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Latest news from SINTEF: Archive 2005

Cool undershirts

Cool undershirts

This is the clothing that fire-fighters have been waiting for: an intelligent undershirt that cools overheated bodies The post Cool undershirts appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .

SINTEF leads European bioenergy offensive

Led by SINTEF, a veritable army of scientists and industrialists is to promote the use of bioenergy in Europe, backed up by a quarter of a billion Norwegian kroner!

Life-saving clothing for fishermen

Fishing is one of Norway’s most dangerous occupations. Now fishermen are to get work clothes that will improve their chances of survival if they fall overboard.

Deluxe energy conservation

These apartments will save two-thirds of the energy consumption of an average Norwegian house; a record for the country.

Romanian delegation visits SINTEF

On Thursday November 3, SINTEF was visited by a Romanian delegation led by State Secretary Anton Anton, who is in charge of Romania’s research sector.

The innovator

A man with a greying beard strolls over NTNU’s Gløshaugen campus, an elderly Airedale terrier by his side. They enter the Department of Energy and Process Technology, take the lift to the third floor, where they settle down in an office.

Prize for technology adopters

With the aim in mind of recognising persons and institutions that have adopted advanced technology NTNU and SINTEF have founded the Einar Brendeng Technology Prize. The first award of the Prize has been made to Statoil's Snøhvit project.

New appointment as Notified Body

The Centre for Railway Certification at SINTEF ICT has received a new appointed as Notified Body; now for conventional rail systems. Before SINTEF has been appointed Notified Body for high-speed rail systems. The appointments are according to

A LITTLE PIECE OF SWEDEN

A LITTLE PIECE OF SWEDEN

We Norwegians had hoped to pioneer "green" thermal power generation.However,we have been pipped at the post by Sweden,which is about to build the world's first power station with CO2 capture – in Germany. The post A LITTLE PIECE OF SWEDEN appeared...

Energy saving deluxe

Here are Norway’s most energy efficient homes. Total energy consumption? Just over one-third of the national average. The post Energy saving deluxe appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .

The threat inherent in our imaginations

The threat inherent in our imaginations

“Money? For something that may never pay?” grumbles the dull troll called Society every time a call is made for an increase in funding for basic research. And here is the explanation: The post The threat inherent in our imaginations appeared first on...

Research paves way for safer cars

Anticollision systems will be the next step on the way to even safer cars. Researchers in Trondheim are helping the automotive industry to turn plans into reality.

Aquaculture in Asia

An improved aquaculture industry could help the people of Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Vietnam out of the poverty trap, so we have been helping Vietnam’s Research Institute for Aquaculture No. 1 improve its research and education capacity to meet the need...

Industry on hunt for technology

Much of Norway’s fish processing industry is being moved abroad, and to compete with competitors in low-cost countries, we need to develop new techology. Our project known as TELOP: “Technology development for more profitable processing of farmed...

Happy fish have few problems

Salmon smolt are produced in tanks on land before they are transferred to sea-cages. An EU water directive sets out standards for sources of water, which focuses on water quality and fish welfare. Providing the conditions for a good “childhood” is...

Safety on the fishing banks

Fishing is still one of Norway’s riskiest professions. Between 1998 and last year, 73 fishermen have died from impacts, crushing or drowning. This is why scientists from SINTEF Health Research, SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture and SINTEF Technology...

Food for demanding baby fish

Cod and halibut fry demand live food, so we are developing good, reasonably priced feeds. Algae and zooplankton top the menu for these fry, and we are ensuring that they get enough of such species, partly by improving production technology.

Zero grip for bacteria

Zero grip for bacteria

A newly developed surface on implanted catheter may prevent complications from bacteria and infection. The post Zero grip for bacteria appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .

Sparing the environment – by means of CO2

Hundreds of thousands of Japanese people get their hot shower water by means of energy-saving Norwegian technology. The invention spares the environment and climate by using CO2 – the very gas that has had to carry much of the blame for the...

Gemini Centre wins award for CO2 refrigeration technology

Refrigeration scientists at SINTEF and NTNU have been honoured by an award from the International Energy Agency (IEA) for their contribution to solving the greenhouse problems caused by leaking refrigeration systems and heat pumps.

SINTEF buys into the Trondheim company ResLab

SINTEF Petroleum Research AS has purchased 10% of the shares of the Trondheim company ResLab - Reservoir Laboratories AS. From now on, the two companies will operate hand in hand vis-à-vis the international petroleum industry market.

This is “Tensegrity”

“Tensegrity” combines the concepts of “tension” and “integrity”. Tensegrity structures are characterised by the way that they distribute forces across their surfaces.

Sea Orbiter - a visionary vessel

MARINTEK scientists have built a model of "Sea Orbiter" vessel and tested it in the Ocean Basin at the Institute. The model is at the present at the Jules Verne Exhibition in Paris.

A là Jules Verne

A spectacular platform is designed to drift across the oceans of the world with the aid of the currents and the wind. It looks like a Viking ship turned on its edge. A visionary platform for doing science, drifting partly above the surface of the sea...

Measures your walk

Measures your walk

The way you walk can reveal a lot of useful information about your health. The post Measures your walk appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .

Encrypted crimes

Criminals have discovered cryptography. By encrypting their messages they can communicate with each other undetected. The post Encrypted crimes appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .

Versatile plastic chip

Versatile plastic chip

A little plastic chip makes it possible to identify recycled bottles, assure the quality of food and measure our blood sugar levels. The post Versatile plastic chip appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .

Á la Jules Verne

Á la Jules Verne

A spectacular platform has been designed to drift across the oceans of the world with the aid of the currents and the wind. The post Á la Jules Verne appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .

Research to blaze the trail for “green” gas power

Together with Norwegian and overseas industrial interests, the Research Council of Norway and Gassnova are investing millions of kroner in a new research programme on gas power with CO2 treatment. These efforts make it more likely that Norway will...

New technology to monitor oil and gas wells

ResMan AS - a start-up company based on spinning-off technology from SINTEF and IFE - will produce chemical intelligent materials to monitor flows in oil and gas wells. The whole process will take place without the use of cables.

SINTEF report helped unlucky car-owners

Sixty-nine employees of Rolls Royce in Bergen had their cars damaged by dust. After a court case in which a SINTEF report was produced as useful documention, they were awarded damages.

New look for motorcycle police

The classic leather uniforms of the motorcycle police are to be pensioned off. Their replacements are already on the way: specially modified uniforms that will be more visible in traffic.

Arctic à la carte

This tailor-made food is prepared in a drying plant for which three researchers at SINTEF and NTNU had the idea in 1989. Now, the trio’s technology is in the process of making its commercial world premiere.

X-ray check-up via broadband

A recent advance in telemedicine has brought together radiologists in Molde and Trondheim in a “shared office” in cyberspace, saving elderly patients in Romsdal a more than six-hour road trip to and from St. Olav’s Hospital.

2020: AN AQUACULTURE ODYSSEY

2020: AN AQUACULTURE ODYSSEY

Free-range farmed fish. Sea cages that sail off to the south and deliver their fish by themselves. Large autonomous fish farms that float unmoored in the sea. This could be the aquaculture of the future. The post 2020: AN AQUACULTURE ODYSSEY appeared...

Snake robot to the rescue

Snake robot to the rescue

A snake robot can perform life-saving operations during a fire, an explosion and in other hostile environments. The post Snake robot to the rescue appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .