FCC projects tested at SCAS 2015 – Coimbra

Posted on April 30, 2015April 30, 2015 by admin

The students association of the Coimbra Health School (AE-ESTeSC) organized SCAS 2015 ‘Semana das Ciências Aplicadas à Saúde’, From the 20^th to the 26^th of April at the Dolce Vita Coimbra. In this event several organizations gather together and with the goal of conducting different health examinations.

The FCC projects related to Fall Risk Analysis, My Fall Risk Meter and SmartFeet, were available for testing during this week and, with the help of researchers from Fraunhofer Portugal, the participants were able to assess their risk of falling and to perform games and exercises for falls prevention.

TV report about SmartSurf project

Posted on April 27, 2015April 29, 2015 by admin

The FCC project SmartSurf was the focus of a TV report in Portugal, with interviews to the Fraunhofer researchers involved, João Madureira and Ricardo Lagido, and Marcelo Martins from the Surf School Onda Pura.

The SmartSurf aims to help Surfers making the most of their surfing sessions by analyzing their performance. Inertial sensors are used to collect data and compute metrics, such as number of waves surfed, speed, distance in wave and angles of turns.

Watch the TV report about SmartSurf below, in Portuguese.