COLOMBES, France - Friday, October 7th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nets, a leading payments service provider in Northern Europe, and OT (Oberthur Technologies), a leading global provider of embedded security software products, services and solutions, are partnering to service banks with a financial platform to support future international mobile payment means in the Nordics.

Nets and OT have combined their capabilities and knowledge to offer an end-to-end mobile payment solution. Nets has developed its core payment platform to support Host Card Emulation (HCE) and tokenisation in order to facilitate secure mobile payments. OT has existing partnerships and established connections with major digital wallet providers, enabling the digitization of payment cards from enrolment of the card holder to secure provisioning services. With this partnership with OT, Nets can offer banks a fully integrated service.

Nets and OT will finalize the integration in due ... Read more »

Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, October 6th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

The American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK) has been selected to participate in Solar Decathlon Middle East 2018, a competition in which universities organize the construction of sustainable solar homes.

As part of the competition, AURAK has revealed its plans to construct ‘the perfect house’, based on research carried out at the university and its Research and Innovation Center (RAKRIC), focused on sustainability and self-sufficiency.

Details of the Solar Decathlon were today explained at the World Green Economy Summit (WGES), held today at Conrad Hotel in Dubai, an initiative promoting green economic development. Student team leaders and faculty members from competing universities had the opportunity to meet and discuss plans with organizers, learning more about the competition and the criteria on which projects will be judged.

Prof. Mousa Mohsen, dean ... Read more »

NEUCHATEL, Switzerland - Thursday, October 6th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today the CE marking of the Rad-97™ Pulse CO-Oximeter®. Rad-97 offers the same Measure-through Motion and Low Perfusion™ SET® pulse oximetry and upgradeable rainbow SET™ technology as the Radical-7® Pulse CO-Oximeter – in a versatile standalone monitor configuration.

Rad-97 features a high-resolution 1080p HD color display with user-friendly multi-touch navigation, similar to Root® and Radical-7, allowing clinicians to easily customize the device to best suit their monitoring needs. Users can also rapidly configure the device to accommodate different patient populations using customizable profiles. Rad-97 provides both built-in wireless connectivity, via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth®, and built-in wired options, including Ethernet, USB, and Nurse Call Interface connections. A rechargeable battery lasting seven hours al ... Read more »

SINGAPORE - Thursday, October 6th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Murex, the leading provider of cross-asset trading, risk management and processing solutions for capital markets participants, is pleased to announce that it has been voted Overall Number One Technology Provider in Asia Risk Magazine’s Technology Rankings for the fourth year running.

The annual Asia Risk Magazine Awards are the culmination of an extensive survey of capital markets participants in the Asia Pacific region. The awards reflect the markets’ preferred vendors’ offerings and how well they meet the requirements of Asian derivatives trading and risk management users.

Murex’s MX.3 platform dominates the Technology Rankings, coming first in a total of 11 categories. Highlights include winning the number one spot for Credit Risk Management and Market Risk Management, as well as Derivatives Pricing and Risk Analytics for Credit and Interest Rate asset classes. A ... Read more »

BUSAN, South Korea - Thursday, October 6th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Busan Metropolitan City announced that the 21st Busan International Film Festival and G-STAR 2016 will be held in Busan this fall.

The 21st Busan International Film Festival, the largest film festival in Asia, will be held from October 6 to October 15, 2016. Moviegoers will be able to enjoy 301 films in various genres from 69 countries across the globe in theaters across Busan, including the Busan Cinema Center.

This year’s festival will set a new vision for the future and make a new leap forward with its two special programs in focus: “And Film Goes on: Abbas Kiarostami Retrospective” commemorating Abbas Kiarostami, the Asian Filmmaker of the Year 2016, who passed away this year and “Cali Group: Root of Colombian Cinema”, shedding light on Colombian films that have recently grabbed attention around the world.

In addition, the festival will im ... Read more »

 

OSAKA, Japan - Thursday, October 6th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

 

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kyoraku Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Osaka, Chuo-ku, President: Takamitsu Nagase, hereunder “Kyoraku”) obtained actual vehicle test data for fuel efficiency of vehicle adopting Kyoraku’s original foamed duct in the air conditioner. Although it has been known that thermal insulation would improve with foamed ducts, it is the first time the efficiency has been proven with an actual running vehicle (according to Kyoraku examination). (Measured at Japan Automobile Transport Technology Association (JATA))

 

Measurement Results Summary                     

Kyoraku conducted fuel consumption measurement under the co ... Read more »