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FORTUNE -- Google's executives have long dreamed of solving one of the technology industry's biggest riddles. How do you predict what people want -- hockey scores or new Ugg boots, for example -- before they even ask for it? Reading user's minds, or at least seeming to, would make Google's products that much faster and more convenient. It could also help the company fend off rivals.
Last week, Google (GOOG) took its biggest step yet to ramp up its predictive powers. It acquired DeepMind Technologies, a British startup focused on artificial intelligence, for a reported $400 to $500 million. DeepMind develops algorithms that learn as they comb through mountains of data. The company had been working on technology for simulations, e-commerce, and video games, although the exact details were not disclosed.
The addition could help Google's perpetual efforts to improve its search results and make its ads more relevant. Helping tag photos and improve the accuracy of voice recognition are among the other possibilities.
"Artificial intelligence can become part of the fabric for all of Google's products," said Colin Sebastian, an analyst with R.W. Baird. "Google has a knack for adapting and innovating. For a company its size, that's a requirement -- or you risk becoming a Yahoo or AOL," two companies that are struggling because of an aversion to change.
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Artificial intelligence isn't new. Researchers have worked on the technology for decades. But it has been slow-going because computers haven't been powerful enough to handle the number-crunching that's necessary. Recent advancements in technology have sped up the progress.
"Powerful algorithms and computers are able to solve problems that were intractable just a few years ago," said David Bader, executive director of high performance computing at Georgia Tech University.
Google has been working on artificial intelligence almost since its founding 16 years ago. Its efforts focused on improving search results, translation, and filtering spam. Google Now, a digital personal assistant within Google's mobile search app, is among the most ambitious of its efforts to date. It guesses what information users want based on their past search history and location, and then gives it to them.
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Singapore, 5 February 2014 ST Aerospace today officially opened its new aviationcentre at Singapores Seletar Aerospace Park (SAP), in the presence of guest-of-honour Singapores Senior Minister of State for Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Transport, MrsJosephine Teo. With an expanded Seletar footprint occupying over 75,000 sqm,ST Aerospace becomes the second largest tenant and the only integrated aviation serviceprovider in SAP.
Seletar is the birthplace of our operations 38 years ago. Todays celebration isespecially meaningful to us as we unveil a new chapter, with a larger footprint forST Aerospace. Over the years, we have grown our capacity and capabilities from depot maintenance for military operators and general aviation maintenance to now offering a fullsuite of airline, business aviation and helicopter airframe maintenance and modification,pilot and technical crew training, VIP air charter, special operations and air ambulanceservices. This enlarged Seletar presence will enable ST Aerospace to serve ourcustomers better in Singapore, given a broader range of aviation and training services. ~ CHANG Cheow Teck, President, ST Aerospace
I am delighted that ST Aerospace is continuing to expand and enhance its operations inSeletar Aerospace Park. This new aviation centre will strengthen ST Aerospacesintegrated aftermarket capabilities, and better enable the company to capture marketopportunities in the growing Asia Pacific market. Singapore is strongly committed to theaerospace industry, and will continue to invest heavily in developing infrastructure, talentand a conducive business environment for the industry to thrive. ~ LIM Kok Kiang, Assistant Managing Director, Economic Development Board
This milestone is the result of a $26.6m, two-year effort to enhance ST Aerospaces Seletar capabilities in response to the growing international demand for aircraftmaintenance, business aviation, air charter, commercial pilot training, as well as technical crew training services. ST Aerospaces current footprint in SAP includes hangars andfacilities that can handle up to 11 narrow-body aircraft and 24 general aviation aircraftsimultaneously.
Building on a strong heritage as a military depot maintenance provider, ST Aerospace istoday recognised as a centre of excellence for aircraft maintenance and 757-200SF freighter conversions, having redelivered in excess of 1,900 aircraft to commercial andmilitary aircraft operators, from its Seletar facility.
The new three-storey aviation centre houses a comprehensive suite of air charter, groundtraining, flight training and support facilities. The complex features a modern VIPcustomer lounge and a 24/7 centralised operations centre for its air charter business.With a growing fleet of six business jets and a helicopter, ST Aerospace has beenproviding executive air travel and air ambulance services to the region. Leveraging its inhouse flight despatch and supporting services, the company is moving into aircraftmanagement, at the same time exploring further fleet expansion to support the growinginternational air charter demand.
