Traditionally home automation, consumer electronics, mobile communications and personal computing were strictly separate domains all having their own industrial companies, with their own business plans, standardization efforts and form factors. By introducing the networked home, also called the connected home, this traditional separation of activities is no longer valid. 
Healthcare@Home, the research project led by Cardiff University in partnership with IBM has developed a new approach to the use of information technology in healthcare. The project delivers an open-standard framework for earlier detection of disease that allows healthcare providers globally to "plug and play" a wider range of technical solutions to deliver more 'personalized' and cost-effective services to their patients. The governments Technology Strategy Board is commending the project as an example of best practice. 
The European Research Council (ERC) has released new details of its Advanced Grant scheme, which will provide research funding to Europe's very best researchers. As explained by ERC President Fotis Kafatos, the application process and evaluation methodology have been refined since this year's launch of the Starting Grant scheme. 
On 30 November 2007 ePractice.eu launches a peer-reviewed online publication on eGovernment entitled European Journal of ePractice. The Journal belongs to the ePractice.eu community, and is run by an Editorial Board. The aim of European Journal of ePractice (EjeP) is to reinforce the visibility of articles and professionals in eTransformation. The publication will promote the diffusion and exchange of good practice in eGovernment, eHealth and e-Inclusion and will be open access, free of charge to all readers. 
With 29,375 radiologists on board as per 31st of October, the European Society of Radiology (ESR) has increased its membership ten-fold since it was created eight months ago. With 2,564 members back in March 2007, the ESR has been rallying an impressive number of radiologists thanks to its principle of openness and accessibility to everyone, translated into a low membership cost. The Alliance for MRI welcomes the European Commission's announcement that it will postpone and amend legislation which would pose a serious threat to the use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in patient welfare and scientific research. The EU Physical Agents Directive 2004/40/EC (EMF) is to be delayed by four years until 30th April 2012 to allow time for a substantive amendment to be adopted.