50 SiS Catalyst Children are excluded from many of the decisions that affect their daily lives. This, and the exponential growth in technology, has resulted in education systems that aren’t tailored to their needs. Tricia Jenkins tells us about their work to find, apply and refine ways of involving children in the decisions that will affect their future
52 SuPLight By using post-consumer, recycled material, the SuPLight project aims to produce lightweight components that will help improve the sustainability of the transport industry, as scientific coordinator Sverre Gulbrandsen-Dahl explains
54 Ener2i Energy efficiency and renewable energy sources are widely recognised as a research priority. The project aims to find innovative and sustainable solutions through collaboration between EU and Eastern European countries, as Manfred Spiesberger explains
56 Nemiac Energy efficiency is a key priority in the development of integrated circuits. Dr Christoph Hagleitner of the NEMIAC project tells us about their work to build a processor using a fundamentally new digital logic technology
58 Beagle 2 Probe It was with both relief and frustration that the Beagle 2 lander was recently found intact on the surface of Mars. It’s time we reassessed the balance of success and failure of this important milestone of achievements
63 P2Pvalue CBPP is being used across an everwider range of activities, including software development and open data sources. The emergence of the CBPP model raises questions which Mayo Fuster Morell and Samer Hassan of the P2Pvalue project aim to address
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66 MiWaveS
Dr Laurent Dussopt , coordinator of the project tells us about their work in demonstrating the feasibility of millimeter-wave (mmW) communications and how they can support continued mobile traffic growth
68 SyncFree Maintaining strong data consistency in a centralised cloud no longer meets the needs of modern online services, which handle huge numbers of concurrent updates. Dr Marc Shapiro tells us about their work in exploring new approaches to maintaining data consistency
70 Nemesys The NEMESYS project of the EU FP7 develops, on a day to day basis, novel security technologies for seamless service provisioning in the smart mobile ecosystem, as Professor Erol Gelenbe explains
72 Quanticol
We spoke to Professor Jane Hillston, coordinator of the project, about their work in developing an innovative formal design framework that provides a unique modelling language for collective adaptive systems
74 IMAILE Personal Learning Environments (PLE) represent a new trend in education. The IMAILE project is using the pre-commercial procurement process to stimulate innovation targeted at practical needs, as project coordinator Ellinor Wallin explains
76 Learn PAd The role of public administrators is evolving, with staff expected to deliver improved services while also adapting to rapid social, legal and regulatory change. The Learn PAd project is developing an e-learning platform that will support collaborative knowledge-sharing, as project coordinator Antonia Bertolino explains
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