The race for white light
LEDs: they produce vibrant light in thousands of colors, offer
intriguing design and lighting possibilities and are more energy
efficient than traditional lighting. They’re not yet an everyday
standard, but a new technology may just change that.
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Philips Lumileds
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Lumiramic technology
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LEDs and OLEDs

Hitting the right spot
Cancer and cardiovascular disease are two of the most deadly and
difficult-to treat diseases. But new image-guided drug delivery
techniques may one day help change that by delivering treatment
right to the target spot.
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Philips develops ultrasound-activated microbubbles for
localized delivery of cancer drugs
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Video on ultrasound microbubble technology
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Philips leads European ‘SonoDrugs’ project to develop
image-guided localized drug delivery technologies

Smart medicine
Nowadays, ‛smart’ technology is all around us. Soon we may even
be taking smart pills as Philips’ new ‛iPill’ takes intelligent drug
delivery to the next level.
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Philips’ intelligent pill technology
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Video animation on iPill
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Video on iPill

Navigating the airways
A new virtual GPS-like technology may help doctors navigate the
convoluted system of airways during lung biopsies.
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Philips announces the acquisition of Traxtal - a medical technology
innovator in image-guided procedures

Emotional technology
Modern life moves much faster than ever before. In our few free
moments, we want to leave stress far behind. New ‛emotional’
technology may help us do just that.
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How to create emotional immersion - the emotions vest

The personal side of technology
As part of the Smart Kitchen Life team, Jettie Hoonhout uses her
background in psychology and her love of food to make technology
more personal.
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