The Technical University of Cartagena participates in the PIRAmIDE, with companies such as Telefonica R & D and Siemens, and universities such as La Coruña or King Juan Carlos of Madrid, and national organizations like ONCE.
This project aims to provide intelligent services to mobile telephony.
These services provide assistance to visually impaired people and, as the mobile phone can help them interact with space.
In the words of those responsible for the project, "we want the mobile phone becomes a sixth sense."
The lines of work of this project intended to advance the development of infrastructure capable of enabling the mobile device to interact with the objectives of the home, work or leisure.
Examples of practical applications that quote, indicate that the mobile phone may help visually impaired cook, or choose clothes, buy products, while it will become an intelligent wizard that representations made in the field of health.
This will be the prelude to export these services to the everyday world at home, work environments, public facilities, etc.
They claim that "the growing sensory, computational and communication of mobile phones make them ideal candidates to interact with everyday objects around us, especially those with more limited interaction capabilities such as hearing handicapped, visually or mobility. ".
The whole project consists of seventeen entities and Treelogic led, technology company specializing in providing solutions in the field of information technology and communication.
Source: UPCT