Heart diseases related to bad cholesterol are too often associated with unhealthy lifestyle choices like drinking, smoking and lack of exercise. But this fails to take account of the genetically inherited form of the condition, health experts warn, calling on the European Union to take more leadership to help diagnose the disease at an early age.
A rich new Credit Suisse report, “Global Biotechnology – An Outlook for 2015,” was flush with cool data about trends in the biotech industry. The analysis lists out 10 key themes for 2015. Here’s the highlight reel:
For the past four years, biotech outperformed the S&P500 – indeed, it has been the leading sector and notably, it doesn’t think the IPO and financing window’s going to close anytime soon. CS projects that biotech can still outperform the general market, even if it doesn’t retain the number one position – in part because of the “fundamental shift in large cap biotech’s business model” that’s going on right now.
Earlier this week, Intel launched a new platform and related software and services to help developers accelerate innovation in the Internet-of-Things (IoT) space. The Intel IoT Platform includes an updated version of the Intel IoT gateway, edge management middleware from Wind River, enhanced McAfee security, and API and traffic management tools. It aims to address IoT devices from industrial machinery to smart headphones to medical equipment, including wearables. The new platform provides a reference model, making it easier for customers to implement their own solutions and deliver innovations to market faster.
Germany has one of the most competitive manufacturing industries in the world and is a global leader in the manufacturing equipment sector. This is in no small measure due to Germany’s specialisation in research, development and production of innovative manufacturing technologies and the management of complex industrial processes. Germany’s strong machinery and plant manufacturing industry, its globally significant level of IT competences and its know-how in embedded systems and automation engineering mean that it is extremely well placed to develop its position as a leader in the manufacturing engineering industry. Germany is thus uniquely positioned to tap into the potential of a new type of industrialisation: Industrie 4.0.
Germany wants to opt out of nuclear energy by 2022 and rapidly switch to energy supply based on renewable energies such as wind and solar power. These renewable energies can only be integrated into the electricity system on a large scale, if the grid infrastructure and storage capacities are upgraded. Information communication technology (ICT) is essential for the future power supply. Energy technology and ICT merge together in a so-called "smart grid" and contribute to the efficient use of Germany's energy resources.
The present publication approaches the "Smart City" topic from the perspective of technology policy. The topic is embedded in other acatech activities, like the Smart Cities workshop conducted in Bangalore on 12 November 2010 as part of the German Indian Partnership for IT-Systems (GRIP-IT) project. The objective of this acatech publication is to provide an approach for strategic forecasting and planning of political action.
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Skype today started the first phase of the Skype Translator preview. The program kicks off with two spoken languages, Spanish and English, plus over 40 instant messaging languages, available to Skype customers who have signed-up via the Skype Translator sign-up page.
Microsoft says Skype Translator is a great example of the company’s investment in research. In this case, a decade of dedicating resources to the advancement of speech recognition, automatic translation, and machine learning technologies are finally coming together.
From augmented reality to fitness bands, 2014 saw investors aggressively backing wearable tech companies. In fact, the 10 largest wearable tech deals of the year took nearly $1B in funding.
Ambitions for biologically sourced fuels bump up against the reality that making chemicals and fuels from organic material is still generally more expensive. One company is hoping to overcome that obstacle by tapping into the built-in way that plants make their own energy.
