...deals with both a new traceable and steerable flexible tool (catheter) and software to improve the planning and guidance of bronchoscopic procedures. The goal is increased accuracy and success rates when taking tissue samples, fewer examinations, earlier diagnosis, and earlier correct treatment for patients...
...the most recent advances in optimization and machine learning to railway traffic management. We developed the methodological groundwork for an Optimization-based Traffic Management System that integrates state-of-the-art mathematical optimization algorithms and advanced forecasting techniques to tackle...
The main purpose of the evaluation is to assess how the implementation is organized by the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV), how the strategy is marketed to external actors, and how the different measures included in the strategy work in practice. Twelve years after the first Agreement...
...4REFINERY will develop and demonstrate the production of next generation biofuels from more efficient primary liquefaction routes integrated with upgraded downstream (hydro)refining processes to achieve overall carbon yields of >45%. The consortium will aim for successful deployment into existing refineries...
By merging competences of metocean, wave hydrodynamics, and structural dynamics, the B -WAVES-project will gain new knowledge on the extreme waves and wave loads that bottom fixed offshore wind turbines experience during its lifetime. An important technology enabling the energy transition from fossil...
Efficient and climate-friendly snowmaking Skiing is part of the Norwegian identity and innately defines Norway culturally in a global context. With the future challenges of climate change and lack of snow in people's communities, the foundation of skiing and other traditional winter activities is being...
Innovation project on chatbots in customer service and education Chatbots allows us to rethink how to design digital services. Chatbots for customer service allows for 24/7 access to automated information and support. Chatbots in education may facilitate dialogue and learning on digital platforms. The chatbots...
The Cost Initiative on wave energy CA17105 - A pan-European Network for Marine Renewable Energy The pressure of climate change and the growing energy demand has increased interest in marine renewable energy resources, such as wave energy which can be harvested through Wave Energy Converter (WECs) Arrays...
Preparing for the next generation ocean forecast services through improved technological and methodological solutions for receiving user observations, forecast model subsetting, data assimilation, and finally displaying tailored forecasts to users. We all know the significance of the weather forecast...
...simulations, advanced computer vision and state-of-the-art machine learning. SpinChip Diagnostics is developing a game changing, high sensitivity, analysis platform for point-of-care in vitro diagnostics. The innovation potential of the platform is in its flexibility and its effective microfluidic processing...
...the SecREEts project is to establish a stable and secure supply of critical rare earth elements based on a sustainable extraction from European apatite sources used in fertiliser production. The main goal of the SecREEts project is to establish a stable and secure supply of critical rare earth elements...
DemoCLOCK aims to demonstrate the technical, economic and environmental feasibility for implementing packed bed Chemical looping Combustion (CLC) in large-scale power plants. Motivation Fossil fuelled power plants are major emitters of greenhouse gases (GHG) Coal accounts for 40% of the electricity...
...implementation of a tripartite collaboration in Norwegian working life. In other words, an elaborate political project is being evaluated in this report, and we are humbled by this mission. It has taken approximately 2 years to complete the evaluation. The report must be seen in close connection to the previous...
We consider that € 40–120 million of the maintenance costs for concrete bridges, tunnels and retaining walls in the European Union could be saved by application of self-healing concrete. For self-healing concrete with polymeric healing agents (e.g. PUR, PMMA), the bottleneck for valorization is however...
COREu is the largest research and innovation project in the field of carbon capture and storage (CCS) funded by a European programme. COREu`s aim is to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future by aiming more specifically for a reduction of 6.8 Mt/year of CO2 by 2035 and 36 Mt/year by 2050. This is...
Electrocoalescence III : Status and summary report from activities The New Technological Concept The project is started on the basis of experience and theories that one – contrary to the common opin-ion - can use ac voltages and turbulent flow in electrocoalescers, and that this offers possibilities...
A concept for empowerment, participation, and rehabilitation for people with disabilities in low income countries The LOREWO Concept The Local Rehabilitation Workshop (LOREWO) concept is flexible and designed to be adapted to suit local situations and to the utilisation of existing, local resources...
...knowledge institutions, and industry partners across Europe are now joining forces in the TULIPS project, led by Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, to make aviation more sustainable. Low and zero-emission solutions for vehicles are one of the measures that airports, knowledge institutions, and industry partners...
...develop Deep Learning (DL) methods for accurate detection and prediction of the 6-Degrees of Freedom (6-DoF) pose of relevant objects in the challenging underwater environment. Intervention tasks on subsea installments require precise detection and localization of objects of interest. This problem is referred...
Combining salmon and kelp through integrated aquaculture to test the IMTA effect in Northern Norway. AURORA IMTA (Integrated Multi Trophic Aquaculture) will bring new knowledge to help develop an industrial solution for integrated aquaculture that combines salmon and kelp. In addition, the project will...