Philips and LUCI open the eighth annual international City People Light awards for 2010 entries

Eindhoven, The Netherlands – As urban lighting becomes an increasingly essential component of town planning, and a major element of a city’s identity, Philips and LUCI (the Lighting Urban Community International association) are to invite cities all over the world to celebrate their enhancement of urban living by launching the eighth annual international city.people.light awards. Urban lighting… Read More →

SKIN: Electronic Tattoo

Tattoos and physical mutilation are amongst the oldest forms of personal expression and identity. Subcultures have used tattoos as a form of self representation; a visual language communicating personality and status. Philips Design examined the growing trend of extreme body adornment like tattoos, piercing, implants and scarring.

Food For Thought by Philips

FOOD takes a provocative and unconventional look at areas that could have a profound effect on the way we eat and source our food 15-20 years from now. These investigations, like other probe projects, examine the possible consequences of various (long-range) social trends and ‘weak signals’ emerging from the margins of society. In the case of food,… Read More →

Philips and bioMérieux announce partnership to develop and market next-generation handheld diagnostic solutions for point-of-care

Fully automated handheld diagnostic test devices designed to improve diagnosis and disease management in critical care settings within hospitals. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Marcy l’Etoile, France – Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and bioMérieux (NYSE Euronext: BIM) today announced that they have signed an agreement to jointly develop fully automated handheld diagnostic testing solutions for hospital… Read More →