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Revealed: the environmental impact of Google searches – Times Online

By BabakF | Published: January 12, 2009

While millions of people tap into Google without considering the environment, a typical search generates about 7g of CO2 Boiling a kettle generates about 15g. “Google operates huge data centres around the world that consume a great deal of power,” said Alex Wissner-Gross, a Harvard University physicist whose research on the environmental impact of computing is due out soon. “A Google search has a definite environmental impact.”

Revealed: the environmental impact of Google searches – Times Online.

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An ageing society isn’t all bad news – The Independent

By BabakF | Published: January 12, 2009

In the space of a week, the writer and long-time editor, Diana Athill, has notched up a brace of distinctions. She received an OBE in the New Year Honours List for services to literature, and last night she won the Biography category of the Costa Book Awards with her memoir, Somewhere Near the End, which makes her a contender for the Book of the Year prize when the results are announced later this month.

Still more remarkable is that Ms Athill recently turned 91. Energetic, appreciative, and – it goes without saying – in possession of all her faculties, she is a one-woman advertisement for Britain’s ageing society. A brave and highly regarded editor, she started late as a writer, publishing her first book at the age of 43. She has used her long life to maximum, and enviable, advantage.

Mary Dejevsky: An ageing society isn’t all bad news – The Independent.

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E-Health Europe :: Report on telehealth workshop published

By BabakF | Published: January 12, 2009

The workshop examined different approaches followed across Europe for the large-scale procurement for telemedicine equipment and services. This included examining the approach of NHS Connecting for Health in England, the approach taken by Northern Ireland, scaling up local developments in Catalonia, and creating an electronic marketplace with local call-off in Odense, Denmark.

Topics discussed included: why, and under what framework conditions, do physicians and nurses support investment in innovative e-health and telemedicine?

E-Health Europe :: Report on telehealth workshop published.

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E-Health Europe :: US sets out privacy principles for EHRs

By BabakF | Published: January 12, 2009

The new guidelines set out eight principals, desigend to facilitate the adoption of electronic health records by providing a consistent approach to questions of privacy and defining the responsibilities of those who have access to them.

The principles address issues of patient access; correction of records; openness and transparency; patient choice; limitations to the collection, use, and disclosure of personal health information; data integrity; safeguards; and clear accountability arrangements.

E-Health Europe :: US sets out privacy principles for EHRs.

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eHealthNews.EU Portal – Robotics for Healthcare Final Report

By BabakF | Published: January 12, 2009

The main aim of this study is to provide key research policy recommendations for the application of robotics in healthcare. Another objective of the study is to raise awareness about these important new developments among a wider audience. To this extent, a roadmap of promising applications of robotics in healthcare and associated R&D was developed, taking into account the state of the art as well as short and long-term future possibilities with a time horizon ending in 2025.

eHealthNews.EU Portal – Robotics for Healthcare Final Report.

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