Researchers of the FogGuru project introduce their experiment results, applying fog computing on water resources management.
WeNet: empowering social interactions between people
Why should we rely only on our personal network when looking for help? WeNet aims to connect people who can support each other no matter their relationship.
When chatbots drive social inclusion: takeaways from an EU project pilot
Perceived friendliness and low barriers in terms of adoption are the reasons why we believe chatbots can concretely support the integration of foreigners.
BlueAlpaca winning over Europe’s smartest cities
From Trento to Helsinki, passing by Milan, Santander and Antwerp: a contemporary Grand Tour around Europe and its most innovative smart cities!
BlueAlpaca: a smart chatbot for a smart city
An innovative chatbot project in collaboration with the SynchroniCity EU project and the cities of Milan, Santander, Antwerp and Helsinki. The objective: making information and services accessible and usable by citizens.
Making citizens the eye of policy makers: SCENT
SCENT is a European Union research project funded under the Horizon 2020 program. Its objective is to engage citizens in environmental monitoring and enable them to become the eyes of the policy makers. In doing so citizens will have the chance to support the monitoring of land-cover use and changes by taking advantage of their […]
Chatbots for (and with) citizens – Three lessons learnt
Here at U-Hopper, we have gone quite crazy about chatbots lately. For those of you who do not share the hype, chatbots are software programs that, by leveraging artificial intelligence tools and techniques, are able to chat with humans, typically by answering simple questions. At the moment, there is a large variety of chatbots out […]