General Meeting #2

Topics discussed:
- status of the hiring of scholarship holders;
- status of equipment acquisition;
- clarification on the composition of the team, project structure and functions of each RL;
- presentation of works from RL1:

• specific tasks A1 and A2;

• advances in the study of the state of the art;

• positioning on the ATLAS;

• clarification of some key points about the research;

• presentation of potential project features;

• presentation of potential spaces for the implementation of prototypes;

• issues raised:

  • reduction of the spectrum of state-of-the-art research on interaction systems;

  • a better definition of the type of transformation we intend for space is needed;

  • we must carefully consider where to apply these technologies, sometimes they only complicate;

- presentation of RL2 works:

• identification of generic technologies that allow the collection and sharing of data;

• prototyping phase of a generic system capable of hosting different types of sensors;

• ain objective will be navigation within the campus;m

• search for general UM authentication services and campus information services (energy, building plans and topological surveys);

• development of a universal system to be applied to any space and to consider mobility difficulties;

• "crowd-source" some data, collaboration with campus agents, people say what they want/need (need for retribution);

• possibility of the system being a receiver of information and problems (accepting feedback from users of the space);

• possibility of being a large object that attracts prying eyes;

• creation of an automated database, open for adding information (with privacy);

- presentation of RL3 works:

• manufacturing cell for extrusion (altice arena, Braga);

• study on the recyclability of materials;

• consideration of opportunities for collecting raw materials (funding on campus and other institutions or collection at specific agencies);

• "circular economy" a strong motive that can be present not only in the final objective of the project but in the production process as well;

• problematization: difficulty in cleaning and preparing the material, as well as a continuous flow of material collection;

- need for retribution for community efforts (as an incentive) or for greater visibility of the project (follow up);
- discussion on work methodologies, research and dissemination: workshops, conferences, website, collaboration in the idealization (with students and with campus agents);
- exploration of the possibility of using the library building as a basis for advances;
- discussion of the way in which the information collected is interacted with;
- initialization of discord channel for information sharing and communication between the group;

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