Project newsletter - October 2018
The second project newsletter was published. You can find him in project publications here.
News
SILENSE at the MEMS Summit 2018 in Grenoble
Solmates has represented the SILENSE consortium at the MEMS & Sensors Summit conference 2018 in Grenoble. This three day event which took place from 19th to 21st September had a focus on industrialized MEMS applications. It attracted MEMS producers, RTO’s and Start-ups located in and outside of Europe.
SILENSE at the ‘ECSEL in Germany’ Congress
After its first four years of H2020 over thirty initiatives and numerous experts met at the ‘ECSEL in Germany’ Congress. It took place in Dresden on 5th and 6th September 2018. This platform provided an excellent opportunity to exchange experience, analyse technology trends as well as debate the future of the European research programme beyond 2020 and the input of German partners in shaping in.
Ultrasound channel sounding experiments in TNO
For the development of the Smart Acoustic Wearable System demonstrator, channel soundings and ambient noise measurements were performed recently at the TNO premises in The Hague with assistance from NXP and Elliptic Labs. During this channel sounding campaign, ultrasound probe signals in two bandwidths (2-36kHz & 18-24kHz) were transmitted using a tweeter and received by six microphones.
Project meeting in London
On 18th and 19th October 2018 the SILENSE partnership will have its fourth meeting, hosted by our UK partner Speedo. It will be a great opportunity to bring all partners together again since review meeting. More information for consorcium partners can be found here.
Haptic feedback touchscreen
Consortium parner Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH (LCM) developed an innovative touch screen with haptic feedback features. The heart of the recently patented system is a transparent plate, which is actively deformed by piezoelectric actuators. The plate provides haptic feedback precisely at the moment it is touched, rather similar to the impression obtained by physically tapping a conventional key. Interaction with touch panels becomes more intuitive, and input accuracy increases. More can be found in attached PDF.
Participation on ECSEL JU Symposium 2018
SILENSE project participated on ECSEL JU Symposium 2018 in Brussels. The project achievements were presented to European and global stakeholders and decision-makers. More information about symposium at https://events-ecsel.eu/symposium-2018.
Project newsletter - May 2018
At the end of the first year of the project the following newsletter was published. You can find him in project publications here.
First review meeting Brussels
On 6. June the SILENSE partnership will have its first review meeting roughly one year after the start of the project. The technical progress and consortium activities of all work packages will be broadly discussed. The project achievements and plans will be evaluated by ECSEL reviewers.
Der Standard interview
One of project partners, Florian Hammer from LCM Austria got interviewed by one of Austria's main national newspapers highlighting the relevant technical aspects of SILENSE project: https://derstandard.at/2000074206938/Handschlagqualitaet-zwischen-Mensch-und-Maschine
QoMEX 2018
Special Session on “User-centric Evaluation of Interactive Applications”
Extended deadlines for paper registration and paper submission are Jan 19th and Jan 29th, respectively!
Interactive applications such as web-browsing, gaming and enterprise applications, but also IoT (Internet-of-Things) and CPS (Cyber-Physical System) require special approaches for QoE assessment.
Open job position: post-PhD R&D specialist at Elliptic Labs
EllipticLab's Norwegian branch located in Oslo search for a Post-Doctoral R&D specialized in Machine Learning, Signal Processing or related fields, preferably Acoustics, Computational Physics or Communications.
The new member of R&D team will contribute to leading edge of ultrasound solutions under SILENSE project, specifically using Machine Learning for Ultrasound. More details are in attachment.
Article in Die Presse
Our Austrian partners are highligted in Die Presse article about Silense project. Article is available at https://diepresse.com/home/science/5310545/Ueber-Ultraschall-mit-der-Maschine-sprechen.
CTR Silense article
Project partner CTR (Carinthian Tech Research) based in Austria published article about Silense project. Article is accessible on http://www.ctr.at/fe-kompetenz/fe-projekte/eu-programme/project-silense/.
Prodintec interview
Project partners from Prodintec got interviewed on local TV about SILENSE project.
Successful partner meeting in Berlin
During the last days of October 2017 TU Berlin hosted the first progress meeting of the Silense project in the very nice premises of Fraunhofer IZM in Berlin. More than 40 participants from all project partners have met together to review the actual status of the work carried out in all workpackages.
Second project meeting in Berlin
On 26./27. October the SILENSE partnership will have its second meeting, hosted by our Berlin partner TU Berlin in the premises of Franhofer IZM. It will be a great opportunity to assess the work of the first months and bring everyone together again since our kick-off. It has already become clear that a key element for success is the collaboration between the work packages. It is a crucial part of our project and this meeting offers us the chance to tie the established links closer. We will have plenty of time to do this in our meeting but also during the days and our evening gathering.
I'MTech.: Will we soon be able to control machines with simple gestures?
The “Silense” European project launched in May 2017 is aimed at redefining the way we interact with machines. By using ultrasound technology similar to sonar, the researchers and industrialists participating in this collaboration have chosen to focus on 3D motion sensing technology. This technology could allow us to control our smartphone or house with simple gestures, without any physical contact with a tactile surface.
Kick-off Meeting in Leuven
SILENSE Kick-off meeting was held in Leuven, Belgium on the 8th of June. More than 50 participants from all project partners had an opportunity to meet together, understand the project objectives and discuss the upcoming actions to achieve the proposed goals of the project. Planned work in all WPs has been presented and discussed so that the tasks can start smoothly and keep the necessary interconnections between all packages and in line with the project proposal.
Project officially launched
Project SILENSE has officially started on 1st of May 2017 and the first meeting of the whole consortium is planned on 8th of June in Leuven organized by the coordinator – NXP Belgium.