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UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. and a key supplier of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner program, and Lufthansa Technik AG have announced a long-term agreement for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for UTC Aerospace Systems interiors products, sensors and integrated systems on the Boeing 787 aircraft. The agreement builds upon a previous contract between the two aerospace service providers and expands Lufthansa Technik's capabilities as a licensed MRO provider for UTC Aerospace Systems on the Boeing 787.
"UTC Aerospace Systems has remained committed to building a global MRO network to enhance customer support for our products on the 787, and we've been successful in doing this through our strong partner network," said Jim Patrick, Vice President of Customer Service for UTC Aerospace Systems' Power, Controls and Sensing Systems segment.
"We have developed a strong relationship with Lufthansa Technik over the years, and we are pleased to build upon our relationship to include a wider range of service and support that spans the UTC Aerospace Systems portfolio."
Gerald Steinhoff, Director Business Development at Aircraft Component Services of Lufthansa Technik added, "This agreement is another milestone on Lufthansa Technik's way as a leading provider of component MRO services for the Boeing 787. We are now ready to develop and apply sophisticated repairs on the vast majority of Boeing 787 component technologies."
Lufthansa Technik and UTC Aerospace Systems' working relationship on Boeing 787 MRO services began in 2011, with Lufthansa Technik acting as licensed MRO service provider for a number of UTC Aerospace Systems components.
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UTC Aerospace Systems designs, manufactures and services integrated systems and components for the aerospace and defence industries. UTC Aerospace Systems supports a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and customer service facilities. United Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Connecticut, is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the building and aerospace industries.
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26,000 employees worldwide, is one of the leading providers of services for the aviation industry. Lufthansa Technik is licensed internationally as a repair, production and development enterprise.
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SINGAPORE: The ST Aerospace aviation centre at Seletar Aerospace Park officially opened on Wednesday, bringing a new addition to the aviation scene in Singapore.
Covering more than 75,000 square metres, the three-storey centre will offer integrated aviation services to international aircraft operators.
At the opening of the centre, Senior Minister of State for Transport and Finance Josephine Teo had some words of advice for ST Aerospace.
Mrs Teo said: As we grow, it cannot be more of the same, it has to be qualitatively different, and this will require us to be imaginative, creative and at the same time quite disciplined in the types of activities we choose to pursue -- not going for everything, being quite careful, thoughtful about the kind of activities that will help our aviation hub be different from others.
The company seems to have found one such niche, as it focuses on the growing demand for pilot training.
Goh Yong Kiat, executive vice president of Aviation and Training Services at ST Aerospace, said: The aviation landscape in the world and particularly in this region is growing in a very dynamic pace. You can see airlines growing, their fleets are expanding.
So, because of that, you will need more pilots, more engineers. An aviation centre like this is poised or positioned to meet this demand for pilots, quality engineers and technicians.
Experts agree that ST Aerospace will be well-positioned going forward, especially with its training academy.
Paul Ng, global head of aviation at Stephenson Harwood LLP, said: In the next 20 years, the industry will require several hundred thousand pilots -- 40 per cent of those pilots will be making their way to the Asia Pacific. So there is a huge demand for pilots.
"You've already seen other competitors, like in Australia, which are expanding, building new wings to their facilities... so having a facility to be able to (cater to more pilots and train them faster) will be a competitive edge for ST Aerospace.
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Newswise Designing nanomedicine to combat diseases is a hot area of scientific research, primarily for treating cancer, but very little is known in the context of atherosclerotic disease. Scientists have engineered a microchip coated with blood vessel cells to learn more about the conditions under which nanoparticles accumulate in the plaque-filled arteries of patients with atherosclerosis, the underlying cause of myocardial infarction and stroke.
In the research, microchips were coated with a thin layer of endothelial cells, which make up the interior surface of blood vessels. In healthy blood vessels, endothelial cells act as a barrier to keep foreign objects out of the bloodstream. But at sites prone to atherosclerosis, the endothelial barrier breaks down, allowing things to move in and out of arteries that shouldnt.
In a new study, nanoparticles were able to cross the endothelial cell layer on the microchip under conditions that mimic the permeable layer in atherosclerosis. The results on the microfluidic device correlated well with nanoparticle accumulation in the arteries of an animal model with atherosclerosis, demonstrating the devices capability to help screen nanoparticles and optimize their design.
