http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/index.html This is the Philips Research News Feed Press Releases en-us Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0200 Philips Research harrie.lempens@philips.com (Harrie Lempens) harrie.lempens@philips.com (Harrie Lempens) http://www.crsc.philips.com/crsc/images/mainlogo.gif http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/index.html?x=rss 102 21 Click here to go to the Philips Research Newscenter http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2008/080417-alliance.html?x=rss Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0200 The Maastricht University Medical Centre (UMC+), University Medical Center Aachen (UKA) and Royal Philips Electronics N.V. have today announced that they are to set up a strategic partnership, the aim of which is to pool their knowledge, expertise and experience in the field of healthcare. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2008/080407-partnership.html?x=rss Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0200 Royal Philips Electronics today announced that it has signed a long-term research partnership agreement with the West China Hospital, an affiliate of the Sichuan University in Chengdu, China. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2008/080221-heartcycle.html?x=rss Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:00:00 +0100 Royal Philips Electronics today announced that it will lead a new European Union (EU) funded research project aimed at improving care of heart patients through the development of innovative telemonitoring solutions. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2007/071130-oled.html?x=rss Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:00:00 +0200 The Lighting Division of Philips will probably post a strong sales growth this year in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2007/070907-personal-tv.html?x=rss Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:00:00 +0200 At the International Broadcast Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam, Philips and eventIS demonstrate a new way of personalized access to audiovisual media: Personal TV Channels, known under the Philips trademark Aprico.tv. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2007/070830-ifa2007.html?x=rss Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:00:00 +0200 At this year’s IFA trade show in Berlin, Philips is offering a sneak peek at what’s to come in electronic technologies. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2007/070829-joinforces.html?x=rss Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:00:00 +0200 Royal Philips Electronics and the Institute of Health Sciences (IHS) today announced an agreement to establish a joint research laboratory within the IHS in Shanghai, China. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2007/070815-tr35list.html?x=rss Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:00:00 +0200 Royal Philips Electronics and Technology Review magazine today announced that Dr. Erik Bakkers, a senior scientist at Philips Research, has been nominated as one of the world’s top innovators under the age of 35 for Nanotechnology and Materials by Technology Review magazine. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2007/070627-caddementia.html?x=rss Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:00:00 +0200 Philips and University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf to test the world’s first MRI/PET image software tool for the diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2007/070522-teamup.html?x=rss Wed, 23 May 2007 12:00:00 +0200 N.V. Organon, the human health care business unit of Akzo Nobel, and Royal Philips Electronics announced today that they will join forces in the development of new drugs and therapies for mental disorders and cancer. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2007/070425-siliconhive.html?x=rss Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:00:00 +0200 Royal Philips Electronics announced that Silicon Hive, a venture within Philips Technology Incubator, has been spun out as an independent company as of April 16, 2007. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2007/070126-innovationevent-asia.html?x=rss Fri, 27 Jan 2007 10:00:00 +0200 During the Philips Innovation Event Asia, Royal Philips Electronics demonstrated some of its latest technologies and concepts that have been designed to improve and contribute to the quality of people’s lives. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2007/070118-wierenga-pict.html?x=rss Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:00:00 +0200 Royal Philips Electronics announced the appointment today of Dr. Peter Wierenga as new Chief Executive Officer of Philips Research. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2006/061025-experiencelab.html?x=rss Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:00:00 +0200 Philips has opened a new ExperienceLab at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven. Its existing HomeLab facility - built to research feasibility and usability of new technologies - has been extended with two new labs: CareLab and ShopLab. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2006/060921-ankeloh.html?x=rss Thu, 22 Sep 2006 16:00:00 +0200 For her new fashion collection, the acclaimed German fashion designer Anke Loh has chosen to use the innovative light-emitting fabric from Philips called Lumalive textiles. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2006/060913-partnerships.html?x=rss Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:30:00 +0200 Philips today announced a collaboration between the MiPlaza shared research facility, Agilent Technologies and Cascade Microtech, to establish a world class Electronic Measurement Laboratory at MiPlaza on the High Tech Campus Eindhoven. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2006/060904-decosit.html?x=rss Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:00:00 +0200 The Philips Lumalive light-emitting textiles will be shown at Decosit, the international trade fair for fabrics and furnishings in Brussels from 9-12 September. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2006/060901-ifa2006.html?x=rss Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:30:00 +0200 At this year's IFA, Philips will be demonstrating innovative market-ready concepts and prototypes in the Future Zone. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2006/060901-entertaible.html?x=rss Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:00:00 +0200 Philips Entertaible is revealing its fully integrated tabletop gaming platform ‘Entertaible’ at this year’s Internationale Funkausstellung in Berlin. