Φεβρουάριος 2017

Automating heating and other environmental controls can bring huge savings to commercial buildings. To what extent is it possible to achieve the same results in residential homes? What is the difference between the so called domotics and inmotics?

Evelina Domnitch and Dmitry Gelfand’s artworks shed (acoustic) light on quantum phenomena

The artistic partnership of Evelina Domnitch and Dmitry Gelfand started in 1996 in New York when they were in their early twenties. They were both born in the Soviet Union, Belarus and Russia respectively, and their paths crossed in the US city. About ten years later the artists moved to Amsterdam, where they are based now.

Commission Regulation (EU) 432/2012 lists a series of requirements for producers to legally advertise the health benefits of polyphenols in their olive oil. Thanks to the OLEUM project, an easy method can now be applied to certify compliance with this regulation.

The fact that olive oil polyphenols contribute to the protection of blood lipids from oxidative stress - a physiological stress in the body that can cause DNA mutations and lead to diseases such as cancer, heart and blood disorders, diabetes and neurodegenerative disorders - is well documented.

Ένα σύστημα με τεχνητή νοημοσύνη, το οποίο αναλύει εικόνες και άλλα στοιχεία που λαμβάνει από κάμερες και από ένα δίκτυο αισθητήρων που έχουν τοποθετηθεί σε σπίτια ηλικιωμένων, μπορεί με τη βοήθεια ενός λογισμικού, να προβλέψει πότε αυξάνεται ο κίνδυνος πτώσης η οποία μπορεί να προκαλέσει κάταγμα ή να αποβεί μοιραία, λόγω προχωρημένης ηλικίας.