Memo: ICT research: EU invests €500 million in Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) to improve people’s lives

Developing intelligent artificial hands for hand amputees, neural devices to help people suffering from vertigo, dizziness and other vestibular disorders and the possibility to see how your brain responds while learning are a few examples of European research carried out in the area of future and emerging information and communication technologies (FET) that were presented at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 20 April 2010.

Twelve outstanding science projects funded under the European Commission's Future and Emerging Technologies programme were showcased at the exhibition on 'Science beyond Fiction: an Excursion into Future and Emerging Technologies'. Europe is taking the lead in FET by proposing to invest around €500 million in exploratory research into high risk future Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).

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