Interactive Systems for an Intelligent City is the theme that links the presentations in the technologicial breakfast
It will take place next Friday and the Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial in Gijón will present the research on drones by fabLAB Asturias
Test of one of the drones made at the FabLAB Asturias. Photo: LABoral/Sergio Redruello
Plat0 at LABoral will host a new edition of the Technological Breakfast this Friday 12 April, which is organised by Gijón City Council, through the Centro Municipal de Empresas [Gijón’s Municipal Centre for Companies] and Gijón Science and Technology Park (PCTG), in collaboration with the University Institute of Industrial Technology in Asturias (IUTA). Interactive Systems for an Intelligent City is the common theme which will be addressed by the three presentations in this conference with free admission, during which different collaborative experiences in the development of innovative projects in various sectors are regularly presented by both companies and institutions and research groups.
The Technical Manager of LABoral, David Dalmazzo, and the Coordinator of fabLAB Asturias, David Pello, will present the research project TheDrone which they run from the art centre’s Digital Fabrication Laboratory which links up digital fabrication, electronic design and experimental software as well as data visualisation and interface design. http://www.laboralcentrodearte.org/es/recursos/obras/thedrone/view
With the use of electronics and open code software, automated aerial apparatus, known as UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), are designed and fabricated. Throughout 2013, different stages of the project are being completed including the implementation of systems that enable the programming of automated flight routes, the collection of environmental data, and the adding-on of devices such as high definition cameras in order to film moving images from aerial views.
TheDrone also includes workshops which deal with questions relating to the theory and practice of the aerodynamic design of drones based on propeller (quadrocopter), wing and zeppelin; use of open source electronics, flight data visualisation systems and information collection. One of the goals of TheDrone is to use UAV as a mapping tool for data related to the city. In this scope, the project fits in with Smart Cities. The technology that is added to the drone has been designed with free software at fabLaB. Besides this, as an added value TheDrone will make the device available as an artistic tool for future projects - for example, as an obvious use it could serve as a camera to record the outdoors or moving images.
Also, in the course of the technological breakfast Ignacio Escudero of Altabox, a company in residence at LABoral, and José Villanueva from Prodintec, will present the project on interactive dressing rooms, The Fitting Room of the Future. For his part, the researcher at IUTA, Rubén Muñiz, will present the Bodygrammer research enterprise on three-dimensional measuring of the human body.
The Programme
9:00 am. Presentation of the technological breakfast.
Lucía García Rodríguez, Managing Director of LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón; Bernardo Veira de la Fuente, Director of Centro Municipal de Empresas de Gijón; and Sandra Velarde Suárez, Director of IUTA.
9:10 am. Presentation of the Projects:
The Fitting Rooms of the Future: Interactive dressing rooms. Developed in collaboration with the entities Trisón Acústica, S.L., Altabox, S.L. and Prodintec. D. Ignacio Escudero (Altabox) and D. José Villanueva (Prodintec).
Bodygrammer: “Three-dimensional measurement of the human body.” Rubén Muñiz (Researcher at IUTA).
TheDrone: “Mapping tool for data related to the city.” D. David Dalmazzo and D. David Pello (LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial).
10:10 am. Talk-Debate
10:30 am. Visit to fabLAB.
11:00 am. End of technological breakfast.
Venue: Plat0 at LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial
Intended for: Asturian business people, entrepreneurs, researchers, educators and professionals interested in the methodology and content of the developed projects.
Registration: innovacion@gijon.es, or by telephone 984 847 100 (extension 7110)