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2006/060901-lumalive.html?x=rss Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:00:00 +0200 Philips Research shows its innovative Lumalive technology at this year’s IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) with a world-first demonstration of promotional jackets and furniture. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2006/060901-persnutcoach.html?x=rss Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:00:00 +0200 Philips Research has developed an Internet-based Personal Nutrition Coach that helps people monitor their food consumption. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2006/060811-bgmedicine.html?x=rss Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:00:00 +0200 Philips Research will collaborate with BG Medicine to advance Philips’ development of patient-centered diagnostics and personalized medicine. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2006/060719-darpa.html?x=rss Wed, 19 Jul 2006 12:00:00 +0200 Philips Research announced today that it had received funding for phase one of a planned four-year DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) medical project to reduce the number of battlefield deaths from internal bleeding. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2006/060504-molelec.html?x=rss Wed, 4 May 2006 20:00:00 +0200 Scientists from Philips Research and the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) have for the first time fabricated arrays of molecular diodes on standard substrates with high yields. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2006/060419-liquavista.html?x=rss Wed, 19 April 2006 14:00:00 +0200 New company targets mobile display markets with radical new technology. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2006/060317-epsrc.html?x=rss Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:00:00 +0200 The research is aimed at the development of next generation diagnostic and monitoring technologies for medical devices. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2006/060227-woodstove.html?x=rss Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:00:00 +0200 The stove cuts the smoke and toxic emissions which are claimed to cause 1.6 million deaths a year. It also burns more efficiently to reduce the load on the existing energy supply chain, without involving dependence on non-renewable energy sources. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2006/060206-rfid.html?x=rss Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:00:00 +0200 Scientists at Philips Research have created a fully functional 13.56 MHz RFID tag based entirely on plastic electronics. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2006/060104-entertaible.html?x=rss Wed, 04 Jan 2006 16:00:00 +0200 Philips announced that it will unveil its prototype of ‘Entertaible’ – a tabletop gaming platform that marries traditional multi-player board and computer games in a uniquely simple and intuitive way, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on January 5th, 2006. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2005/051209-cmoscompactmodel.html?x=rss Mon, 20 Dec 2005 12:00:00 +0200 The PSP (Penn-State Philips) model will now become the industry standard for simulating the behavior of future generations of CMOS transistors produced at the 65-nm technology node and beyond. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2005/051129-rsna2005.html?x=rss Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:00:00 +0200 During the RSNA 2005 Philips announces new technologies for the realization of integrated solutions that cover all aspects of the care cycle. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2005/051104-alliance.html?x=rss Fri, 4 Nov 2005 13:00:00 +0200 Philips Research has announced the signing of a Research and Education agreement with the Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e) and Zhejiang University, China. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2005/050921-hih.html?x=rss Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:00:00 +0200 Royal Philips today announced robust, remote voice-control for equipment used in manually intensive or sterile medical situations. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2005/050902-ifa2005.html?x=rss Thu, 1 Sep 2005 10:00:00 +0200 At the Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) 2005, Philips will demonstrate a number of exciting new technologies. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2005/050707-nanotech.html?x=rss Thu, 7 Jul 2005 10:00:00 +0200 In the July 8 issue of Science, scientists from the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft and Philips present the first superconducting transistors based on semiconductor nanowires. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2005/050830-audiofp.html?x=rss Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:00:00 +0200 http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2005/050629-mpi.html?x=rss Wed, 29 Jun 2005 19:00:00 +0200 Scientists at Philips Research have been active in developing a completely new imaging technique called Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) and have demonstrated the feasibility of the technique. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2005/050623-aachen-50.html?x=rss Thu, 23 Jun 2005 10:30:00 +0200 http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2005/050525-prize_nyipla.html?x=rss Wed, 25 May 2005 16:00:00 +0100 Dr Karen Trovato and Dr Leo Dorst have won the ‘2005 Inventor of the Year’ award from the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA) for their method of optimizing computerized route-planning operations. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2005/050330-cmoscompactmodel.html?x=rss Wed, 30 Mar 2005 14:00:00 +0100 Experts from Philips and The Pennsylvania State University have jointly developed an advanced MOSFET (metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor) model based on the accurate calculation and extensive use of the surface potential. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2005/050329-ci-keycodemed.html?x=rss Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:00:00 +0100 Royal Philips and Key Code Media Inc. announced today that they have signed a distribution agreement that will strengthen the sales and service of Philips’ world leading video watermarking products in the Hollywood area. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2005/050316-phasechangememory.html?x=rss Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:00:00 +0100 Philips Research team publishes details of a non-volatile memory that scales in size and performance in line with deep sub-micron silicon chip technology. