Social Defense Aircraft (AEDES) is scheduled to commence operations in 2022.

Having started in 2017 as a project in the Bachelor’s program in Design at UFRN and having been the subject of a patent application late last year, the Social Defense Aircraft (AEDES) is scheduled to begin operations in 2022. 📃 ✈️ The project aims to use an aerial surveillance drone to enhance security on the UFRN campus. The drone can be activated by users in danger through integration with the Smart Campus platform, tracking the Read more…

SmartMetropolis participates in Brazil’s 1st Smart Campus and Sandbox.

No dia 9 de setembro de 2021, ocorreu o primeiro encontro de Smart Campus e Sandbox do Brasil, onde foram discutidas importantes práticas para a criação de sandboxes e complexos inteligentes replicáveis em cidades do Brasil e do mundo. 🇧🇷🌎 O Smart Metropolis teve a participação de @fredlopesbr, coordenador do nosso projeto, que apresentou e compartilhou experiências de sucesso sobre o caso do Smart Metropolis. ⏱😉 Para mais detalhes sobre o evento, você pode acessar Read more…

Third International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA2021)

Between November 15 and 17, the Third International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA2021) organized by IEEE in partnership with the University of Tartu will take place. Among the various papers to be presented during the conference is the paper titled “Using FIWARE and Blockchain in Post Pandemic Vaccination Scenario,” authored by the coordinators of Smart Metropolis, Frederico Lopes and Nélio Cacho, along with Stefano Loss, a doctoral student in the project, and Har Read more…

Paper accepted at the 3rd International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA2021)

Between November 15 and 17, the Third International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA2021) took place, organized by IEEE in partnership with the University of Tartu. One of the highlighted papers during the conference was “Using FIWARE and Blockchain in Post Pandemic Vaccination Scenario,” written by the coordinators of Smart Metropolis, Frederico Lopes and Nélio Cacho, along with Stefano Loss, a doctoral student in the project, and Har Preet Singh, a German computer scientist Read more…

Smart Metropolis awarded for article on blockchain and vaccination

O Smart Metropolis, an initiative of the Digital Metropolis Institute (IMD/UFRN) specializing in solutions for Smart Cities, was internationally recognized in the last month of 2021. During a congress held in Estonia, the program received an award for the best published paper, which focuses on creating a technological mechanism to facilitate the verification of COVID-19 vaccination for entry into foreign countries. Titled “Using Fiware and Blockchain in Post Pandemic Vaccination Scenario,” the paper was presented Read more…

UFRN and AMPERN sign agreement for the benefit of Public Safety in RN

The Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) and the Association of the Public Ministry of the State of RN (Ampern) have signed an agreement benefiting local public safety. Representatives from the involved organizations participated in a meeting on Thursday, the 13th, at the UFRN Rectorate, where they were received by the vice-rector Henio Ferreira de Miranda, who learned the details of the police management system developed by the Smart Metropolis project of the Read more…

Smart Metropolis celebrates the launch of a platform for public safety in RN

A project of the Digital Metropolis Institute (IMD/UFRN) specializing in Smart City technologies, Smart Metropolis celebrated yesterday, the 12th, the official launch of its Central of Assistance and Dispatch (CAD) – a platform created to optimize public safety processes in Rio Grande do Norte. The launch took place at an event at the RN School of Government at 10 a.m., marking the official recognition of the tool, which has been used for over two years Read more…

RN Government launches app developed by Smart Metropolis to combat violence against women.

Last Wednesday (06), the State Government launched the “Salve Elas” app, developed by the Smart Metropolis project (IMD-UFRN), integrated with the structure of the Integrated Center for Public Security Operations (CIOSP). Now, women assisted by the Specialized Police Station for Women’s Assistance can request protection directly through their mobile phones, which will automatically indicate their location to the Military Police. The app becomes an additional channel for protection and also creates a community support network Read more…

Smart Metropolis LAB develops app to combat violence against women

The Digital Metropolis Institute (IMD/UFRN), through its Smart Cities project, Smart Metropolis, has created an app that promises to help combat violence against women in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. Called Salve Elas, the application functions as a direct channel with the police, allowing authorities to be alerted quickly and discreetly in case of a threat to physical safety. Fully connected to the Integrated Center for Public Security Operations (Ciosp), the application is Read more…