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Infrared Imaging Components for Use in Automotive Safety Applications (ICU)

Area of relevance: 
Security
Duration: 
1 May 2008 - 31 October 2010
Affiliation: 
ICU consortium: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Acreo AB, Infineon Technologies SensoNor AS, Autoliv Development AB, Umicore nv, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Funded by: 
European Commission, EU

Abstract:

An EU-sponsored consortium of industry and academia under the acronym of ”I CEE YOU” (ICU - Infrared Imaging Components for Use in Automotive Safety Applications) works on a low-cost sensor that will pick up images of pedestrians or animals crossing roads at night and transfer them to the drivers. The sensor will project the image onto the car’s front screen, so that it is immediately visible to the driver. The breakthrough is based on infrared imaging technology and captures the energy emitted by warm (living) objects which is independent of ambient light and temperature conditions. This solution will considerably reduce the death tolls and the numbers of injuries caused by motorised transport. It is therefore a first step towards a considerable reduction of the more than 50.000 traffic fatalities and the almost 2 million injuries in Europe yearly.

Handheld THz-spectrometer for detection of explosive and hazardous liquids

Area of relevance: 
Security
Duration: 
1 January 2008 - 31 December 2010
Affiliation: 
AG Experimentelle Halbleiterphyik, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
Funded by: 
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany

Abstract:

Attempts by terrorist making use of liquid explosives in the last years have urged authorities to a higher level of security in public transport. Besides uncovering weapons and other sharp metallic devices, the need for identifying possible dangerous liquids has become a high priority task. To avoid dangerous liquids passing the security check points in harmless looking bottles, so far any kind of liquids with volumes exceeding 100 ml are prohibited in the carry-on luggage. But this is by far not sufficient to meet passengers’ demands for security and comfort.