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AI platform for CHF patients

CheckHealth together with a European consortium has won a procurement for innovative services in the healthcare sector. The CORRAL consortium will develop and deliver an integrated care platform which allows monitoring of environmental, physical and psychological patient-related variables, and continuous analysis of recorded data and care team inputs. The platform is based on an artificial intelligence system providing decision support to the multidisciplinary care tea and the provision of personalized support and education interventions allowing patients with cronic heart failure (CHF) to self-manage their diseases.

The system will be installed in five European countries – Sweden, Greece, Turkiet, Italy and Portugal.

Peter RosengrenAI platform for CHF patients

CNet delivers the national terminology server for cyber security

Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency has launched the Swedish National terminology database for cyber security. The database contains definitions of important cyber security concepts and is searchable over the Internet. The new terminology database will harmonise cyber security concepts among all involved stakeholders in the cyber security field. The terminology system was implemented using the Termado platform from CNet.

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Peter RosengrenCNet delivers the national terminology server for cyber security

Currently activated when nuclear power plant suddenly shuts down

CheckWatts virtual power plant Currently was activated last week when a finnish nuclear power plant was suddenly stopped. This is the biggest flexibility activation so far for Currently. Using Currently the grid operator stabilises the grid when the frequency suddenly changes.

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Peter RosengrenCurrently activated when nuclear power plant suddenly shuts down

CheckHealth collects PROMS over the phone

Continuous data collection to understand patients health status and how they react to medication and treatment is the key to future improved healthcare. Todays solutions for this are based on either manually filling out questionnaries, use of smart phone apps or use of connected devices. These are costly for healthcare organisations and complicated for patients to use. To solve these problems Checkhealth is developing VoiceRPM – an Intelligent Digital Voice Assistant for Remote Patient Monitoring

VoiceRPM offers a cost-efficient yet naturally engaging way to ensure patients feel cared for around the clock even though carers can’t always be there. VoiceRPMs AI-powered voice dialogs allow care professionals to reach out and remotely monitor vital health values and support healthy habits for a large number of geographically distributed patients. The care organisation can easily design different questionnaries, PROMS, to collect patient reported outcomes and vital signs. VoiceRPM automatically calls the patients and collects the answers in an natural AI-driven voice conversation. The VoiceRPM digital assistant can collect the patient’s consent to contribute data and agree with the patient on a when it is a convenient time to call. The care persons only need to focus on the incoming data and how to treat the patients in the best possible way.

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Peter RosengrenCheckHealth collects PROMS over the phone

CheckHealth supports smart monitoring of hypertension in Jämtland

Our spin-off company CheckHealth has been contracted by a European consortium to assist in roll out of a the HSmartBPM platform for monitoring of patients suffering from hypertension. HSmartBPM improves effectiveness of the treatment of hypertensive, or undiagnosed high-risk patients by collecting much more data from different sources and by maximizing the benefits of collected data by sharing of data between related actors such as healthcare experts, patients, nurses and informal caregiver under control of patients, in compliance with GDPR requirements. In Sweden HSmartBPM will be used by Region Jämtland.

Peter RosengrenCheckHealth supports smart monitoring of hypertension in Jämtland

CheckWatts EMS Currently deployed in Swedens largest battery park in Malmö

CNets spin-off company CheckWatt delivers the EMS – Energy Management System to Sweden’s largest charging and battery park and which is now built in Malmö. The EMS provides control, operational monitoring and visualization for energy-related data also providing smart control for hybrid inverters of photovoltaic systems to charge batteries and perform frequency regulation to enable connection to the electrical network. Additionally to charging stations for cars and trucks, a solar power installation on 1.5 hectares of nearby land is included. In order for the plant to reach its full economic potential, the flexibility of all the different resources is integrated within Checkwatt’s virtual power plant Currently.

Peter RosengrenCheckWatts EMS Currently deployed in Swedens largest battery park in Malmö

CheckWatt implements direct frequency control to integrate wind power in energy storage systems

Technology development provides new opportunities to drive the innovation and the the design of wind farms. CNets spin-off company CheckWatt implements direct frequency regulation for wind power and to enable the integration with battery storage and the option capacity to produce hydrogen.

The SVEF (Sveriges Vindkraftkooperativ Ekonomisk Förening – Swedish Windpower Cooperative Economic Association) has designed an installation to be build north of Ulricehamn.

