SAN JOSE, California - Doug Conn awarded US$15,000 for envisioning the 'home of the future' through The Smart Pill.

DRESDEN, Germany - Germany is a hotbed for innovative technologies and a prime location for microelectronics, a fact confirmed by Dresden's selection as host of the Printed Electronics Europe 2009 conference. The region surrounding the city boasts over 43,500 employees in approximately 1,200 companies in this industry. Companies and research institutes involved in the development of printed electronics, the next generation of technology, will gather April 7-8 at this year's conference in Dresden.

LONDON - BancTec Ltd., a global provider of advanced, high-volume, document and payment processing services and solutions, today announced that it has signed a five-year agreement with Payment Card Technologies (PCT) in which it will deliver IT outsourcing and call center services to support PCT's fast-growing prepaid card business. PCT integrates banking services and technical infrastructure to provide one of the most robust, reloadable prepaid card systems for businesses around the world, including talkSPORT, Cash Generator and International Bank of Ghana.

BERLIN - With the CIVIS Online Prize, the European CIVIS Media Prize is offering an additional award for journalistically-prepared webpages on the theme of integration and cultural diversity. Innovative multi-media offers of high journalistic quality are being sought which handle the theme in convincing fashion and are particularly suitable for the promotion of peaceful coexistence in the European immigration society. The new online prize is part of the renowned European CIVIS Media Prize for integration and cultural diversity and will be open to entries from all over Europe of autumn 2009. The prize is endowed with 5,000 Euro.

SAN JOSE, California - Minimally Invasive Treatment for Varicose Veins to be showcased at National Health Service EXPO