A podcast all about…countermeasures!
In this episode, we talk to Prof Ashleigh Filtness from Loughborough University about how the Panacea project is developing countermeasures to help professional drivers stay fit to drive.
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New Year – New Podcast
Happy New Year from the Panacea team. In this first podcast episode, we talk to Dr Selpi from Chalmers University of Technology about how the Panacea project is developing a system that uses multiple sensors to test whether a transport professional is fit to drive. We also look at how the system is being tested […]
Two years down the research road
An update from the project leaders Anna Anund and Katerina Touliou. We are pleased to report significant progress in our PANACEA platform development. Over the past two years, our partners have been working diligently on defining technical and functional specifications, the technologies per Use Case, as well as identifying the data characteristics. The integration process […]
WATCH: New video explains the PANACEA project’s innovative approach to maintaining fitness to drive among professional drivers
This short explainer video gives an overview of the PANACEA project showing how the sensors, cloud technology, and driver feedback interact to help maintain fitness to drive.
An update on our use case testing
Use Case A – Shuttle buses, Linköping, Sweden The baseline data collection started in April. During this time, eight shuttle operators will be using a smart-watch to register sleep, the Sensair sensor to detect alcohol, the AIT sensor to detect stress and the Datik system to detect fatigue. After four weeks, the countermeasures will be […]
Drug testing hardware pilot with Norwegian police
The PANACEA team was in Norway in March to prepare for a pilot test of the drug testing hardware that will be used for the project use case trials. The technology is being trialed by Norwegian police. It will later be installed at depots in order for professional drivers to take pre-shift drug tests as […]
On the road with the PANACEA team
Here is an overview of events where members of the PANACEA project team have presented our research: European Commission’s H2020 RTR, February 2023 At this conference of EU funded road transport research, PANACEA was delighted to have been invited to take part in a session on safety together with the EU-funded VIRTUAL and iDREAMS projects. […]
Mid-term review meeting, San Sebastian, December 2022
PANACEA partners came together in December 2022 for the project’s mid-term review. Progress towards all the project deliverables was discussed with PANACEA’s Project Officer and there was also an opportunity to see how DATIK’s fatigue sensor, which will be used in the Use Cases, works in practice. We were pleased that all the project deliverables […]
A Horizon 2020 Project
The PANACEA project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 953426.