Research WebLabs in environmental services

• Grant number: 03/08134-4
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Information Technology in the Development of the Advanced Internet Program - TIDIA
• Start date: February 01, 2005
• End date: April 30, 2009
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Electrical, Magnetic and Electronic Measurements, Instrumentation
• Principal Investigator: Antonio Mauro Saraiva
• Grantee: Antonio Mauro Saraiva
• Host Institution: Escola Politécnica (EP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The use of advanced internet for the carrying out of experiments remotely will provide a qualitative leap in the research carried out on different aspects of environmental services. This project proposes the development of an infrastructure of advanced internet applications in the services of pollination and photosynthesis.With regard to pollination, it is proposed to monitor and control colonies of melipona bees to evaluate the flight activity and the thermoregulation in the colonies. In addition to the collection of numerical data the experiments will involve videos and/or images for analysis of the behavior of the insects. It is further proposed to apply monitoring and remote control of greenhouses which, in the future, will be used in experiments on pollination in protected cultivation. With regard to photosynthesis, it is proposed to apply the WebLab concept for the monitoring and remote control of experiments in the absorption of CO2 in CO2 chambers with enriched atmosphere and in greenhouses in controlled conditions. (AU)