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Philips Applied Technologies' Integrated Experience solution

Hotel group citizenM has received the award for Best Innovative Concept in Midscale hotels. The hotel concept exceeded competition with its concept based on affordable luxury and unique design. The beating heart of the hotel’s innovative character is its integrated experience solution. The integral solution has been developed in close cooperation with Philips Applied Technologies.

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Philips Applied Technologies develops integrated hotel experience 'One Star is Born' (OSIB) for citizenM hotels

The integrated experience solution is based on the latest networking technologies (RFID, WIFI, Ethernet, VOIP, Ethernet) to provide guests an experience tailored to their desires and preferences in order to make their stay as comfortable and relaxing as possible. It was first shown to public at the Philips Simplicity Event 2007 in London.

Next to the hotel industry, Philips Applied Technologies expects the concept has potential for use in a variety of other environments, including businesses, hospitals or even nursing homes.

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Philips NForcer Technology achieves breakthrough in precision linear motor performance

Researchers at Philips Applied Technologies have developed a highly innovative technique that allows standard linear motors to simultaneously provide movement along two axes rather than along a single axis. In equipment such as the ‘pick-and-place’ machines used to assemble electronic printed circuit boards, Philips’ patented ‘NForcer Technology will allow designers to reduce the number of motors and electronic drive modules required as well as simplifying overall mechanical design.

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PHILIPS APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY JOIN FORCES TO DRIVE INNOVATION IN SINGAPORE

- Singapore-based companies can tap Philips’ innovation eco system to enhance enterprise capabilities & drive new business creation

Singapore – Philips Applied Technologies and New Business Development Academy Asia (NBDA) announced today their new partnership to help Singapore-based companies enhance their enterprise capabilities and drive new business creation. NBDA is now the first industry partner based in Philips InnoHub. The NBDA Singapore office is also the first in the region and will serve as the company’s regional headquarters. Managed by Philips Applied Technologies, Philips InnoHub will, through this partnership, extend its support to help Singapore-based companies translate ideas to business and to drive innovation.

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MPEG Surround brings surround-sound realism to digital radio, TV and mobile devices

Wouldn't it be nice if you could enjoy a full surround-sound experience from digital radio and TV broadcasts or even from your mobile phone or MP3 player. Thanks to the new MPEG Surround format, that's now perfectly possible. The new standard even allows surround-sound on stereo headphones.

Despite the fact that multi-channel audio systems such as 5.1-channel theater sound have become standard on home cinema equipment, virtually all digital TV and radio stations around the world still broadcast either a mono or stereo sound signal. The reason is that most broadcast systems simply do not have the available bandwidth (bit-rate) to transmit conventional multi-channel surround sound. The new MPEG Surround format has been developed by scientists at Philips in conjunction with leading industry and research partners. It overcomes the problem by encoding multi-channel audio into a format that requires no more bandwidth than a conventional digital stereo broadcast. As a result, broadcasters will be able to enrich their audience's viewing and listening experience.

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Philips' enables breakthrough for professional broadcasting environment

World's first solution for high quality multi-channel MPEG Surround broadcasting over existing stereo channels

Philips together with Coding Technologies and Linear Acoustic, announced today the availability of a new professional broadcasting hardware/software solution based on MPEG Surround. The groundbreaking new solution called Buried Data enables professional high quality multi-channel audio over existing stereo infrastructures. The MPEG Surround Buried Data solution will be demonstrated for the first time at the AES show taking place in Vienna, Austria, May 5-8.

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MPEG Surround becomes international standard

New multi-channel audio compression technique ready for deployment

Philips Applied Technologies and its development partners announced today that MPEG (Moving Pictures Expert Group) has finalized the standardizations process of the MPEG Surround technique at the 79th MPEG meeting in Marrakech, Morocco. Developed by the four parties, MPEG Surround is now an International Standard.

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Philips Applied Technologies' innovative Aptura light source packaging wins WorldStar award

Philips Applied Technologies has won an illustrious WorldStar award presented by the World Packaging Organisation (WPO). The packaging concept for Aptura light sources was recognized as advanced and innovative by the largest and most important affiliation of packaging professionals in the world today. Last October Philips Applied Technologies won a bronze "Gouden Noot 2006" award for this concept granted by the Dutch Packaging Organization.

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Philips Applied Technologies demonstrates world's first maglev inverted planar technology

Philips Applied Technologies has announced a unique planar magnetic levitation motion technology – called Planar Maglev – that features a completely free-floating platform with six degrees of freedom (or DoF1) while being unencumbered by the cables, cooling hoses and other mechanical connections typical of existing bearing-based approaches.

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Inventors to Demonstrate Feature-Rich Surround Sound Technique at AES in San Francisco

MPEG Surround at Audio Engineering Society AES 121: Standardization Finalized, Software for Evaluation and Development Available.

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Philips Applied Technologies' Mart Coenen has received IEC 1906 Award

On September 18th 2006, the Interntational Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has granted the prestigious IEC 1906 Award to Mart Coenen of Philips Applied Technologies. Mart Coenen received the award as recognition for his contributions in the field of Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standardization within the IEC subcommittees for IC standardization.

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Philips unveils its innovative Lifestyle Home prototype tailored for different lifestyles

Today, Royal Philips Electronics is presenting its unique Lifestyle Home, a new design research project at IFA 2006 in Berlin, Germany. Lifestyle Home includes three unique prototypes presenting a vision for the future of connected living. Concentrating on three specific user groups, Lifestyle Home exemplifies how different electronic devices can be adapted to allow people to enjoy their digital media the way they desire. Lifestyle Home is the result of a unique collaborative approach from Philips Design, Philips Applied Technologies, Philips Research and Philips Semiconductors.

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Philips helps Australian biotech Cochlear win Medical Design Excellence Award

Philips Applied Technologies has won a 2006 Medical Design Excellence Award (MDEA) as a key supplier to the winning product, Cochlear's Nucleus Freedom implant system at a ceremony at the Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) East 2006 Conference and Exposition, in New York City last night.

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Philips rolls out its award-winning Ultra Low Power Technology into design services

Philips Applied Technologies continues the roll-out of its Ultra Low Power Technology into a host of new application areas following its winning of the 2006 Medical Design Excellence Award (MDEA) as supplier to the winning product – Cochlear Implants' Nucleus Freedom hearing system.

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MPEG Surround: High Quality Multi-Channel Audio combines highest efficiency and backwards compatibility

Philips Applied Technologies, together with development parties, showcases the full potential of MPEG Surround at Audio Engineering Society Pro Audio Expo in Paris.

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Philips Applied Technologies' wireless body monitoring system plays key role in PSV Field Lab.

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Philips Applied Technologies supports regional innovation with sponsorship of first international robotics festival in the Netherlands: RoboLudens 7-9 April Beursgebouw Eindhoven.

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Newly developed design analysis model links complaints consumer process back to decisions in the business creation process.

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