the development of the sensory networks, the wireless communication technology between different nodes, and the design and development of the global architecture of the platform.
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Descripción del proyecto Slim.
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Tecnologías para la Salud y el Bienestar.
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