Maker Faire Yearbook 2023
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Old game New game
Faire: Rome
Maker: Liceo Scientifico Alessandro Volta di Foggia
Why throw away old toys such as radio-controlled cars, animated puppets, globes, electronic games, etc. when can you indulge yourself in transforming them into fun and creative robotic toys? This provides for the "Old game New game" project. Visitors can either play with the toys made by the students of the Volta high school in Foggia, or try their hand directly at building them, through laboratory activities organized by the high school students themselves.
VRAILEXIA – Think outside the box
Faire: Rome
Maker: Università degli Studi della Tuscia
VRAILEXIA aims at realizing innovative tools and services for supporting academic studies of students with dyslexia. BESPECIAL platform, thanks to the use of artificial intelligence algorithms, can be used by students with dyslexia to improve the learning methodologies, guaranteeing an inclusive learning environment. Moreover, a virtual reality scenario has been developed to improve the awareness of teachers and community on dyslexia through empathy. Finally, REASY, an application for smartphone, tablet and PC, allows to digitalize studying materials, making them accessible and editable according to the needs of each student.
Smart Dumbbells
Faire: Rome
Maker: Istituto Tecnico Economico e Tecnologico "M. Rapisardi - L. Da Vinci"
Our primary goal is to allow people to work out daily whenever and wherever they want, for the first time combining the world of fitness with that of fun and entertainment. The product consists of two smart gym dumbbells that interface with a videogame, in which there is a virtual avatar that has to be kept healthy and that can customized by the user through the execution of exercises and special daily missions.
Linea di Semina Automatica
Faire: Rome
Maker: I.T.I.S Don Giuseppe Morosini
Our project consists in an automatic seeding line which aims to be an example of 4.0 Industry and sustainable development. For this reason the machine has been built using recycled materials in order to minimize the production costs and the environmental impact. The project includes electrical/plant engineering, electro-pneumatic and mechanical designs, all managed by a PLC and an Arduino board for the acquisition of analog values with the possibility to view everything from an HMI (Human Machine Interface).
Yeastime s.r.l. Startup Innovativa
Faire: Rome
Maker: Yeastime s.r.l. startup innovativa
Yeastime Start Up S.r.l. develops a fermentation 2.0 process using an innovative stimulation cycle applied dynamically to bioreactors. The technology is equipped with sensors aimed at real-time monitoring and integrated with a mechanical wave generator, which can optimize the process by reducing the overall duration by 30 percent. The product, obtained through this technology, will result from an optimal interaction between the target microorganism and the basic ingredients.
ModuSmart
Faire: Rome
Maker: Pasquale Iavecchia
Bring smart automation to your fingertips with our Arduino based controllers. Easy to install and highly adaptable, they offer seamless and integrated control for homes and industries. Discover how our innovative solution transforms your everyday life. #Automation #Arduino #MakerFaire
lit
Faire: Rome
Maker: Helios Domotics S.r.l.
lit has developed a user-friendly product that
allows you to monitor domestic and
commercial electricity. Using a plug and play
device, which works through AI and Machine
Learning, lit allows you to reduce energy
waste and CO2 emissions.
The solution is made up of two parts: the
litbox (the hardware component), which is
installed on the phase or life-saving cable, and
the litapp (the software component), which
translates the user's consumption in terms of
energy used, money spent and CO2 emitted,
for each device.
SANITRON, SANIFICATORE AUTOMATICO PER CARRELLI DELLA SPESA
Faire: Rome
Maker: Cristian Vendra
Innovate is an innovative start-up operational since 2020, one of the projects created is sanitron, a device that automatically sanitizes the shopping trolleys used in supermarkets, warehouses, shopping centers and all points of sale that use trolleys to make purchases. The handles of shopping trolleys, in use at points of sale, are a real receptacle for germs and bacteria, this is because they are touched by many people every day, and are rarely cleaned, all this is ascertained by numerous scientific studies which highlight the danger. Today there are systems where the operator manually inserts the trolley inside a box, sanitizing it entirely; alternatively, we proceed through manual sanitization with disinfectant products by an operator.
