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- Welfy smart controller - BGI - MITPublication . Matos, Paulo; Plasencia, Paula; Alves, Rui; Peixoto, JoséA technology that is completely autonomous, intelligent, auto adaptable and simple to use, to control environment variables according to routines and preferences of the each individual or group of individuals. A solution to control HVAC systems based on radiators and convectors, that uses this technology joined with a large set of optimizations, that turn Welfy Controllers unbeatable in the advantages and benefits offered to customers. Promoting the highest levels of energy savings for HVAC systems. Reconciling the irreconcilable, joinning the superlative of comfort environment with the superlative of energy efficiency, in an eco-efficient and simple to use technology.
- A solution to prevent and minimize the consequences of accidents with farm tractors in the context of mountainous regions with low population densityPublication . Alves, Rui; Matos, PauloFarm tractors have become a key part of daily routine agriculture, converting complex and time-consuming tasks into tasks that are easier to perform and less dependent on human labor, contributing directly to increasing the economic value generated by this activity sector, either by increasing the productivity or by making certain agricultural crops viable, which otherwise would not be sustainable. However, despite all the advantages, accidents with this type of equipment are common, often with critical and sometimes fatal consequences. The evolution of safety requirements of these machines has occurred at a good level; however, a significant part of the agricultural tractors in use are older models that do not have such solutions. Even in the new models, which contain such solutions, these are not always correctly used, and it is even common that they are turned off or simply not used at all. It is therefore natural that accidents continue to occur, a situation that is aggravated by other factors. Lack of situational awareness of the operators, which can result from advanced age, inadequate training, reduced sensitivity/respect for safety rules, or working on irregular terrain like mountainous areas, contribute to high-risk contexts that end in the loss of human life. The consequences of such accidents are clearly aggravated by the time it takes to assist the victims—either because accidents are simply not identified/reported immediately, or by the time it takes to locate and provide help to the victims. This is a scenario that is more common in mountainous regions and regions with low population density. The current paper, using NB-IoT, a set of sensors, and a web application, presents a conceptual toolset conceived to prevent accidents and minimize consequences (human and material) that can be applied to old and new farm tractors. The development was carried out taking the characterization of the farmers and the land in the region in which the authors’ research institution is located into account, which has the highest rate of fatal accidents with agricultural tractors in the country; it is a region of mountainous with a very low population density.
- Smart CoachPublication . Gonçalves, Luís Fernando Silva; Pina, Tony; Matos, Paulo; Alves, Rui; Plasencia, PaulaO computador foi criado como ferramenta de trabalho, mas atualmente é também uma fonte de lazer, e nem sempre é fácil gerir o tempo que dedicamos a um e a outro. E é muito comum que o tempo de lazer, tenha implicações sobre a nossa produtividade. Situação que é particularmente crítica para as empresas cujos colaboradores trabalham maioritariamente com o computador. Facilmente se gasta uma ou mais horas por dia a consultar as redes sociais, ver e responder a emails pessoais, ou até mesmo em atividades que podem colocar a reputação da empresa em causa. O impacto no rendimento não é de forma alguma negligenciável, 40 minutos diários de distração correspondem ao mês de férias do trabalhador. Mas não é só um problema monetário, é um problema de produtividade, que pode colocar em causa o cumprimento de prazos, a relação com os clientes, entre muitas outras coisas. Atualmente, a alternativa passa por soluções que condicionem o acesso a determinados recursos - mas nem sempre possíveis de aplicar - pois o mesmo computador/internet que promove lazer, consiste no posto de trabalho. Outras soluções existem, que em vez de impedir o acesso, fazem o rastreio de tudo o que o colaborador faz e reportam isso à entidade patronal - desde os sites que o colaborador consulta, até aos emails que recebe ou envia. Mas aqui colocam-se problemas graves de violação da privacidade, cada vez mais protegida e valorizada por todos nós. A Aresta Binária tem vindo a trabalhar numa solução que em vez de controlar, ajuda a gerir e a tornar o tempo de trabalho mais produtivo, de forma salutar e com o maior respeito pela privacidade. Solução esta só possível com recurso a soluções inovadoras de inteligência artificial, que permitem caracterizar os padrões de comportamento por tipo de atividade profissional e assim classificar o que é tempo efetivo de trabalho e tempo gasto em atividades de lazer. No âmbito deste projeto têm trabalhado vários alunos e docentes do IPB, nomeadamente na componente de recolha dos dados que resultam da interação entre utilizador e computador, um deles realizado para ambiente Windows [1] e um segundo para ambiente Linux [2]. O trabalho foi continuado pelos autores, focando agora no tratamento dos dados, nomeadamente na recolha, segmentação e contextualização no sentido de permitir que a análise se faça por tipo de aplicação software - utilizado pelo colaborador. É ainda de referir que este projeto foi submetido para financiamento a um projeto I&DT em Cooperação do PT2020, numa parceria entre a Aresta Binária (promotor principal) e o IPB.
