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BioMedExperts a Premier Online Scientific Social Network Community

Dell and Collexis Holdings, Inc., plan to launch today BioMedExperts - an innovative social networking community that will promote collaborative medical research and development. BioMedExperts will allow health care and life sciences professionals to easily connect and collaborate with each other, as well as conduct research by providing 1.4 million biomedical experts with 12 million pre-established network connections from more than 120 countries.

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LISA – Life Science Assistant Robot

Assistant robots really suited for everyday routines, which take over burdensome or monotonous work for humans, are still virtually unavailable commercially. Such systems are usually either not absolutely safe or not cost effective. The laboratory robot LISA could change that. In roughly one year, a prototype of this robot will be rolling through biotechnology labs, loading incubators and measuring equipment with sample trays in concert with human colleagues and accurately navigating from one lab instrument to the next.

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Dräger Delivers Basic Component for Medical Cockpit™

Dräger Medical AG & Co. KG has delivered the first basic component for the planned Medical Cockpit™ of the Infinity® Acute Care System™ (Infinity ACS) complete system. Hardware Infinity C700 for IT - together with the existing Infinity Delta monitor component – displays all relevant patient data at the bedside on a 20" touchscreen.

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1st Annual HIMSS EMEA Leadership Survey

The Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey has a strong tradition of reporting on the opinions of information technology (IT) executives from healthcare provider organisations across the U.S. regarding the use of IT in their organisations. For the first time, HIMSS EMEA is turning this same focus across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, reporting on the information communications and technology (ICT) issues that are relevant to senior healthcare management in this region.

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To be, or not to be: eHealth Portal with €2 Million Expenditure

The Health Boards Executive (HeBE) in Ireland undertook the project on behalf of the (then) health boards and the Eastern Regional Health Authority. In July 2003, the HeBE commissioned consultants to carry out a short study to provide direction for the project. The consultants concluded that a phased development of the portal would be necessary, with progressive widening of the range of services made available on line.

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Lead Market Initiative to Unlock Innovative Markets

The European Commission is proposing to unlock market potential for innovative goods and services by lifting obstacles hindering innovation in a first batch of six important markets: eHealth, protective textiles, sustainable construction, recycling, bio-based products and renewable energies. These markets with high economic and societal value represent an annual turnover of more than € 120 billion and 1.9 million jobs in the EU. With this initiative they may increase to over € 300 billion and over 3 million jobs in the EU in 2020.

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Project to Develop Bat-Like Sonar for Robotic Systems

A new EU-funded project will delve into the mysteries of bat sonar. Building on the findings of the CIRCE (Chiroptera Inspired Robotic Cephaloid) and the CILIA (Customized Intelligent Life-Inspired Arrays) projects, the ChiRoPing project will attempt to develop two biomimetic models of bats, using reverse engineering.

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Philips Collaborates with International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and the International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT) announced a unique program to extend healthcare education in Europe, Asia and the South Pacific.

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Asklepios Future Hospital (AFH) Conference

Discussing innovative solutions and new technologies, pooling strengths to tackle new challenges - the key purposes of AFHdialogTAGE, the Asklepios Future Hospital (AFH) Conference. The two-day specialist conference will be held in Berlin on January 28 and 29, 2008.

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ICT Project to Enhance Human-System Interactivity

As technical devices grow ever more sophisticated and their complexity increases, the EASY Interactions project is trying to enhance interaction between the human user and the technical system. Traditional control devices such as mouse, keyboard, joystick or screen have been outgrown by today's information and communication technology (ICT) gadgets, say project stakeholders, claiming that such difficulties inhibit many application opportunities.

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