Sanitron is the effective solution for sanitizing trolley handles, an easy-to-apply system that will be positioned in the areas where shopping trolleys are stored in warehouses, on the separation structures of the various rows of trolleys, with height-adjustable supports. The device is composed of an external aluminum casing in which the sanitization units are contained and a panel, inside which the logic control (PLC) and all the electrical, electronic and hydraulic components are contained. The device is applied directly where each user places the trolley together with the others, having a sanitization unit for each available trolley; when the user puts the trolley away and hooks it with the chain, a sensor, through the logic control (PLC) will detect the continuous presence (for more than 20 seconds) of the trolley handle, the continuous presence and the timer serve to avoid accidentally starting a sanitization in the event of a simple passage in front of the sensor; once a continuous presence has been detected, sanitisation will be activated by spraying the disinfectant solution precisely on the handle of the trolley for approximately 3 seconds. Once sanitisation is completed, a green LED will light up to indicate that the ready-to-use trolley is disinfected , the trolley handle will also be dry in a few seconds; this procedure is repeated for each trolley available in the area and will be activated through the consent of a safety sensor, detecting that there are no people in the sanitization area, in case there is the presence of one or more people who should keeping trolleys in the area will disable the operation of the sanitization cycle (in order to avoid accidental spraying in the presence of customers and operators); This device has undergone numerous safety and durability tests with positive results, and is also close to CE marking.
Customers of supermarkets and sales outlets are the protagonists of this idea, and will be very satisfied to see how one of the objects in common use most contaminated by germs and bacteria can finally be disinfected in the most effective way on the market.
Elaisian – Il Sistema di Supporto alle Decisioni in agricoltura
Faire: Rome
Maker: Elaisian srl
Elaisian offers a precision agriculture service to prevent diseases in olive groves, vineyards, and almond orchards and to have a continuous decision support system (SSD) for field interventions. The service is based on SSDs related to pest management and SSDs related to satellite imagery (for all crops). This enables farmers to reduce phytosanitary treatments and optimize fertilization and irrigation.
Elaisian offers the installation of weather stations in the field connected to an app where notifications and alerts on pathogen development are sent. We have different types of services that allow us to give accessibility to farms of all sizes and therefore with different economic possibilities. The following sections are available in the app: 5-day weather forecast, self-set alerts (weather parameter, value range, message sending interval), notifications (non-severe messages on plant and pathogen development), alerts (threshold severity messages), field notebook (linked to algorithms), map and reports from satellite images.
The pathogen forecasting service is applied for olive groves, vineyards and almond orchards. Through the use of proprietary algorithms we are able to calculate the development of pathogens and plants, which, when correlated, allow us to calculate the infection rate of pathogens with high accuracy.
We also use satellite images to calculate vegetation and water indices that are useful for monitoring soils and always have a control for optimizing fertilization and irrigation.
POPPASTELLA – un angolo di Napoli nel Mondo
Faire: Rome
Maker: Sensori 4.0 srl
A real example of how, water and flour, by our POPpastella, can create and spread worldwide a simple, low-cost product, alternative to POPcorn, French fries or other street food products, currently limited to Neapolitan cuisine traditions.
Prototype in its basic version, it can be expanded to reach the desired productivity, with proportional margins.
Productivity is very high, the costs of the basic elements negligible; low energy consumption, it supplies a product to be eaten hot as soon as it is produced.
Mine S: The Ultimate Modular Control Surface
Faire: Rome
Maker: SPECIALWAVES s.r.l.
Mine S: Limitless Control. Infinite Possibilities.
Explore the boundless versatility of Mine S across domains such as home and building automation, broadcasting, music, lighting control, robotic process automation, and control rooms. Effortlessly craft your perfect interface by adding or removing modules. Seamlessly integrating with various protocols, it adapts to your unique needs, offering limitless potential.
Bodynodes
Faire: Rome
Maker: Manuel Bottini
Bodynodes is a motion capture project made by a hobbyist for other hobbyists. Sensors can be worn and track the movement of the body. Then, the information can be used for different types of applications.
