Password Issue 35 - June 2009

 

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.


More information:
+ Philips Lumileds
+ Lumiramic technology
+ 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.

More information:
+ Philips develops ultrasound-activated microbubbles for localized delivery of cancer drugs
+ Video on ultrasound microbubble technology
+ 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.

More information:
+ Philips’ intelligent pill technology
+ Video animation on iPill
+ Video on iPill
 

 

 

Navigating the airways

A new virtual GPS-like technology may help doctors navigate the convoluted system of airways during lung biopsies.

More information:
+ 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.

More information:
+ 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.

More information:
+ ExperienceLab

 

 

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