transfer - Economic Development and Employment Promotion: Project
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10 | Steinbeis<br />
Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum is partner in the EU-project DINAMICS<br />
A new early warning against bioterrorist attacks<br />
DINAMICS is an EU-funded research project which objective is to enhance the safety of water supplies<br />
through the use of nanotechnology. The DINAMICS project partners are planning to develop a special biosensor<br />
to precisely analyze water quality <strong>and</strong> detect hazardous substances. Partly based on nanotechnology,<br />
the new system aims to prevent bioterrorist attacks on drinking water supplies in the future – by setting up<br />
an early warning system to identify infectious agents such as bacteria <strong>and</strong> viruses. DINAMICS envisages a<br />
portable measuring device to reliably monitor drinking water supplies at special events. For example, it could<br />
be used at major sporting events to ensure participants security. Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (SEZ) is one of<br />
the partners involved in the project.<br />
The project was approved by the EU thanks<br />
to the support from the Steinbeis-Europa-<br />
Zentrum during the application submission<br />
<strong>and</strong> contract negotiations with the European<br />
Commission. DINAMICS intents to make an<br />
important contribution to the safety technology<br />
of the future. To fulfil the project,<br />
partners will receive around € 4.5 million of<br />
EU-subvention between 2007 <strong>and</strong> 2011.<br />
As well as integrating a variety of cuttingedge<br />
technologies – such as nanotechnology,<br />
microsystem technology, signal processing,<br />
<strong>and</strong> micro- <strong>and</strong> molecular biology<br />
– DINAMICS focuses primarily on developing<br />
cost-efficient solutions so that new equipment<br />
can be used in a broad spectrum of<br />
applications.<br />
DINAMICS is developing an automatic warning<br />
system to identify dangerous infectious<br />
agents quickly. Early prototypes, based on a<br />
“DNA-microchip” used in combination with<br />
microfluidic processes <strong>and</strong> signal processing<br />
techniques controlled by special software<br />
have already been produced. The project<br />
partners are confident that their findings<br />
will have a significant impact on the moni-<br />
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