The most typical application is to control a character in a virtual reality game. Bodynodes makes the game more immersive than other systems because the sensors are worn and the player interacts directly with the new world. With the use of a VR headset or a VR cardboard, the player gets a fully immersive experience in the game.
The tracking information can also be used to create animations for videos or new games. Instead of going through days of animations, the animator can just track their own body and then work on the data collected using the Bodynodes sensors.
In the future, we will explore controlling drones and robots, transitioning from the virtual world to controlling the real world!
Sedia a rotelle elettrica per tetraplegici
Faire: Rome
Maker: IIS Tito Sarrocchi
In the 2022-2023 school year, the students of class IV and V of the Electronic Robotics specialization allowed tetraplegic people, i.e., person with inability to voluntarily move the upper and lower parts of the body, to move independently and using the residual mobility of the head.
An Arduino NANO 33 BLE and an inertial sensor present on board allow to intercept the movements of the head and, through the Bluetooth module, the information of the head movements is delivered to a self-built Master board and subsequently, through the DAC, the voltages are created to run the engines. Moreover, a set of sensors on the perimeter of the wheelchair avoids obstacles and a LIDAR sensor helps reconstruct the surrounding environment.
WEART – Just a Touch Away
Faire: Rome
Maker: WEART
Weart technology is a strong example of the introduction of science fiction concepts into real-world projects and design, to produce a potential real-world benefit. Weart develops wearable and portable haptic products for touch digitalization that allows users to augment VR/AR experiences and multimedia contents with a tactile layer that is added to the audio/video ones.
This groundbreaking technology has numerous applications, including industrial and medical VR training; marketing applications; sports training and simulations; virtual prototyping; entertainment and much more.
Virtual tours in European capitals
Faire: Rome
Maker: Peetri Lasteaed-Põhikool
Students created virtual tours of some historical objects or places in European capitals.
The project consists of 3d objects and a virtual tour.
3D objects have QR codes to access virtual tours.
The online environment CoSpaces was used for the virtual tour, and the SketchUp environment was used for 3D objects.
The Istreetview.com environment and the Street View Download 360 program were used to create 3D images.
The virtual tour can be viewed with VR glasses, smart devices and on a computer.
EGO – Trasporti Carbon Neutral
Faire: Rome
Maker: Fondazione di Partecipazione dell'Istituto Tecnico Superiore "Area Tecnologica della Mobilità Sostenibile – Logistica e Sistemi e Servizi Innovativi per la Mobilità di Persone e Merci"
EGO is a system composed of a CO2 sensor, position sensors, telemetry mounted on board the vehicle and a cloud platform that collects miles of real data from the vehicles. AI algorithms suggest optimized routes and driving behaviors aimed at reducing the CO2 produced. EGO allows its complete compensation of the remaining CO2, purchasing carbon credits that will be used by Treebu for the planting of paulownia in the territories where the transport company operates. The compensation is certified by EGO to the transport company which can highlight it with its customers and effectively increase CSR.
Immersive Cube Experience
Faire: Rome
Maker: EY
The "Immersive Cube" is a three-dimensional environment that offers an immersive experience by projecting content, images and videos onto all the inner surfaces of the cube. In addition, it will be possible to further immerse oneself in virtual reality by using VR and AR headset, allowing the user to interact with objects and digital spaces.
In detail, the experience will be divided into three different use cases:
- TEA Research lab, which will allow the user to learn about genome editing projects for stronger, climate-resilient plants
- Malteria Brewery Virtual Tour, where the user will be able to explore the secrets of the malt house, interact with themed objects and discover the traceability function of the beer in bottle
- Sensorial Tour; here, users will be able to test themselves, trying to associate the right type of oil with the aroma perceived inside the Cube.
What the three experiences have in common is a new way of conveying information and learning notions that are often complex (such as neuroscience or genome editing) or difficult to physically reach (such as visiting a malt house). This allows the public to learn more about the products they are going to buy, and be more aware of new scientific discoveries useful in underlining concepts such as made in Italy, food sovereignty and sustainability.
