22 research units affiliated with Técnico were evaluated by the Foundation for Science and Technology and will receive more than 61 million euros in funding.
The unmanned aircraft were launched from balloons at an altitude of 15 and 30 kilometres, a ‘national record’. The system could be applied to fire prevention and surveillance.
A new real-time warning system, developed by Técnico, in partnership with Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, alerts for the risk of building occupants during extreme weather events.