Information Technology

Here you can find a summary of innovations in the fields of information and data processing and up-to-date developments on IT equipment and hardware.

This area covers topics such as IT services, IT architectures, IT management and telecommunications.

Ancient human fossils find modern virtual home

First discovered 150 years ago, Neanderthals have been studied more widely than any other form of human. Thanks to a new interactive inventory and online catalogue developed in Europe, scientists worldwide can now probe the secrets of this primitive relative from the comfort of their computer.

Neanderthal humans (Homo neanderthalensis) was once common throughout Europe, but died out some 30,000 years ago. Since the discovery of Neanderthal remains in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1856,

Supercomputers To Transform Science

New insights into the structure of space and time, climate modeling, and the design of novel drugs, are but a few of the many research areas that will be transformed by the installation of three supercomputers at the University of Bristol.

At peak performance the multi-million pound high performance computers (HPCs) will carry out over 13 trillion calculations per second. That is equivalent to the entire population of the world working simultaneously on hand-held calculators for

Ältere Menschen durch Video-E-Mail miteinander verbinden

Ältere Menschen können ein Hilfsmittel zum Versenden von Video-E-Mails bei der persönlichen Kommunikation einsetzen. Häufig haben ältere Menschen schlechten Zugang zur sich rasch verändernden digitalen Gesellschaft. Deshalb bestand ein Hauptziel des SAID-Projekts (Social Aid Interactive Developments) in der Entwicklung einer Infrastruktur zur sozialen Sicherung für diese Altersgruppe. Dies bedeutet eine bessere soziale Sicherung der älteren Leute, bessere Dienste und den Zugang zur I

Building new cultural knowledge services with BRICKS

If citizens are to access the wealth of cultural knowledge, tucked away in books, films, photographs and historical artefacts spread across museums, libraries and archives and if cultural organisations are to make the most out of their resources innovative digital solutions such as those currently being built are needed.

The BRICKS project is creating the building blocks for integrated cultural knowledge services and laying the technological foundations for applications that will

World Cup gets interactive with 21st century technology

The promise of watching the football World Cup with 21st century technology hints at a world where all media are tied together in a complete package that can excite, inform and entertain modern audiences using interactive technologies. We’re not there yet. But we’re getting there with the help of cutting-edge research.

Thanks to an ambitious and highly focused research project, all the existing media channels, internet, TV, phone, could be linked together to offer a wide va

Proba-2: Extending ESA’s commitment to technological innovation

Proba-2, currently under development and due for launch in September 2007, is the second in ESA’s series of small, low-cost satellites that are being used to validate new spacecraft technologies while also carrying scientific instruments.

The Proba satellites are part of ESA’s In-Orbit Technology Demonstration Programme, funded through the General Support Technology Programme (GSTP).

The first satellite in the series, Proba-1, was launched in October 2001. Its primary payload

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