Its a simple model a microchip, not cell culture dish which means that a simple endothelialized microchip with microelectrodes can show some yet important prediction of whats happening in a large animal model, said YongTae (Tony) Kim, an assistant professor in bioengineering in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
The research was published in January online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This work represents a multidisciplinary effort of researchers that are collaborating within the Program of Excellence in Nanotechnology funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The team includes researchers at the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan, and the Boston University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School.
Kim began the work as his post-doctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the lab of Robert Langer.
This is a wonderful example of developing a novel nanotechnology approach to address an important medical problem, said Robert Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who is renowned for his work in tissue engineering and drug delivery.
Kim and Langer teamed up with researchers from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. Mark Lobatto, co-lead author works in the laboratories of Willem Mulder, an expert in cardiovascular nanomedicine and Zahi Fayad, the director of Mount Sinais Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute.
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Stem cell research and therapy on humans has traveled a long and often politically troubled path.
Not so for pets, where stem cell treatment has been used for nearly 10 years and now it is so routine, and so successful, it can be done in a day.
Ava is a 90 pound, 2-year-old Akita, who is about to undergo stem cell surgery. A little IV, a little anesthesia and Ava is out.
"It is used for arthritis mostly," said Dr. Velvet Edwards.
Ava is just beginning her day at Pecan Grove Veterinary Hospital in Tempe. Dr. Edwards oversees the stem cell procedure.
"Stem cells are healing cells, so they seek out area of injury damage or destruction," explained Edwards. "They accelerate healing and help the animal, the patient, the pet just use their own natural abilities to get better."
Veterinary stem cells are harvested from the animal's own fat cells. They are separated and processed by machinery right inside the vet's office and then injected back into the dog's trouble spots.
Thanks to new technology developed by Meti Vet, the process is completed in just a day.
"The pet comes in the morning, it's anesthetized and I collect about two to four grams of fat usually behind the shoulder blade," said Edwards. "Then I hand that fat over to my technicians to run it through a series of steps.. basically to dissolve the fat and get down to a little stem cell pellet... Then we take that pellet and we reconstitute it and make it injectable. I will put it back into the animal's body wherever I need it later that day."
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TiGenix reaches major cell therapy milestone with 1000th implant of ChondroCelect
Leuven (BELGIUM) - February 4, 2014 - TiGenix (NYSE Euronext: TIG), a leader in the field of cell therapy, announced today that it reached a major milestone with the performance of the 1000th ChondroCelect implantation for cartilage repair in the knee. ChondroCelect is the first cell therapy that was granted approval by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) as an Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product (ATMP). Today it is routinely used in orthopedic centers of excellence across several European countries.
"A 1000 patients have already benefited from this innovative therapy, further supporting its efficacy and safety profile," said Eduardo Bravo, CEO of TiGenix. "A milestone such as today's is a clear demonstration of how far the cell therapy field has progressed over recent years, and I have no doubt that it is on its way to become a mainstay in clinical practice. We will continue to work towards turning our ChondroCelect franchise into a cash flow positive asset, and to push the clinical development of our pipeline of stem cell programs to a successful conclusion."
About ChondroCelect An innovative treatment, ChondroCelect has been shown to result in long-term durable clinical benefits in patients with recent cartilage lesions. Five-year follow-up data confirm that the therapeutic effect and the clinical benefit of ChondroCelect gained over baseline is maintained up to at least five years after the cartilage repair intervention. In addition, the data confirm that early treatment with ChondroCelect results in a superior clinical benefit over microfracture, and a lower failure rate.
Cartilage lesions of the knee are a frequent cause of disability in the active population. Caused by repetitive microtraumata, or due to sports or traffic accidents, cartilage lesions rarely heal spontaneously. When untreated, they predispose to osteoarthritis, which causes disability and represents a major socioeconomic burden. A treatment that allows symptom relief and functional recovery is key. To meet this important medical need, TiGenix developed ChondroCelect, the first cell therapy that was granted approval by the EMA as an ATMP.
ChondroCelect is administered to patients in an autologous chondrocyte implantation procedure known as Characterized Chondrocyte Implantation. TiGenix has designed a sophisticated manufacturing process to preserve the cells' characteristics and biological activity, and to maintain their ability to produce high quality cartilage. This process meets the highest quality standards and has been approved by the EMA.
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