- Smart productivity coachPublication . Gonçalves, Luís Fernando Silva; Pina, Tony; Alves, Rui; Matos, Paulo; Plasencia, PaulaO computador e a internet podem ser ferramentas de trabalho mas também de lazer, e nem sempre é fácil gerir o tempo que se dedica a cada uma das partes, o que por vezes influencia o nosso rendimento e produtividade. O Smart Productivity Coach (SPC) pretende ser um sistema inteligente e autónomo de promoção da produtividade para colaboradores cujas funções sejam maioritariamente desempenhadas com recurso ao computador e à internet. O sistema deve ser capaz de identificar perfis padrão de trabalho efetivo a partir do conhecimento coletivo dos dados recolhidos da iteração dos utilizadores com o computador. Pela comparação do perfil específico de cada indivíduo com o perfil padrão da sua área de atividade, pretende-se identificar o que são períodos efetivos de trabalho e o que não são. Informação que permite calcular métricas de produtividade relativas e absolutas; mas também implementar mecanismos de supervisão contínua que, por um lado, alertem para situações mais graves, e, por outro, incentivem e promovam melhores condições de produtividade.
- Pin2Give – portal promocional e de back-office para fornecedoresPublication . Paulo, Fábio; Matos, Paulo; Alves, RuiA Pin2Give é um assistente inteligente de gestão de compromissos que envolve o congratular ou ofertar a terceiros - como acontece em aniversários e demais datas comemorativas. Tendo em conta as características do evento, a relação entre o utilizador e a pessoa a congratular, a Pin2Give sugere a forma de congratulação (meio e conteúdo) ou faz a sugestão de possíveis ofertas que podem ser adquiridas através da própria aplicação. A minha participação no projeto Pin2Give está focada numa nova vertente que visa dar representação institucional do Pin2Give na web e suportar algumas das estratégias de promoção da plataforma.
- eSmallFarmer: improving of rural agriculturePublication . Camelo, Diogo; Ascensão, João Filipe Fernandes; Alves, Rui; Matos, PauloThe introduction of concepts such as IoT or cloud computing is increasingly common nowadays, in different sectors of activity where the agricultural sector is not an exception. The use of drones for pesticide application in pest control, or even the use of sensor networks to control the growth of crops, are quite common in the context of Agriculture 4.0. However, this technological advance does not happen at the same speed in remote regions where traditional agriculture is still dominant. These differences even contribute to increasing the gap between urban regions, where modernized agriculture predominates, and rural areas, are still strongly rooted in traditional agriculture. In addition to these technological differences, there are still major differences regarding access to market outlets, where the pandemic COVID-19 further aggravated the situation. Given the measures to contain the pandemic, which has resulted in the closure of virtually all services (for example, butchers and small markets), many of the small producers have been left without their only means of disposal, which has contributed strongly to the weakening of small agriculture. To mitigate the differences between the rural and urban areas, but also to mitigate the negative impacts caused by the pandemic COVID-19, the need for new livestock/business models was raised to create conditions to allow producers, in regions with low population density, access markets that until now were impossible. This paper presents a viable business model that contributes to reduce the differences between urban and rural environments, as well as, mitigate the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in this sector.
- eWeightSmart - a smart approach to beef production managementPublication . Alves, Rui; Ascensão, João Filipe Fernandes; Camelo, Diogo; Matos, PauloThe use of technologies related to the Internet of Things or Cloud Computing are presently becoming common in different activity sectors. The use of these concepts has allowed to create solutions to solve several social problems, optimizing some of the day-to-day tasks. The agricultural sector is no exception, where increasingly, “smart” solutions begin to emerge in an attempt to reduce the complexity of some tasks or, on a more conceptual level, to make it possible to exploit new markets. Beef production, an agricultural sub-sector, is in many world regions, the main source of income, however, this sub-sector is not always managed in the most optimized way. Cattle body weight management is an important aspect of this sub-sector, providing precious measures for food, health care, breeding and stock selection. For the farmers, the weight measurement when the animal is alive, allows a better commercialization of it, making possible a better management of feeding expenses, reducing waste. It’s therefore necessary to find solutions to ensure a balance between beef production and the associated costs. This paper illustrates an approach to control the evolution of bovine animal’s weight by means of automatic weighing and control of the food amount that is made available to each animal. Using a set of sensors, a mobile platform and using NB-IoT, a communication network, it was possible to devise an approach that can reduce costs in the sector and also enable the exploitation of new business models.
