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INTEGRATED HARDWARE-SOFTWARE SUSTAV ZA PRACENJE MIKROLOKEJSN PARAMETARA STANJA OKOLISA

The project was conceived at the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health (IMI) in Zagreb on the basis of results obtained through longstanding research in the areas of radiation protection and environmental hygiene (air protection). The employees of the Radiation Dosimetry and Radiobiology Unit are well-versed professionals accustomed to working in the field who, on a day-to-day basis, encounter ionising and non-ionising radiation in the environment (smoke detectors, electromagnetic radiation in mobile communications, industrial energy plants, etc.), medical profession (diagnostic and therapeutic X-rays, linear accelerators, nuclear magnetic resonance, lasers, etc.), industry (welding and quality control, management of food homogenisation, process management, etc.), and everyday life (cell phones, household appliances, TV, radiators, lighting, etc.). The concern of the general public for their health, constantly under threat from new technologies (especially those emitting radiation), consumption of food grown relying on synthetic fertilizers, urban life burdened by air pollution, etc., is ever-present and serves as a catalyst for new experimental techniques to investigate the impact of biological, physical, and chemical stressors (parameters) on human beings and the environment. Since information on the quality of the environment in which people live is particularly important for any discussion on the possible influence of environmental parameters that affect that quality, we should pay special attention to the manner in which we obtain that information. Today’s technological progress enables intense research to facilitate a synergy of various fields that, at least at first glance, have nothing in common from a scientific point of view into an integrated final product that has the power to shape credible epidemiological protocols by which the effect of modern technologies on human health and biotas can be estimated. It is important to note that these protocols serve to research and document all influences, both harmful (that cause diseases) and beneficial (hormesis).

The IPPSO project gives a very direct contribution to sustainable development and environmental protection. In order to make accurate (especially health-related) estimations and conclusions, it is necessary to have at one’s disposal as much as relevant validated data as possible. This is particularly evident in the face of natural disasters or accidents, when the quality of data received from a critical location determines and facilitates making on-the-spot decisions for those charged with the responsibility of managing such situations and mitigating all types of damage and harm. These types of situations have motivated IMI’s researchers to design a rounded and uniform system of measuring parameters in the environment (e.g. ionising radiation; natural and artificial radioactivity; natural non-ionising radiation originating from the Sun, light, infrared; artificial non-ionising radiation – telecommunications; air pollutants, pesticides, moisture, temperature, water levels, fires, earthquakes, etc.) that are to be used in everyday life for economic and health purposes.

Several of our measuring systems – sensors previously developed at IMI – and scientifically validated methods of their calibration and result interpretation (e.g. by receiving accreditation) enabled the initiation of the IPPSO project in cooperation with our partner, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, undoubtedly the most significant company in telecommunication and ICT in Croatia and the wider region. Their technical knowledge and innovative solutions that enable the purposeful manipulation of vast amounts of data through M2M information systems (machine to machine) will ensure that the research conducted at IMI, newly-developed sensors and ways for their application be transferred to everyday use meaningfully and with utility for every Croatian inhabitant. Both partners invested their own knowledge and innovative spirit into the project; each is unique and complements the other, while together they form an entirely new concept in the field of remotely registering and monitoring environmental parameters. The aim of the project in a more narrow sense is the technical testing and industrial exploration of possibilities for creating a system of remotely registering and monitoring a large number of environmental parameters with impact on human health, the economy, and the general quality of living in Croatia

The very fact that the sensory monitoring of environmental parameters is being integrated implies that we will also be able to monitor human impact both on and in the environment. One will also be able to easily record accidental situations, caused either by nature or human activity. All activities that sensors can unambiguously record could in the future be collected at a single (regulatory) place, used to monitor pollution or planning. These are only a few of the many possibilities for which the IPPSO project has laid foundations. It is also vital to point out the significant overlapping of IMI’s and Ericsson Nikola Tesla’s strategic goals and interests, which could imply the application of IPPSO results to other areas in the form of remotely registering and monitoring physical and all other environmental parameters. Depending on the outcome of this project, the aforementioned overlapping could result in new research projects or even joint commercial activities.

Osnovne informacije o projektu:

  1. NAZIV PROJEKTA: Integrirani hardversko-softverski sustav za pracenje mikrolokacijskih parametara stanja okoliša - IPPSO
  2. KORISNIK: Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada
  3. PARTNER: Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d.
  4. UKUPNA VRIJEDNOST PROJEKTA: 5.461.130,01 HRK
  5. EU SUFINANCIRANJE: 75 %
  6. UGOVORNA TIJELA: Ministarstvo znanosti obrazovanja i sporta, Središnja agencija za ugovaranje i financiranje programa i Projekata Europske unije
  7. POZIV ZA DOSTAVU PROJEKTNIH PRIJEDLOGA: Jacanje kapaciteta za istraživanje, razvoj i inovacije
  8. ŠIFRA PROJEKTA: RC.2.2.08-0027
  9. LOKACIJA PROVEDBE PROJEKTA: Prostori Korisnika, Partnera, i cijeli teritorij RH
  10. RAZDOBLJE PROVEDBE PROJEKTA: 27.10.2014. – 29.02.2016.
  11. VODITELJ PROJEKTA: dr.sc. Ivica Prlic, iprlic@imi.hr

Temeljne aktivnosti na projektu:

  1. Razvoj senzora
  2. Nadogradnja sustava(M2M ) prijenosa i pohrane podataka
  3. Razvoj aplikacije za pristup podacima sa udaljenih lokacija

Temeljni ciljevi projekta

Jedan od ciljeva PROJEKTA je da se (tehnološka) saznanja Prijavitelja o mogucnostima mjerenja neionizirajuceg zracenja prenesu na industrijskog partnera. Svaka od strana ulazi sa svojim znanjima i inovacijama, koja su svaka za sebe jedinstvena i nadopunjuju se, a zajedno stvaraju potpuno novi i inovativni koncept u podrucju udaljenog registriranja i pracenja ne-ionizirajuceg zracenja. Cilj projekta u užem smislu je tehnicka provjera i industrijsko istraživanje mogucnosti stvaranja sustava za udaljeno registriranje i pracenje neionizirajuceg zracenja .