CORDIS focus 5 October 1998. NUMBER 119

Directorate-General For The Information Society And Media

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ISSN 1022-6559 5 October 1998 The tonteais of this bulletin are based on RTD-News, updated every day, and other CORDIS databases TENTH EU CONTEST DEMONSTRATES ABILITY OF YOUNG SCIENTISTS Improving the mobility of the visually impaired; developing a scanner to produce 3D images; and solving the problem of paints yellowing in the dark: each of these projects was a top prize winner in the 10th EU Young Scientists Contest. These three projects, which each won first prizes of ECU 5,000, were the work of young European scientists ­ Aus­trian, Hungarian, and British ­ none of them older than 20. In this its tenth year, the EU Contest for Young Scientists ■ Second prizes: demonstrates the value of encouraging Europe's young peo­• Karsten Weiss (Germany), for Digi­Gow, a new type of ple to participate in research which will benefit the whole of milking machine; European society in the future. As Edith Cresson, European • Arthur Baas, Adrian de Groot and Chris Weel (The Commissioner responsible for research, innovation, educa­Netherlands), for POSEIDON, a wave­motion power tion, training and youth, comments, "Scientific research and generator; technological developments are at the heart of our econo­mies and societies. New products and innovation appearing • Dasa Suput (Slovenia), for a study on the movement on the market are based in large part on science and its ap­ and toxicity of sea anemones. plications.

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• Marketing et communication

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• Publié par: DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-THE-INFORMATION-SOCIETY-AND-MEDIA
• Nombre de lectures: 22
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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