Area: Social Challenges

Developing a system of ACTIVE therapy based on physical exercise to enable strengthening of muscles in Parkinson’s sufferers through leasure and New Information and Communication Technologies ACTIVA

The main aim of the ACTIVA project is to create games of high therapeutic value based on ICTs and physical exercise to improve the quality of life in people with Parkinson’s.ACTIVA allows people with Parkinson have to enjoy the latest offers in leisure and entertainment, thereby improving physical and social skills. [...]

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Childhood and sweet consumption: recommendations for the business sector (second year)

The project intends to learn about the current offer of sweets and to analyse possible repercussions or factors associated with their consumption. Its ultimate aim is to prepare guidelines and recommendations directed at companies that would optimise manufacture and sale of sweets directed at children. [...]

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Investigation for generating a unified proposal of informative icons on toys (ICONOTOY)

The main aim was to unify and standardise the symbols used by companies and bodies linked to play and toys on packaging, publications and other resources, to indicate the characteristics, potential and virtues of the toy. [...]

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GeronTec – Application of Information and Communication Technologies to the development of recreational and therapeutic activities for improving the quality of life of elderly people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias.

The GeronTec project aims to set a base for the development of games with high therapeutic and preventative value that also meet the requirements of specific usability of the elderly population and that, based on the most advanced Information and Communication Technologies -ICTs - enable the target group (people with Alzheimer's or other types of dementia) to enjoy new leisure activities while they improve the cognitive, functional and social skills. [...]

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CUSTOM-CHILD: Development of toys for children with disability

This project aims to investigate a new manufacturing system that enables the customisation of articles for children's use, quickly and effectively directed mainly at children with motor disabilities. [...]

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DEIMOS – Development and innovation in fuel cells with polymer membrane and solid oxides

This project has the following main lines of work: - Development of low temperature polymer membrane fuel cells. - Development of high temperature polymer membrane fuel cells. - Development of solid oxide. AIJU is participating in the development of low temperature polymer membrane fuel cells. [...]

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R&D of an alkaline electrolyser for obtaining hydrogen with solar energy

The aim of this project, funded by the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce, within the Promotion of Technical Research programme, is to investigate the components, materials and designs for developing a new line of electrolysers of 1 to 5 kW power that will enable obtaining hydrogen from the electrolysis of water using alkaline solutions. It operates at a pressure of 15 bar, sufficient to directly store the hydrogen generated in metal hydrides without an intermediate compression state. [...]

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Research and development of supercapacitors as devices for storing energy for electric toys

This project investigated and developed the materials necessary for assembling prototype supercapacitors. A large part of the R&D efforts were focussed on the development of new high capacity and low resistance electrodes. Prototypes of up to 200 F capacity are being developed. [...]

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Research into components for the development of fuel cells adapted to the needs of electric toys

In this project, the components required for the assembly of low power stacks, 50-100 kW, will be investigated such as: bipolar plates, terminal plates, GDLs, MEAs. The fuels cells being developed by AIJU may replace traditional Pb/acid or Ni-Cd batteries used in electric toys. [...]

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Design and optimisation of a integrated waste management system for toys and electric and electronic games – GESTIJOC

The main purpose of the project was to validate the possible management and final disposal alternatives in order to analyse their technical and economic viability and therefore to facilitate the toy sector in implementing the legal requirements derived from the recent transposition of European directives 200/95/EC and 2002/96/EC into Royal Decree 208/2005 on electrical and electronic equipment and their waste management. [...]

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