In the first step three wind turbines from Enercon will be connected to the grid frequency through the new support service FCR-D down, which Svenska Kraftnät introduced on 1st January 2022. This service enables the plants to reduce production within a few seconds if the frequency exceeds the Nordic synchronous range of 50.1 Hz. For owners of wind power this option can generate significant revenue as well as it enables the electrical system to directly utilize a more versatile production environment which enables a more stable operation in general.

CheckWatt enables a 100% renewable energy system through measurement, analysis, visualization and control. CheckWatt’s services offer the following components:

  • Currently – a virtual power plant built from aggregated resources with CheckWatts EMS that supports the frequency of the electricity network and relieves bottlenecks in local networks.
  • IMD – an individual measurement and charging for electricity, water and electric car charging with unique integration to solar power plants and energy storage.
  • EnergyInBalance – a Platform with operational monitoring and visualization for resources with CheckWatt EMS and IMD systems. Also integrated in products of cooperation partners.

Peter RosengrenCheckWatt implements direct frequency control to integrate wind power in energy storage systems

Bridge professor’s favorite constructions

Samhällsbyggarna, an association focusing on the development, building and management of Swedens future society, ran a feature about Raid Karoumi, the Research Director of CNets subsidiary IoTBridge and professor at KTHs department of bridge and steel construction written by Fredrik Hielscher.

An excursion into the fascinating world of bridge constructions and the opportunities new technologies create. Sweden has about 35.000 bridges, a population of constructions that is getting older, some structures over 100 years old, mostly railway bridges. The Swedish Transport Administration’s annual cost for the operation and maintenance of the bridges is around SEK 1.3 billion – a cost that risks increasing rapidly. But new advanced measurement and analysis methods can increase the life of bridges and result in fewer inspections and bridge reinforcements.Sensor-based condition assessment exists already and is used in many of todays products. In modern cars, you get a notifications about changes in the tire pressure, when it’s time to change oil or service the car, issues with system components. It’s the similar with bridges, the technology exists and is ready to be applied to bigger constructions to optimize maintenance and use.

Peter RosengrenBridge professor’s favorite constructions

Support of BRIS

CNet proudly supports BRIS, short for “Barnens rätt i samhället” – childrens rights in society. BRIS is an organization to advocate the rights and living conditions of children and young people in accordance with the UN Convention.

BRIS has daily contact with children and young people via chat, email and telephone. Chat and email can be reached via Bris.se, there is also a forum where children and young people can write and support each other.

The telephone number for BRIS in Sweden is 116111. It costs nothing to call, calls are not visible on the telephone bill and all who contact the organization are completely anonymous.

All requests receive an answer from a trained and experienced curator.

BRIS is member of CHI, (Children Helpline international) which, together with 183 other guides in 142 countries, receives over 14 million calls each year. In addition, the organization is part of Insafe, a European network that works for a safer everyday life for children and young people online.

For more information and support visit:

Peter RosengrenSupport of BRIS

Join the EFPF challenges

CNet as member of the European Connected Factory Platform for Agile Manufacturing invites students, researcher as well as SMEs focused on innovation, research and development to test, validate, and develop the EFPF platform including its tools, services and infrastructure (e.g. Data Spine elements) in a hands-on community event of the EFPF Ecosystem Catalyzer Event from:

23rd of February to 7th April 2022

The event provides practical hands-on experience with the federated digital platform, industrial IoT, and industry 4.0 topics and offers:

  • Interaction and networking opportunities with international companies
  • Chances to demonstrate technical skills
  • Support to publish results in a peer-reviewed scientific journal or renowned conference
  • Awards: CERTH organizes in collaboration with EFPF research partners a hybrid award event (online & in Greece) on April 7th 2022 .
  • The participants will present their results and the four best projects will receive one of these prizes:
    • 1st Prize: Smartphone valued at 600€​
    • 2nd Prize: Smart Home Kit valued at 300€
    • 3rd Prize: IoT Starter Kit valued at 200€
    • 4th Prize: IoT starter kit valued at 100€
    • All participants will receive a voucher for an Audible subscription

Potentially, scientific proceedings of the workshops results could be published to the scientific community. For more details and registration visit the EFPF Open Call:

Peter RosengrenJoin the EFPF challenges