Other topics in this issue:

• FCT renews IT’s statute as Associate Laboratory
• City of Aveiro distinguished by Harvard with innovation award
• Portugal's first step towards free-space quantum communications
• Monitoring heart health with smart toilet seats
• IT partners with Wavecom to develop wireless technology for vital signs monitoring
• Project Snapshot | 5GINFIRE: Pioneering a 5G experimental playground for vertical industries
• Spin-off Stories | Catching up with...Veniam
• Upcoming Events
• Latest PhDs hosted by IT
• Where are you now? Benedikt Richter