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MARINEYE CREATES A PROTOTYPE TO MONITOR THE OCEANS
Through the new MarinEye project, a group of INESC TEC’s researchers have created an autonomous system that monitors oceans in an integrated way, allowing a more sustainable management of sea resources and a reduction in the impact of environmental hazards.
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TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE SEA WITH A LARGER NATIONAL INVESTMENT
It is called TEC4Sea and it is a groundbreaking European platform intended for investigating, developing, testing and validating technologies for the enhancement of the Economy of the Sea. Created by INESC TEC and CINTAL, this infrastructure has at its disposal an investment of 5.3 million euros in order to develop oceanic technologies and already has an Advisory Council composed of 10 reputable institutions in the Sea sector.
Editorial
PORTUGAL AND THE GOLDEN EGGS
What should be the strategy for a small country? In particular, what should be Portugal’s strategy?
As a small country on a planet diminished by globalization, Portugal needs to nurture friendships and collaborations. In previous centuries, faraway empires had little direct and immediate impact across the world – presently, it is not even worth commenting on how the situation has reversed. A small country could be locally big, but today that country can only be globally small.