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2005/050311-eetimesprize.html?x=rss Wed, 09 Mar 2005 11:00:00 +0100 Royal Philips of the Netherlands, announces today that Dr. Sai Shankar N of Philips Research USA, Briarcliff Manor, NY, was nominated as the Innovator of the Year in the Electronic Engineering Times First Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2005/050224-polymermem.html?x=rss Thu, 24 Feb 2004 09:30:00 +0100 Dutch research team publishes development of a non-volatile memory option for plastic electronics - a breakthrough that will be as critical to the success of plastic electronics as Flash memory was to silicon chips. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2004/041209-visit_wen.html?x=rss Thu, 09 Dec 2004 15:21:36 +0100 Chinese Premier Wen Jia Bao and his delegation visited the global headquarters of Royal Philips in Amsterdam in conjunction with the EU-China Summit meetings in The Hague, The Netherlands. Mr. Gerard Kleisterlee, President & CEO of Royal Philips, introduced Premier Wen to a range of advanced technologies that can contribute to China's sustainable development goals. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2004/nanowires.html?x=rss Thu, 04 Nov 2004 12:00:00 +0100 A team of scientists from Philips and the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft has announced to be the world's first to successfully demonstrate the growth of III-V semiconductor nanowires on germanium and silicon substrates. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2004/handshake.html?x=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:00:00 +0100 Handshake Solutions, a Royal Philips line of business, and ARM, announced the joint development and marketing of an ARM® processor using Handshake Solutions' unique low-power, self-timed technology. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2004/replitrack.html?x=rss Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:00:00 +0100 Philips announced the launch of 'RepliTrack', a turn-key video watermarking solution for forensic tracking purposes. The product comes as ready-to-install software that will work on PC compatible with Windows 2000 or later version, and works in conjunction with existing professional recordable DVD replication equipment. RepliTrack can be used to embed a unique watermark into a DVD disc that will play on any DVD player. Any copy of the disc, be it a VHS tape or a peer-to-peer file, still carries the watermark allowing the origin of illegal copies to be traced. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2004/myheart.html?x=rss Thu, 14 Oct 2004 12:00:00 +0100 At the TEDMED conference in Charleston, South Carolina, Philips is showcasing MyHeart, a European project led by Philips with a budget of EUR 33 million and 33 project partners. MyHeart is a research consortium that is studying options for smart electronic solutions and associated services that empower people to play an active role in maintaining their health. The project aims to make a significant contribution to the emerging market in products for consumer health and wellness. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2004/miplaza.html?x=rss Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:00:00 +0100 Philips has extended its Microsystems Plaza facility for innovation in materials, devices, and microsystems in Eindhoven with world-class cleanroom, laboratory, and materials-analysis services. The new MiPlaza cleanroom ranks as one of the largest multi-purpose research cleanrooms in the world. It provides an excellent basis for market driven interdisciplinary research carried out in a spirit of Open Innovation. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2004/open-innovation.html?x=rss Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:00:00 +0100 Regional cooperation in an atmosphere of Open Innovation was the theme this Thursday, when government, research and business leaders shared insights into their initiatives and related key technologies at a media briefing at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2004/sid2004.html?x=rss Mon, 24 May 2004 12:00:00 +0100 Philips will showcase some of its latest breakthroughs in display technology at this year's Society for Information Display (SID) Exhibition (May 25-27, Seattle, WA, USA). These demonstrations illustrate Philips' leadership in developing technologies enabling ubiquitous display solutions and new viewer experiences. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2004/polyled-tv.html?x=rss Mon, 17 May 2004 12:00:00 +0100 Philips will demonstrate its first 13-inch PolyLED TV prototype based on polymer OLED (organic light-emitting diode) technology at the Society for Information Display’s International Symposium in Seattle, USA from 23 to 28 May. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2004/oled-eff.html?x=rss Wed, 28 Apr 2004 12:00:00 +0100 Scientists at Philips have developed new methods to significantly increase the efficiency of PolyLED polymer OLED (organic light-emitting diode) displays. This opens the way to lower power consumption and will further strengthen the inherent advantages of polymer OLED for mobile and other applications, namely high brightness and contrast, wide viewing angle and excellent video capabilities but also enables the use of polymer OLEDs in solid-state lighting applications. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2004/cebit2004tech.html?x=rss Wed, 17 Mar 2004 12:00:00 +0100 Besides showcasing its latest product innovations, Philips will dedicate a part of its floor space at this years CeBIT Exhibition in Hannover, Germany, to demonstrate a number of new or future technologies. While each of the demonstrations shows next steps in Philips' key technology areas, they all add to the further exploration of Philips' Connected Planet vision, which extends people’s possibilities to explore rich content instantly, intuitively and spontaneously, wherever they are and whenever they want. http://www.research.philips.com/newscenter/archive/2004/fluidfocus.html?x=rss Wed, 03 Mar 2004 12:00:00 +0100 At this year's CeBIT Exhibition in Hannover Germany, Philips Research is demonstrating a unique variable-focus lens system that has no mechanical moving parts. Suited to a wide range of optical imaging applications, including such things as digital cameras, camera phones, endoscopes, home security systems and optical storage drives, Philips' FluidFocus system mimics the action of the human eye using a fluid lens that alters its focal length by changing its shape. The new lens, which lends itself to high volume manufacturing, overcomes the fixed-focus disadvantages of many of today’s low-cost imaging systems