Pervasive Computing ist eine zukünftige Anwendungsform von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (ICT), die durch Miniaturisierung und Einbettung von Mikroelektronik in andere Objekte sowie ihre Vernetzung und Allgegenwart im Alltag gekennzeichnet ist. Anders als die meisten heutigen...

The purpose of the study was to review and evaluate the consequences of trawl fishery in the Mediterranean in order to assist the European Parliament in its role.

The objective of this project is to explore how the new technologies are changing, and can change, patterns of education and learning in developing countries.

The results of the study should lead to a better understanding of the main technological factors influencing the healthcare environments in the developing countries and also the identification of actions to put in hand to encourage wider use of the healthcare ICT to improve health conditions and...

The twofold aim of this study is, on the one hand, to outline the prospective production and capacity of renewable energy sources (RES) in the EU by 2010 in the context of current EU policies and targets and, on the other, to provide recommendations for policy makers to adopt adequate options...

The consumption of energy and the direction of its further development has always depended on the choices made by consumers, producers, governments and societies. The selection was made according to the criteria costs, quality, reliability, security, convenience and social impacts. Governments...

This study addresses the present and future role of high efficiency power plants based on Clean Coal Technologies (CCT). The overall objective of the study is to analyse the short and medium-term demand for the deployment of a low emission and high efficiency power plant using currently...

Three years after the submission of the May 2000 study and in light of the Commission Communication of 2001 and the Commission Directive of 2003, there is interest in a small update of our study to learn whether there is new evidence or information on silicone breast implants and their potential...

Between the discovery of its fundamental principles and the possible availability of commercially usable fusion power there will probably (and remarkably) be a period of around 100 years of intensive (and very expensive) R&D. It is difficult to say definitively whether fusion research is still...

The document aims to address three fundamental questions: 1. Where does Europe stand in the field of Nanotechnology research? 2. What are the major issues facing those conducting Nanotechnology research? 3. What do those conducting the research feel will happen in the future with regard to...