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IBM invests $100 million in collaborative innovation ideas

IBM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Samuel J. Palmisano announced that the company will invest $100 million over the next two years to pursue ten new businesses generated by InnovationJam, an unprecedented experiment in collaborative innovation held earlier this year.

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@Health: a meeting point to foster international cooperation in eHealth

The @Health Brokerage Event is the second dissemination event organized within the @Health project (IST-015886) which will be organized in Madrid, Spain next 8th and 9th of February.

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ICT in FP7

Leaflet explaining the basics on the 7th Framework Programme and the ICT elements within it, the 7 key Research Challenges, the budget breakwdown, the i2010 Flagship Initiatives, the European Technology Platforms and Joint Technology Initiatives.

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Research: € 9 billion injection to boost European ICT research

The EU plans to invest over € 9 billion in research on information and communications technologies (ICTs). This is, by far, the largest single budget item in Europe's 7th research framework programme that will run until 2013 - a priority set by the EU, acknowledging the importance of ICTs for Europe's growth and competitiveness.

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Genetic medicine - just over the horizon?

Genetic medicine promises a revolution in health care. But major obstacles remain, not least the complexity of extrapolating clinical practice from organic molecules. But the INFOBIOMED team hopes to link biological and medical informatics in a bid to make genetic medicine a reality.

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The draft Work Programme for ICT research in FP7 in 2007 and 2008

This Work Programme for the ICT theme of the FP7 Specific Programme "Cooperation" defines the priorities for the calls for proposals to be launched in 2007 and the criteria that will be used for evaluating the proposals responding to these calls.

The priorities reflect the input received from the Programme Committee, the IST Advisory Group1 (ISTAG), the European Technology Platforms in ICT and other preparatory activities including workshops involving the main stakeholders. The Work Programme is also in line with the main ICT policy priorities as defined in the i2010 initiative, - a European Information Society for Growth and Employment.

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Philips announces new RFID asset tracking solution

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) announced that its Medical Systems division is introducing the Philips asset tracking solution, a turn-key solution used for locating hospital assets and improving efficiencies. Using Wi-Fi based technology by AeroScout Inc., the asset tracking solution is designed around the hospitals' existing 802.11 wireless infrastructure, allowing hospitals to leverage investments they have already made in their wireless technology.

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Israeli researcher receives EU grant for development of 'electronic nose'

An Israeli researcher has been awarded a grant of € 1.73 million by the EU under its Marie Curie Excellence programme for the development of an 'electronic nose' that can sniff out cancer.

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MEDICA und ComPaMED 2006: Position as Global Hub for the Medical Sector Impressively Confirmed

The world's largest medical fair MEDICA plus ComPaMED, the leading international trade fair for upstream supplies in medical production, have impressively confirmed their position as the global hub in the medical sector.

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Germany's FP7 launch event

On 15-16 January 2007, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) will host a national kick-off event in the Internationales Kongresszentrum Bundeshaus Bonn (IKBB) to launch the 7th EU Research Framework Programme.

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