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Urban technologies for inclusive engagement

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Spoke 1 is focused on the design and development of technologies, devices and services enabling inclusive use of the services offered in the urban context and throughout the environment.
Spoke 1 wants to heighten the concept of Smart City for better shaping urban spaces and services considering the needs of citizens. The aim is to develop technologies that are effective for improving the well-being perceived in the activities of city life.
A highly innovative and multidisciplinary approach is promoted, in order to personalize the offer of urban services with respect to the specificities and abilities of individual citizens interacting with the city and with each other and the city.
To respond to the real needs of people, Spoke 1 actively involves citizens and stakeholders in the design and evaluation process of the proposed technologies and services.
Spoke 1’s technological objective /The technological objective of Spoke 1 is to highlight how robotics and artificial intelligence are today effective tools for building a vision of a smart, accessible and inclusive city capable of grasping the needs of the citizens, through the design of intelligent devices and services that can be responsive to the context of use.

. COORDINATION

CNR

The National Research Council (CNR) is the largest public national research institution in Italy, the only one under the Research Ministry (MUR) performing multidisciplinary activities.
CNR was founded in 1923 and its mission is of carrying out scientific research projects in the main sectors of knowledge and applying the results for the development of the country, promoting innovation, the internationalization of the “research system” and promoting the competitiveness of the industrial system.

. COORDINATOR

Michela Spagnuolo

Ecosistema RAISE - Michela Spagnuolo - Coordinatrice Spoke 1

Michela Spagnuolo is Research Manager and Director of the Institute of Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies “E. Magenes” (IMATI). Her scientific activity concerns the study and development of geometric and topological methods for the representation, comparison and characterization of surfaces and volumes.

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Discover the technologies of the Spoke 1 school demonstrator in the new video

Discover the technologies of the Spoke 1 school demonstrator in the new video

A new video offers an in-depth look at the technologies developed for the Spoke 1 demonstrator, coordinated by Monica Gori, Principal Inv...

27 March 2026
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Urban technologies and inclusion: episode two of the RAISE video-podcast now online

Urban technologies and inclusion: episode two of the RAISE video-podcast now online

The second episode of Encounters with the “Incontri con il futuro – Storie di innovazione dall’ecosistema RAISE”, the video-podca...

18 March 2026
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Technologies and innovation for art and culture: from the results of RAISE Spoke 1 toward new frontiers of well-being

Technologies and innovation for art and culture: from the results of RAISE Spoke 1 toward new frontiers of well-being

In the splendid setting of Palazzo Spinola di Pellicceria in Genoa, on the afternoon of March 13, RAISE Spoke 1 presented the results ach...

18 March 2026
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Technology at the service of people and territories

Technology at the service of people and territories

On 13 March 2026, Palazzo Tursi in Genoa hosted a day of discussion dedicated to the future of cities and the role of urban technologies ...

16 March 2026
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RAISE Spoke 1: technologies for the inclusive city

RAISE Spoke 1: technologies for the inclusive city

On 12 March 2026, the BIC Genova hosted the first of the final events organized for RAISE Spoke 1 – Urban Technologies for Inclusiv...

13 March 2026
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Spoke 1 Opens a Global Dialogue on the Well-Being City

Spoke 1 Opens a Global Dialogue on the Well-Being City

From 1 to 7 February, the National Research Council of Italy’s Institute for Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies (CNR-IMAT...

02 March 2026
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Spoke 1 goes to schools

Spoke 1 goes to schools

On December 9, the Teglia Comprehensive Institute hosted the presentation of a Spoke 1 demonstrator. Spoke 1 is coordinated by CNR (Miche...

16 January 2026
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Royal Inclusion: when the home becomes a museum and the museum returns to being a home, in the smart and inclusive city

Royal Inclusion: when the home becomes a museum and the museum returns to being a home, in the smart and inclusive city

On the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, on December 3rd, a selection of technologies for the inclusive enj...

19 December 2025
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RAISE explores urban emotions

RAISE explores urban emotions

Within the framework of the RAISE – Emotional Maps project, developed under RAISE Spoke 1 and coordinated by the National Research ...

18 December 2025
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Tactile Art, an inclusive multisensory experience by ETT within Spoke 1

Tactile Art, an inclusive multisensory experience by ETT within Spoke 1

ETT has developed the “Tactile Art” project as part of Spoke 1 of RAISE, an initiative that innovates the way art is experienced. Des...

12 December 2025
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Research and inclusion at ICEEL 2025

Research and inclusion at ICEEL 2025

The International Conference on Education and E-Learning (ICEEL 2025) took place on 21, 22 and 23 November 2025 at Otsuma Women’s Unive...

03 December 2025
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STAG2025: RAISE presents results and new technologies

STAG2025: RAISE presents results and new technologies

The international conference STAG2025 – Smart Tools and Applications in Computer Graphics brought together in Genoa, on 27–28 Nov...

01 December 2025
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