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Experimenting with new technologies does not require significant public investment it just requires that the State be able to create the conditions for companies research centers and scientists to test new ideas stated the Minister of State Economy and from Digital Transition Pedro Siza Vieira during a visit to the Engineering and Product Development Center CEiia in Matosinhos.Creating these conditions is the challenge of the challenges especially with regard to the regulation of these technologies because many ideas to be well tested have to be tested in real circumstances he said. Pedro Siza Vieira gave the autonomous vehicle as an example to find out if it works well and to improve the conditions of its operation we have to put it on the road but that may be incompatible with the Highway Code ...Technological Free ZoneThe limitations to experimenting with new technologies in a real environment so that they do not put citizens at risk can be circumvented through the so-called Technological Free Zones such as the one that Matosinhos created in April 2019 and in which CEiia participates. The Free Technology Zone is a geographically delimited space that includes residential areas public equipment and services local commerce education and training institutions cultural and leisure entities public spaces and service and industrial areas in which three projects have already been tested. pilot.The Minister said that this regime of Technological Free Zones allows creating the conditions so that in delimited physical spaces with all the security conditions respect for privacy and respect for citizens rights we can test new products and new real circumstances ideas so that we can more quickly convert them into value for the community . Among the projects tested in Matosinhos are the AYR sustainability platform which aims to predict behavioral changes with the reward of avoided emissions in the most sustainable travels Nos 5G technology through the use of drones and abusive parking control technology VisionWare. Pedro Siza Vieira who was accompanied by the Secretary of State for Digital Transition Andr de Arago Azevedo also visits the facilities of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto FEUP and the Institute of Systems and Computers Engineering Technology and Science INESC TEC where some pilot projects will be presented and demonstrated namely collaboration between universities and companies.
