Sofitel launches its iPad application “The Kiosk”

Following in the wake of the European launch of Apple’s iPad, the Sofitel Luxury Hotels brand is launching its own iPad application called “The Kiosk.” “The Kiosk” serves as an interactive press review, offering a selection of daily newspapers and magazines on economics, sports, fashion and lifestyle. Guests staying in the most prestigious Sofitel suites and locations in four major European cities – Paris, London, Munich and Brussels – are provided with iPads during their stay. The application allows guests to choose from a selection of 6 newspapers and magazines for each of the 6 selected countries: France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy and the United States. Le Monde, The Wall Street Journal, El Pais, The Financial Times, Die Welt, Vogue and l’Officiel, French fashion magazine with unique archives dating back to 1920… are just some of the titles available for easy browsing by users. Read more

Solar plane on maiden flight

An experimental plane, powered only by rays from the sun, has taken off from Switzerland for its first 24-hour test flight.

The “Solar Impulse” took off on Wednesday from Payerne airfield shortly after dawn.

Clear blue skies meant that the prototype aircraft was able to soak up plenty of solar energy as it made a gradual ascent to a final altitude to 27,900 feet or 8,500 metres.

As the sun began to set, a decision needed to be made whether to continue through the night using solar power stored in its batteries, or whether to land.

Al Jazeera’s Charles Straford reports on the experimental plane.

Nominations and Submissions Open for 2011 Zayed Future Energy Prize

Individuals and organizations with innovative solutions that address almost any aspect of the renewable and sustainability industry are invited to submit applications online

Nominations and submissions for the 2011 Zayed Future Energy Prize are now being accepted at www.ZayedFutureEnergyPrize.com. The prize awards $1.5 million dollars to the winner and up to two finalists receive $350,000 dollars each. The prize encourages innovation across a wide spectrum of renewable energy solutions, energy conservation and sustainability.

Nominations and Submissions will be received online at www.ZayedFutureEnergyPrize.com until 8^th October 2010. Read more

Key Humanitarians Discussing the Ability to Access the most beneficial Biomedical Innovations

DIHAD Conference and Exhibition commenced with its second day sessions with the participation of key international humanitarians, highlights the major health risks that stem from humanitarian challenges, more specifically the recent earthquake in Haiti, the ongoing food crisis and global warming.

DIHAD in its seventh edition is held under the theme, “Global Health Challenges of Tomorrow: Impact & Response”, where key humanitarians discussed people with the greatest needs in terms of health care, and how to access to the most beneficial biomedical innovations by those in need. Read more

Promoting the concept of day surgery in the Middle East

UK manufacturer Anetic Aid Ltd is working with its Middle East partners to demonstrate the benefits of day surgery – an approach to treatment which has transformed working practices in the NHS. The company has developed a specialist system that combines the maneovrability of a patient trolley with the key attributes of an operating table – specifically for this purpose. True day surgery is the admission of a patient to hospital for a planned surgical procedure requiring full operating theatre facilities and/or a general anaesthetic, who returns home on the same day. In other words they are cases which would not be considered as traditional outpatient activity allowing patients to recover in their own homes. Read more

GE Healthcare launches Vscan™, a pocket-sized visualization tool for point-of-care Imaging in the Middle East

GE Healthcare today announced the availability of Vscan, a new, pocket-sized visualization tool developed to provide physicians with imaging capabilities at the point-of-care, in the Middle East.

Roughly the size of a smart phone, Vscan houses powerful, ultra-smart ultrasound technology that provides clinicians with an immediate, non-invasive method to help secure visual information about what is happening inside the body. Vscan is portable and can easily be taken from room to room to be used in many clinical, hospital or primary care settings.

The VScan, showcased at Arab Health 2010 in January, was officially launched in the Middle East at the New York School of Regional Anesthesia (NYSORA) World Anesthesia Congress being held from March 7 to 12 at the Dubai International Convention Centre.

Hisham Youssef, General Manager – Ultra Sound, Middle East, Africa & Turkey, GE Healthcare, said the launch of VScan in the Middle East will significantly add to the convenience of healthcare professionals in providing early health care. “Early and timely diagnosis is the key to more effective treatment. The pocket-size Vscan means that doctors can arrive at the same diagnostic inferences without necessarily having to shift the patient to hospitals for diagnostic reasons. This revolutionary product complements GE’s own ‘healthymagination’ initiative of reducing healthcare costs through timely care.” Read more

Amazon introduced Kindle DX with Global Wireless

Amazon.com introduced Kindle DX Wireless Reading Device (9.7″ Display, Global Wireless, Latest Generation) with Global Wireless – a new version of the 9.7-inch wireless reading device now with the convenience of wireless content delivery in over 100 countries. In addition to the convenient features such as 60 second downloads, easy-to-use page-turn buttons, and instant dictionary lookup that have made the 6-inch Kindle the bestselling product across all of Amazon, the new Kindle Wireless Reading Device (6″ Display, Global Wireless, Latest Generation) has a large 9.7-inch electronic paper display, auto-rotate capability and storage for up to 3,500 books.

Kindle DX Wireless Reading Device (9.7″ Display, Global Wireless, Latest Generation) wirelessly downloads books, newspapers, magazines, blogs and personal documents to a crisp, high-resolution 9.7-inch electronic ink display that looks and reads like real paper. With 2.5 times the surface area of Kindle’s 6-inch display, Kindle DX’s larger electronic paper display with 16 shades of gray has more area for graphic-rich content such as professional and personal documents, newspapers, magazines, and textbooks. Kindle reads like printed words on paper because the screen works using real ink and doesn’t use a backlight, eliminating the eyestrain and glare associated with other electronic displays. Read more

PAD N’CLICK – a new accessory for computer mouse

Jacob Innovations LLC has developed a simple solution that brings new comfort to users who spend a great part of their day clicking. Repetitive strain injury caused by prolonged use of a computer mouse is an ongoing problem. To alleviate the strain from excessive clicking the Pad N’Click accessory provides a trio of soft, adhesive gel pads stick to a user’s mouse, promoting more natural hand and finger positioning, in turn increasing comfort and reducing stress on joints.

The Pad N’Click gel pads can be reapplied several times and feature two pads for the fingers placed over the mouse as well as a circular pad that is positioned where the user’s palm is rested. This not only provides a softer surface to rest ones hand on, but also improves the overall position of a user’s hand, promoting more “gripping” than “pressing”, meaning less stress on the user’s wrist. Read more

Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Award receives 152 researches

The Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences has received 152 researches from 27 countries to participate in the forthcoming 3rd Pan Arab Human Genetics Conference scheduled in Dubai on 13 and 14 March 2010.

On February 18th, participating researches will be announced by the Award, organizers of the conference said on Sunday, the deadline set for submitting applications. Read more

GE Healthcare spotlights the possibilities of connected oncology care at Arab Health 2010

GE Healthcare, the healthcare business of General Electric Company (GE), is strengthening cancer diagnosis and care across the Gulf region through one of the most comprehensive portfolios of diagnostic imaging technologies in the industry today, to be showcased at Arab Health 2010, Dubai.

Oncology care is about making connections, between the disease, the treatment, the patients and the multi-disciplinary clinical team. The premier healthcare exhibition in the Middle East region to be held from January 25 to 28, 2010, at the Dubai International Convention Center, will offer healthcare practitioners in the region unique insights into innovative solutions at GE’s pavilion. Read more

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