From graffiti, to broken pavements, to left rubbish/trash, there can be many problems that pop-up in shared public spaces, especially in large cities. In many countries, local governments and authorities rely on traditional ways of receiving feedback from citizens, as well as from their own workforce, on the state of the city. These processes are […]
The partners behind M-Sec project come from a range of organisations, including companies, universities, and local government bodies, and are based all over Europe (Greece, France, Spain, Portugal) and Japan. This geographic and organisational diversity means that representatives of our M-Sec project will be attending many different events across the world throughout the next few […]
The population of the world is increasingly an elderly one. With rising numbers of births, better healthcare and quality of life, the percentage of elderly people in our commnunities is set to grow year on year. Elderly populations are facing lonliness and isolation, as well as health problems that come with age – from remembering […]
On 16-18 October 2018, the global partners behind M-Sec will gather in Barcelona, Spain, for their first in-person meeting. The partners will travel from over Europe and Japan to meet in the ‘Poble Nou’ district of Barcelona. This neighbourhood, whose name aptly means ‘New town’ in Catalan, was originally an area penned for industrial growth […]
This two-day online meeting was a unique chance for the European and Japanese partners behind M-Sec to meet ‘face-to-face’, sparking the first of the many cross-border connections expected to grow throughout M-Sec project. At 08:00 in central Europe and 15:00 in Japan, on 11 July 2018, the partners behind M-Sec project gathered behind their webcams […]
M-Sec is a new project based on technology, but at the core of its mission is a very human ambition: the goal to improve the well-being of citizens living in smart cities. M-Sec is a collaborative project between the EU and Japan, strengthening connections in the technological spheres of Big Data, IoT, Blockchain and Cloud […]
