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- NEWS ARTICLE
- Competition to reward the best eHealth solution developed by an EU SME
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(23 November 2011) The objective of the Competition is to support business success of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) by giving them visibility, together with marketing opportunities to attract customers, partners and external capital. In order to participate, SMEs have to register by filling a simple form. Eligible SMEs will receive in January a template, and the received information will be evaluated to select the 30 SMEs that will enter into the European Final. The Final will be celebrated during the eHealth Week 2012 in Copenhagen (Denmark) on 7 May 2012. Please note that Associations (clusters, technological parks, etc) can also collaborate with the Competition management, and receive benefits for their work.
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- Come and see the demonstration of the Interstress project at the Innovation Convention 5-6 December 2011
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5 December 2011 - 6 December 2011 Brussels, Belgium
What if lowering your stress level was as easy and as much fun as playing a video game? What if all of the work was automated for you, with reminders on your mobile phone? What if the system that achieved this was so smart, it changed the program the second you changed your behavior? The INTERSTRESS project (http://interstress.eu/) will guide visitors of the stand that will be able to test the current prototype and experience features.
See also: Innovation Convention
- PRESS RELEASE
- 340 events for European Robotics Week
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(28 November 2011) Over 120 organisations from industry, research institutes and universities representing 17 European countries are taking part in the first European Robotics Week.
- PRESS RELEASE
- European robots helping to perform safer, quicker brain surgery
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(28 November 2011) EU-funded researchers from Germany, Italy, Israel and the UK have achieved a breakthrough development in robotic neurosurgery. The ROBOCAST project, has developed a new type of robot that gives two important advantages to surgeons: 13 degrees (types) of movement, compared to the four available to human hands during minimally invasive surgery, and "haptic feedback" the physical cues which allow surgeons to assess tissue and perceive the amount of force applied during surgery. The robot has performed accurate keyhole neurosurgery on dummies, and when ready for humans, could ease the suffering of millions of Europeans diagnosed with tumours, and conditions such as epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and Tourette syndrome.
See also: 340 events for European Robotics Week
New in the Library
- POLICY AND LEGISLATION
- Strategic Implementation Plan of the Pilot European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing
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22 November 2011
The European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing aims to bring together key stakeholders to define a positive vision for ageing well, establish common priorities for innovation, to identify and address the barriers to innovation and to accelerate and scale up the introduction of relevant innovative solutions across Europe. With this Strategic Implementation Plan, the Steering Group of the European Innovation Partnership on active and healthy ageing delivers its rationale, its vision and its suggestions for addressing the challenge of innovation for active and healthy ageing.
See also: Frequently Asked Questions
- SPEECH
- Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda , Supporting innovation and investment in ICT
European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), European Parliament, Brussels, 22 November 2011
- POLICY AND LEGISLATION
- Financing Social Impact. Funding social innovation in Europe - mapping the way forward
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23 November 2011
The field of innovation for social purposes is developing rapidly all over the world, with new institutions and methods, growing confidence and evidence of impact. Social innovators are changing the way governments work, the way civil society achieves impact, and the actions of business. The field combines commitment, experience and energy. But it lacks the systematic and sophisticated infrastructures of support available to other fields – in particular access to appropriate finance and funding. The result is that although there is no shortage of good ideas, far too few achieve the impact they could. The report sets out a vision for where we want to be ten years from now. It highlights how these various infrastructural gaps will need to be overcome in order for the field to develop to maturity and puts forward recommendations for how we can achieve this.
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