- eHealthCare - a medication monitoring approach for the elderly peoplePublication . Pinto, António; Correia, Ana; Alves, Rui; Matos, Paulo; Ascensão, João Filipe Fernandes; Camelo, DiogoFor the regularly medicated population, the management of the posology is of utmost importance. With increasing average life expectancy, people tend to become older and more likely to have chronic medical disorders, consequently taking more medicines. This is predominant in the older population, but it’s not exclusive to this generation. It’s a common problem for all those suffering from chronic diseases, regardless of age group. Performing a correct management of the medicines stock, as well as, taking them at the ideal time, is not always easy and, in some cases, the diversity of medicines needed to treat a particular medical disorder is a proof of that. Knowing what to take, how much to take, and ensuring compliance with the medication intervals, for each medication in use, becomes a serious problem for those who experience this reality. The situation is aggravated when the posology admits variable amounts, intervals, and combinations depending on the patient’s health condition. This paper presents a solution that optimizes the management of medication of users who use the services of institutions that provide health care to the elderly (e.g., day care centers or nursing homes). Making use of the NB-IoT network, artificial intelligence algorithms, a set of sensors and an Arduino MKR NB 1500, this solution, in addition to the functionalities already described, eHealthCare also has mechanisms that allow identifying the non-adherence to medication by the elderly.
- Mech desk an ontology based system to help drivers diagnosis vehicle problemsPublication . Camelo, Diogo; Ascensão, João Filipe Fernandes; Alves, Rui; Matos, PauloSemantic Web is a vision about an extension of the existing World Wide Web, which provides tools and technologies to support the transparent exchange of information and knowledge among organizations. As one of the building blocks of Semantic Technology, ontologies are part of the W3C standards stack for the Semantic Web. Nowadays, multiple areas can be aborded by ontologies and the semantic web world, as the subject of this project, mechanics. Mechanics have been accentuated in a visible way, where the reality of living without means of transportation is not feasible in people's lives. The development of new methods to increase the knowledge of drivers and everyday people about automated vehicles is essential. Regarding cars, revisions, maintenance, inspections, change of parts, among others, are necessary and "mandatory"subjects and due to this, it is possible to prevent future damage by prolonging the life of the car. In certain cases, this doesn't happen, either due to wear of parts or unforeseen events, and despite being a busy market, drivers are not always informed about the best cares to take or the problems that may arise. As such, the theme of this project is to make a relationship between mechanical details, issues, and solutions, throughout an ontology, to help an everyday driver to a better perception of what he encounters at hand. For that purpose, the defined ontology was exposed via a mobile application, with it providing to the user, several details that he can or not relate, and trough them, provide a connection with a certain problem and solution. The semantic web ontology was developed in Protégé, exposed into Apache Jena Fuseki server, and was running in an Azure Virtual Machine, allowing it to be available into the OutSystems application.
- e-SmallFarmer - a solution for small farmingPublication . Pinto, Diogo; Alves, Rui; Matos, Paulo; Pousa, DuarteThe emergence of concepts such as Internet of Things, Cloud Computing has been adding improvements in different sectors of human life activity. The agricultural sector is no exception, and it begins to appear the first systems that use these new concepts, as is the case of, use of drones and associated technology applied to fighting pests or the use of sensor networks to monitor productions. However, the technological gap between urban and rural areas is becoming ever wider, and the arrival of these new concepts in rural areas is taking place very slowly. In order to accelerate this technological transformation, it’s necessary to find tools that reduce these differences, leveraging these rural regions in terms of technology and, at the same time, providing access to new markets. In this article is proposed, a solution to the problem of the lack of production flow, allowing producers in low-density regions to access markets that until now would be impossible to reach, while providing an solution to the problem of shortage of labour and the increase in abandoned land in Portugal.
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