Cisco's medianet technology suite

The US-based network solutions provider Cisco unveiled new technologies to turn IP networks into platforms for media-rich applications, writes Network World.

Known as 'medianet', this technology suite is designed to enable advanced communications, collaboration and entertainment experiences through video and rich media-optimised service provider, business, and home networks.

"The Internet and IP networks as we know them are changing," said Marthin De Beer, senior vice-president of Cisco's Emerging Technologies group. "In the near future, 90% of consumer network traffic will be video and rich media.”

A new portable electrocardiogram machine, the MAC 400, can take 100 EKGs on a single battery charge and weighs less than 1.4kg reports Rediff News.

This is appropriate for rural areas in emerging markets where electricity is not always readily available and where patients cannot easily travel to urban diagnostic centres.

The MAC 400 was designed at General Electric's John F Welch Technology Centre in Bangalore by a team of Indian engineers.

Chevron and the Qatar Science and Technology Park have teamed up to establish the Centre for Sustainable Energy Efficiency, expected to open late this year, states Zawya.

Chevron is committing $20 million over five years for this partnership.

The Centre for Sustainable Energy Efficiency is the first Chevron Energy Solutions project outside of the US.