title: Eyes of Things
text: # Eyes of Things
  
  Eyes of Things (EoT) is the name of a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement number 643924. The purpose of the project, which is funded under the Smart Cyber-physical systems topic, is to develop a generic hardware-software platform for embedded, efficient (i.e. battery-operated, wearable, mobile), computer vision, including deep learning inference.
  
  On November 29, 2018, the European Space Agency announced that it was testing the suitability of the device for space applications in advance of a flight in a Cubesat.
  
  ## Motivation
  
  EoT is based on the following tenets:
  
  * Future embedded systems will have more intelligence and cognitive functionality. Vision is paramount to such intelligent capacity
  * Unlike other sensors, vision requires intensive processing. Power consumption must be optimized if vision is to be used in mobile and wearable applications
  * Cloud processing of edge-captured images is not sustainable. The sheer amount of visual data generated cannot be transferred to the cloud. Bandwidth is not sufficient and cloud servers cannot cope with it.
  
  ## Partners
  
  * VISILAB group at University of Castilla–La Mancha (Coordinator)
  * Movidius
  * Awaiba
  * Thales Security Solutions & Systems
  * DFKI
  * Fluxguide
  * Evercam
  * nVISO
  
  ## Awards
  
  * 2019 Electronic Component and Systems Innovation Award by the European Commission
  * 2018 HiPEAC Tech Transfer Award
  * 2018 EC Innovation Radar - highlighting excellent innovations Award
  * 2018 Internet of Things (IoT) Technology Research Award Pilot by Google
  * 2016 Semifinalist "THE VISION SHOW STARTUP COMPETITION", Global Association for Vision Information, Boston US
  