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Researchers embed for everyday computing

This content was published on Aug 29, 2008 On Thursday the partnership presented seven projects, making up the first venture of the Microsoft Innovation Cluster for Embedded Software (ICES). Over the next two to three years, scientists at the universities in Zurich and Lausanne, in partnership with Microsoft’s laboratory in Cambridge, will attempt to advance the science behind embedded systems. This is the…

Robot parking

This content was published on Aug 28, 2008 Multi-faceted multi-storey Finding a suitable parking spot in a multi storey car park can be frustrating and time consuming. The Swiss have come up with a new way to dispel the parking blues – a car park in which robots do the work for you. Swiss TV tested out the newly opened building in Frauenfeld,…

Swiss Life shares dive after first-half figures

This content was published on Aug 28, 2008 The warning resulted in the share price closing on Thursday down 8.84 per cent at SFr204.20 ($186) after the worst daily decline in four years. Although Swiss Life reported income of SFr1.64 billion ($1.5 billion), an increase of 158 per cent compared with the same period last year, this was only due to extraordinary sales.…

Newspapers adapt to new media trends

This content was published on Aug 28, 2008 The report into the Swiss entertainment and media industry also concludes that the sector as a whole will grow by 4.4 per cent annually until 2012 with website advertising revenues playing a more significant role. Professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) surveyed a broad range of media in Switzerland, including newspapers, magazines, television, radio and multimedia.…

Cabinet approves IMF finance and quota reform

This content was published on Aug 27, 2008 It also passed on Wednesday a financing reform which consists mainly of a more active management of the Fund’s reserves. The voting reform aims to better align the quotas of member countries with their current position in the world economy. The finance ministry said emerging countries in particular would benefit from this. Regarding the reform…

Taking the fight against cancer a step further

This content was published on Aug 27, 2008 Hunt, a leading scientist at Cancer Research UK, talks to swissinfo about the fight against cancer and his research into cell division. The friendly, slightly eccentric professor – sporting a T-shirt full of holes – was in Switzerland to deliver a lecture at the “Cancer and the Cell Cycle” symposium at Lausanne’s Federal Institute of…

Swiss star designer reveals his inspirations

This content was published on Aug 27, 2008 He is the subject of an exhibition in Zurich which reveals how his ideas take shape and shows the man behind the designs. Design is a part of our daily lives. But often we don’t spare a thought for those responsible for our furniture, the objects we use and the clothes we wear. Many designers…

Laser maps Swiss weather in 3D

This content was published on Aug 27, 2008 A Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) weather measurement system was officially launched at the MeteoSwiss weather forecasting headquarters in western Switzerland on Tuesday. The high-tech instrument is the only one of its kind in the world able to provide continuous data on the vertical distribution of humidity in the atmosphere up to an altitude of…

Oerlikon solar is group’s shining light

This content was published on Aug 26, 2008 The company opened a new solar panel production plant on Monday, but a day later announced losses of SFr313 million ($285 million) in the first half of 2008 – along with 1,000 job cuts in Europe. Executives blamed the losses on the rising cost of raw materials and energy but the firm also saw incoming…

Oerlikon cuts 1,000 jobs

This content was published on Aug 26, 2008 The company’s turnover dropped by 6.5 per cent to SFr2.5 billion compared with the same period in 2007. Incoming orders also dropped by 6.7 per cent to SFr2.8 billion, Oerlikon said on Tuesday. The group is currently restructuring Oerlikon Textiles, which will enable it to reduce its fixed costs by 20 per cent compared with…

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