SOI technology should not be viewed as a specific MNT solution in itself, but as an enabling technology or platform that can address implicit/explicit harsh environment aspects for the targets defined in the Concept Papers A11 and A14. The prototype identification could then be focused on the possible MNT applications of the CANEUS workplan for which SOI technology offers that high level of genericity. Examples include: MNTs for structural and aerodynamics monitoring (i.e. accelerometers, temperature, pressure and flow sensors existing on SOI, as well as the potentiality to realize their control electronics for harsh environments); MNT for engine or energy distribution control (high-performance UV photodiodes and magnetic Hall effect sensors have been manufactured in SOI); MNT for cabin control (adding to the previous achievements, polymer above ICs for humidity and fire sensors, as well as the Ultra-Low-Power read-out electronics).

Furthermore, MNT with wireless communication and miniaturized or autonomous power sources can be considered since SOI can incorporate both high-performance wireless and power management electronics. However to date, such arrays of multiple sensors and their associated circuits have not been co-integrated in industrial-level technologies and products.