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This section includes a selection of most recent European developments in the field of ICTs, namely in the areas of Energy, Communication Technologies, Safety & Security and Virtual Reality. The videos provide an outlook on a series of issues of relevant public interest.
Discovery DaysDiscovery Days
New interactive learning and teaching methods based on Advanced Reality (AR) tools and applications are currently in test phase in several European countries. (Mar. '08)
Virtual Reality | New Release
Your Guide around TownYour Guide around Town
Guidebooks’ days are numbered. Tourist offices should be concerned. Time Out and the like should worry too. People will no longer need them for directions or to arrange their evenings. (Oct. '04)

ICT

Smart LivingSmart Living
The front door opens to welcome visitors. The oven bakes a pizza and the washing machine starts by itself. You are in a smart house, where the Internet is a butler. (Dec. '04)

ICT

Uni-verseUni-verse
The architecture industry has received a boost from the introduction of what is termed ‘a new open-source internet platform’. It’s called ‘Uni-verse’ and enables architects and designers to view and work on designs simultaneously. (Dec. '05)

ICT

Network to the StarsNetwork to the Stars
For many years the observation of space has depended on just one big radio telescope at any one time. However, they can only reach a resolution equivalent to the human eye. (Feb. '05)

ICT | Vintage

Beyond UMTSBeyond UMTS
The mobile revolution continues. UMTS is slowly becoming the new standard in mobile communication, providing new services to users throughout the European Union. (Dec. '04)

ICT | Vintage

A Third Eye for RescuersA Third Eye for Rescuers
Fire brigades will soon have access to a safety system which is able to accurately detect and locate people that may be trapped in debris after, for example, an earthquake. (Aug. '05)

Safety & Security

Home, safe HomeHome, safe Home
Home sweet home, but not always safe. We hear daily about gas leaks, floods, circuit breaks and fires. Victims are often children, the elderly and the disabled. (Dec. '04)

Safety & Security

Tunnel TroubleTunnel Trouble
Whether to go for a deluge system or rather opt for a water mist model spraying small droplets, several European countries are rethinking fire suppression mechanisms for their tunnels. (Nov. '08)

Safety & Security

ARC Continues Lady Diana’s FightARC Continues Lady Diana’s Fight
A team of civilian researchers developed a high resolution ground survey system for detecting minefields from an helicopter drone. (Jan. '04)
Saftey & Security | Vintage
e-Security in Online Bankinge-Security in Online Banking
“You can always try to steal my PIN code or my visa card, but you cannot steal my face or my voice. Biometrics is a way of proving that I am myself”. (Dec. '04)

Saftey & Security

The Clever Car of the FutureThe Clever Car of the Future
Using your GSM, you call the CyberCar and it comes, picks you up and takes you wherever you want, similar to a taxi. With one exception! It is all arranged from your mobile phone. (Apr. '03)

Safety & Security | Vintage

Designing WorkspacesDesigning Workspaces
It is the ultimate viewing tool for designers and engineers. Models can be examined and tested thoroughly in three dimensions, before they are built in the workshops. (Jan. '05)

Virtual Reality

Press Wires On Technologies
EUROPE: Czech Presidency Promises Controversy Analysis by Zoltán Dujisin BUDAPEST - The rotating EU presidency has...06/01/2009EUROPE: Czech Presidency Promises Controversy Analysis by Zoltán Dujisin BUDAPEST, Jan 5 (IPS) - The rotating EU presidency has been taken over for the first half of the year by a country with a president who may refuse to sign the EU Treaty, and with a weak government that has more faith in the U.S. than in Europe. The Czech presidency has come up with a list of proposals called Europe Without Barriers to promote free movement of persons and services, and increased competitiveness.
Israeli mortars kill 40 Palestinian refugees06/01/2009A Palestinian man standing near bodies near a UN school in Jabalya, in the northern Gaza on Tuesday. (Ismail Zaydah/Reuters) : The punishing Israeli offensive against Hamas in Gaza took an even deadlier turn Tuesday, the 11th day of the campaign, when Israeli mortar shells killed up to 40 Palestinians near a United Nations school. Many of those killed, including women and children, had come to the school seeking refuge from other battle zones, witnesses said.
Egypt announces plans for immediate Gaza truce06/01/2009, to be followed by talks on long-term arrangements including an end to the blockade of Gaza. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has offered to hold talks with Israel on border security, and delegations from both sides should meet soon, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday. "President Mubarak invites notably the Israeli side to discuss the issue of border security without delay," Sarkozy told a joint news conference with Mubarak.
Israel waits for international pressure to mount over Gaza06/01/2009Website of the Telegraph Media Group with breaking news, sport, business, latest UK and world news. Content from the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers and video from Telegraph TV. Israel's leaders are grimly aware that two very different timetables will decide when their onslaught on Hamas in Gaza comes to an end.
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