I Can Feel My Legs
Faire: Rome
Maker: Gaetano Carlino
I Can Feel My Legs is a lower limb prosthesis whose purpose is to help people who have disabilities and/or difficulties in walking.
What we present is the first working prototype showing toe movement that is done through the use of a wearable sock, for the initial acquisition of movement that will then be implemented through a self-learning neural network in order to improve its efficiency and responsiveness, which will be able to simulate toe movement.
City Vibe
Faire: Rome
Maker: ITS Academy Meccatronico Veneto
This project is a hardware-software platform that aims at optimizing street lighting through the use of LoRa (long-range) communication technology.
Electronics and sensors detect the passage of vehicles on a road section. A central computer determines the optimal light intensity that a road section should receive during low-light hours. Thanks to this technology, it is possible to enable dynamic street lighting according to traffic, with evident energy savings, especially if applied on a large scale.
(Collaboration of ITS Academy Meccatronico Veneto and GDS spa)
SAFE VR – Un metaverso sicuro ed inclusivo per tutti
Faire: Rome
Maker: Fondazione Istituto Tecnico Superiore per le Tecnologie della Informazione e della Comunicazione
SAFE VR will allow you to navigate in an inclusive Metaverse session accessible to all. Through a demo created on Spacial, users will be able to enter a dimension of Augmented Reality not only through the Oculus, but also from PC and/or mobile. Here four tools designed and created ad hoc (high contrast QR, illuminated walking strip, dixlexia free texts, audio) will allow easier navigation for subjects who are not inclined to use new technologies, as well as for visually impaired subjects or with difficulties related to example for dyslexia.
MyzharBot v5 – A fully 3D printed intelligent ground robot
Faire: Rome
Maker: Pizza Robotics
MyzharBot v5 represents the latest version of my autonomous robot, showing significant progress. This version boasts a fully 3D printed structure, combining aesthetics with functionality. Equipped with a formidable NVIDIA Jetson embedded PC, it harnesses the power of AI processing to extract intricate 3D details from its surroundings thanks to a state-of-the-art Stereolabs 3D camera. This data allows the robot to make decisions about its route and determine the optimal speed, ensuring maximum safety for those around it. By intelligently analyzing what kind of obstacles it "sees", MyzharBot v5 dynamically adjusts its trajectory, making it a versatile and reliable companion in different scenarios.
ARES
Faire: Rome
Maker: ITIS GALILEO GALILEI DI ROMA
ARES project was born 4 years ago from the idea of 4 students passionate about the aerospace world and dreamers of a human landing on Mars. They asked themselves a question: how will the resources necessary to survive on a desert planet be found? They developed a project to verify the feasibility of a plantation on the red planet, faithfully recreating the Martian biosphere. An electronic brain will manage the sensors and irrigation of each dome. Finally, all the data will be managed within a portal, implementing a procedure in relation to the IoT.
SENTINEL
Faire: Rome
Maker: Feel-ING SRL
The SENTINEL project aims to promote wellness in the workplace providing an ad-hoc platform to monitor psychophysics pitfalls that could threaten workers’ and teams’ security. Being in the context of Internet of Things (IoT), it exploits wearable and comfortable devices (such as smartwatches, smart clothes or sports bands) and emotive artificial intelligence algorithms.
ArcheoVerso
Faire: Rome
Maker: Centro di ricerca DigiLab - Sapienza Università di Roma
"ArcheoVerso" stands as a digital design solution for cultural institutions that want to be present in the metaverse, making full use of all the tools and potential, thus not limiting themselves to just a virtual presence. If for some time, all over the world, they have been welcoming VR/AR technologies as an opportunity to involve different audiences in new ways and on new platforms, the horizon of the digital universe is much broader than the simple three-dimensional re-proposition of own collections or paths. The interaction with the sphere of social media - and therefore the complexity of the relationships between physical users - makes the metaverse a frontier to be explored in its impact with the real world: ArcheoVerso will analyze its relationships and declinations from the point of view of cultural institutions, evaluating economic sustainability and technological and digital extensions that make it possible to expand its offer and capacity to involve the public.
