GenevaLunch » technology http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:27:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Public transport gets high green marks compared to cars http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/public-transport-gets-high-green-marks-compared-to-cars/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/public-transport-gets-high-green-marks-compared-to-cars/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:37:52 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61429 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss public transport systems do more than simply carry more people for less fuel: they also get relatively high ecology marks for their overall impact on the environment. A study ordered by the federal government, published in German 9 September, shows that while public transport is far ahead of road traffic at [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/public-transport-gets-high-green-marks-compared-to-cars/feed/ 0 Nestlé buys kiwi anti-constipation line http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/14/nestle-buys-kiwi-anti-constipation-line/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/14/nestle-buys-kiwi-anti-constipation-line/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:05:09 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59772 GenevaLunch.com VEVEY, SWITZERLAND – Nestlé’s move into nutritional solutions for health problems is being given a boost this week with Nestlé Health Science taking a minority stake in a New Zealand company that specializes in developing kiwi-based products to treat gastrointestinal conditions. Vital Foods, a 20-year-old firm, has two products for treating constipation that are well [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/14/nestle-buys-kiwi-anti-constipation-line/feed/ 0 Swiss cyber health system inches closer to consumer http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/12/swiss-cyber-health-system-inches-closer-to-consumer/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/12/swiss-cyber-health-system-inches-closer-to-consumer/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:49:32 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59659 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Several players met in Bern at the end of last week to hammer out details of how the country can provide citizens with an electronic or “cyber health” system that will include smart health care cards. The goal is to create a nationwide electronic system that provides hospitals and doctors with medical [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/12/swiss-cyber-health-system-inches-closer-to-consumer/feed/ 0 Swiss fight high franc with innovation booster funds http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/05/swiss-fight-high-franc-with-innovation-booster-funds/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/05/swiss-fight-high-franc-with-innovation-booster-funds/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:05:24 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59485 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss government is putting its money where the strong franc pain is: innovation is the solution, Bern said Monday 4 July. And to prove it, 10 “vouchers” worth up to CHF350,000 each are being made available to get innovative products that are in the pipeline to market faster. The dollar to [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/05/swiss-fight-high-franc-with-innovation-booster-funds/feed/ 0 Solar Impulse headed home to Switzerland http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/03/solar-impulse-headed-home-to-switzerland/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/03/solar-impulse-headed-home-to-switzerland/#comments Sun, 03 Jul 2011 06:23:01 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59429 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Solar Impulse, flying with only solar power, is en route to Switzerland from Paris. The plane left Le Bourget airport in France at 07:11 Sunday 3 July and is expected to arrive in Payerne at 19:00 this evening. You can follow the flight live on www.solarimpulse.com and via the Smartphone app “Solar [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/03/solar-impulse-headed-home-to-switzerland/feed/ 1 Renewable energy production up http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/30/renewable-energy-production-up/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/30/renewable-energy-production-up/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:44:23 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59338 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland’s production of energy from renewable sources rose in 2010, new figures from the Federal Energy Office 30 June show. Electricity from renewable sources, including hydroelectric power (without accumulation pumps consumption), rose by 1.2 percent for a total of 36.4 billion kWh. Nuclear power plants currently provide 39.3 percent of the country’s [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/30/renewable-energy-production-up/feed/ 0 Bern moves education, research, and innovation to Economy ministry http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/30/bern-moves-education-research-and-innovation-to-economy-ministry/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/30/bern-moves-education-research-and-innovation-to-economy-ministry/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:00:29 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59333 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss federal government reorganized several departments Wednesday 29 June, notably pulling together under the roof of the Department of the Economy the country’s polytechnic and research institutes, and ongoing professional training and technology programmes. The move underscores the growing importance Switzerland is giving to technology and innovation by creating a common [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/30/bern-moves-education-research-and-innovation-to-economy-ministry/feed/ 0 Power lines could be headed underground http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/23/power-lines-could-be-headed-underground/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/23/power-lines-could-be-headed-underground/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:44:26 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58894 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Several groups have fought power lines in Switzerland over the years, arguing against them for esthetic reasons, particularly in tourist areas. Now, as a group in canton Valais is about to present a feasibility study showing that the lines can be effectively buried underground, a popular initiative to require their removal is [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/23/power-lines-could-be-headed-underground/feed/ 0 Strong franc hurts industrial sales; gov’t eases innovation aid rules http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/23/strong-franc-hurts-industrial-sales-govt-eases-innovation-aid-rules/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/23/strong-franc-hurts-industrial-sales-govt-eases-innovation-aid-rules/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:01:39 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59136 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The impact of a strong home currency is starting to hurt some Swiss industries, says Swissmem, the mechanical and electrical engineering industries body said Thursday 23 June. “The strong Swiss franc is exerting pressure on export prices – sometimes hugely so – thereby squeezing companies’ margins. Swissmem fears that the negative effects [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/23/strong-franc-hurts-industrial-sales-govt-eases-innovation-aid-rules/feed/ 1 California researchers help paralyzed man stand on own http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/20/california-researchers-help-paralyzed-man-stand-on-own/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/20/california-researchers-help-paralyzed-man-stand-on-own/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 06:34:56 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57935 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND  – Researchers at the University of California have helped a 25-year-old former university baseball player who has been paralyzed since 2006 from a car accident to regain the ability to stand, use a treadmill and move several joints voluntarily. The experimental treatment developed at UCLA and the University of Louisville has been used [...]

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