Looking for a Technology Story? ICT Results Can Help

ICT Results now has a dedicated Press Desk, a free service to help reporters cover EU-funded technology research. Get there ahead of the crowd by tracking the ICT Results news service, which helps reporters keep abreast of the cutting edge information and communications technologies (ICT) being developed by Europe's researchers.

Brussels, Belgium (PRWEB) June 4, 2008 -- Looking for a technology story? ICT Results can help

ICT Results now has a dedicated Press Desk, a free service to help reporters cover EU-funded technology research.

Get there ahead of the crowd by tracking the ICT Results news service, which helps reporters keep abreast of the cutting edge information and communications technologies (ICT) being developed by Europe's researchers.

Missed the story about the development of a special treadmill allowing unconstrained walking in all directions through virtual environments? Or the one on the effort to develop an international secure network based on quantum cryptography? Then you need ICT Results.

ICT Results, a service of the European Commission, covers a wide range of EU-funded projects by interviewing the key people involved in the research. The service publishes about 12 features or more a month on ICT projects, providing a unique glimpse into how these technologies can contribute to Europe's social and economic development.

Here is how ICT Results can help technology reporters uncover some hidden gems for their readers:

-- Visit the ICT Results website at:
http://cordis.europa.eu/ictresults.

-- Use the site's RSS feed at:
http://cordis.europa.eu/ictresults/syndication/ISTResultsFeaturesL12.rss

-- Sign up to the twice-monthly email summary of the stories published over the previous two weeks. You will find the sign up area on the right hand side of the home page.

-- Contact ICT Results to receive embargoed stories ahead of time. Send an email to: ictresults@esn.eu.

-- The ICT Results press desk can also help with contacting any of the project's key researchers. Contact the press desk by sending an email to ictresults @ esn.eu or by telephoning +32 (0)2 639 02 77.

ICT Results stories are written in a journalistic style, allowing the media a choice either of doing their own original reporting on the topic, or of republishing the article.

The media can republish any ICT Results feature in full or in part as long as 'ICT Results' is acknowledged either at the top or the bottom of the story as a source, with a link back to the original story.

Here are some of the projects covered by ICT Results which subsequently received wide media coverage.

ROBOBRAILLE:
Researchers developed a free, e-mail-based service that translates text into Braille and audio recordings, helping to bridge the information gap for blind and visually impaired people by giving them quick and easy access to books, news articles and web pages.

SPARK:
Researchers furthered the development of more intelligent robots by taking inspiration from insect brains. Robots armed with such functionalities can be used by industry, and by emergency and security services, among others.

CYBERWALK:
Researchers developed a special treadmill allowing unconstrained walking in all directions through large-scale virtual environments.

SECOQC:
Researchers are part of a European effort to develop an international network for secure communication based on quantum key distribution using quantum cryptography.

Find out about the advances made by these projects by making ICT Results a part of your hit list of story sources.

For more information about any of the projects or about what ICT Results can do for you, contact the press desk by sending an email to ictresults @ esn.eu or by telephoning +32 (0)2 639 02 77.

###

Post Comment:
Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/Q291cC1Ib3JyLVpldGEtU2luZy1Qcm9mLVplcm8=

information society technologies ist ist results european commission information society and media directorate-general european union eu information communication technology ict results

Bookmark -  Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl It | Spurl | RawSugar | Simpy | Shadows | Blink It | My Web