Vision and Challenges for Realising the Internet of Things

E
uridice is an Integrated Project
funded by EU’s Seventh Framework
Programme ICT for Transport
Area. The basic concept of
Euridice is to build an information
vices platform centred on the individual
cargo item and on its interaction
with the surrounding environment and
the user.
Objectives
The EURIDICE project has the following
main objectives:
Supporting the interaction of individual
cargo items with the surrounding environment
and users on the field.
Improving logistic performances through
application of the intelligent cargo concept
and technologies in the working practices
of operators and industrial users.
Developing collaborative business models
to sustain, promote and develop an intelligent
cargo infrastructure.
Realizing more secure and environment
friendly transport chains through the
adoption of intelligent cargo to support
modal shift and door-to-door intermodal
services.
EURIDICE
European Inter-Disciplinary Research on Intelligent
Cargo for Efficient, safe and
environment-friendly logistics
EURIDICE Service Platform
The Euridice Platform will allow to address
simultaneously the logistics, business and
public policy aspects of freight transportation,
by dynamically combining services at
different levels of cargo interaction:
immediate proximity services, for direct
interaction with cargo items on the field,
like individual shipments or packages:
RFID-based identification services, mobile
user services, vehicle services, site services
supporting freight interaction with fixed
structures such as terminals, warehouses
and intermodal facilities;
supply chain services for interaction with
the actors responsible of shipping, carrying
and handling the goods, as well as producers
and consignees of the goods themselves;
freight corridor services managed by authorities
and operators in charge of infrastructures
efficient operation, security and
safety control, such as land and port terminals,
railways and motorways for resources
allocation and traffic control, customs
agencies and other entities in charge
of safety and security checks on the goods.
CERP-IoT – Cluster of European Research Projects on the Internet of Things
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