EU develops new driverless car parking system – so you never waste another minute looking for a space
There are only a few minutes before your flight check-in closes, or before your train departs, but you now have to spend precious time hunting for a free space at the airport or station car park. Imagine leaving your vehicle at the main entrance and letting the car do the rest on its own. Researchers from Germany, Italy, the UK and Switzerland are working on this, and successful tests took place at Stuttgart airport earlier this year. EUR 5.6 million of EU funding is invested in the system which will be available in the coming years.
Digital privacy: EU-wide logo and «data protection impact assessments» aim to boost the use of RFID systems
People using electronic travel passes, or buying clothes and supermarket items with RFID tags in the label, will know that smart chips are present thanks to the RFID sign.
In advance of EU Code Week, taking place across Europe 11-17 October 2014, here are a few ways you, your friends and family can learn how to code this summer.
Commission announces EUR 100 million Fast Track to Innovation and five innovation prizes
The European Commission today presents details of a new EUR 100 million «Fast Track to Innovation» (FTI) pilot action and five innovation prizes under Horizon 2020, the European Union’s EUR 80 billion research and innovation programme. The FTI aims to support Europe’s economy by offering innovative businesses and organisations grants to give a final push to get great ideas to market. The prizes offer a reward for technological breakthroughs of high societal relevance. The initiatives underscore the drive to support innovation in Europe as part of the first, two-year Horizon 2020 work programme. Today’s announcement also confirms the EUR 7 billion for Horizon 2020 calls during 2015 and sets out the timetable for applications.
European researchers have used Commission funding to develop a new software and sensor system to reduce carbon emissions and energy costs by 20% in airports.
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