Vote for DAIAD Innovative Technology in the ‘Innovation Radar Prize 2017’
04-10-2017
DAIAD, an innovative project co-ordinated by Athena RC, is among the 10 nominees in the ‘Innovation Radar Prize 2017’ who have been developing digital innovations through EU-funded projects in the category ‘Tech for Society’. Amphiro’s self-powered smart shower monitors create awareness of the resource consumption when taking a shower. The devices are connected to smartphones and help keeping track of the user’s consumption, identify trends and enable comparisons. Impressive savings of energy and water – proven in highly published studies – make the devices pay off in less than a year. Amphiro has developed energy-autarkic, micro-mechatronic modules that measure, communicate, and display hot water consumption in real-time and at the point of use. The modules are completely powered by water flow, fit to virtually every water outlet, and can easily be retrofitted by end-users or integrated by OEMs in faucets. The underlying technology helps to monitor personal energy and water consumption and motivates a sustainable behaviour. Amphiro is a spin-off company from ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Vote for *Amphiro* here: https://ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/innovation-radar-prize/tech-for-society
The Innovation Radar Prize 2017 recognises and champions excellence in new technologies and innovations. 48 of the best innovators, identified by the Innovation Radar, compete for the prize. The Innovation Radar have been identifying innovators around Europe developing great innovations in EU-funded research and innovation projects. The innovators come from every corner of Europe: there are small and medium enterprises, university teams, cross-border research teams, spinoffs and start-ups.
Reflecting the diversity of EU-funded research and innovation programmes they are competing in 5 different categories: Industrial & Enabling Tech, Excellent Science, Best Young SME, Tech for Societyand Best Early Stage Innovation.
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With the the support of the EU-funded project DAIAD (FP7) Amphiro has managed to connect the energy-autarkic smart shower monitor with the Internet of Things. This allows users keeping track of their energy and water consumption using an app on their smartphone and getting access to additional cloud-based analytics services. A huge challenge for developing the connectivity of the self-powered device was measuring precisely while also powering the data transfer that highly influences the measurement itself.