It is clear that people are looking for alternative ways to move around, but walking and running tend to be slow and put pressure on the joints in the long run by the continuous impact with the ground. Traditional bike pedal motion is circular, so it is different from our natural walk. And, Elliptical bikes and cross-trainers attempt to accomplish our natural walk but are extremely complex and large.

This Portuguese company from Madeira Island, established in 1997, is one of the first maritime tourism companies in Madeira that provides boat trip services for visitants, with the possibility to watch birds and cetaceans, in the comfort of a robust and appealing sailboat. The company offers tours near the coast-line as well as extensive tours, such as the enriching expedition to the uninhabited Desertas Islands- a Portuguese natural reserve, that belongs to the Madeira Archipelago, home to Monk Seals and rare wild birds. In addition to scheduled half-day trips, the company also provides pri

A Portuguese SME connected with a University developed a new system consisting of a combination of hardware and software. The hardware is a device based on a microcontroller that collects information from the photovoltaic panel, such as internal physical information, and information from the surrounding environment, such as weather information, radiation, and panel temperature.

The Portuguese aerospace company – established in 2006 – develops optical instruments with on-board processing and computer vision, artificial intelligence and navigation & control systems for applications ranging from Earth observation to planetary missions to the Moon, Mars and small bodies. The company has been developing technology in remote sensing, machine vision, data fusion and machine learning since 2008. The initial goal was an autonomous hazard detection and avoidance (HDA) system for a Lunar lander, which spawned other variants for Mars and Small Bodies landers.