New Scientist magazine has for many years run stories on a wide range of new technologies, examining the scientific aspects to these technologies, and the commercial opportunities that they present.

What catches my eye is that they currently seem to be quite early in reporting innovations by young UK small cap companies - often they get wind of where things are heading before the stockmarket even begins to understand the issues.

This post is not intended as a subscription drive for a magazine - far from it. What I'm interested in finding out is whether any other posters take in industry or academic journals specifically to look for investment ideas.

I'm also keen to discuss some of the new technologies as they are featured in New Scientist or other leading and popular science journals.

Clear out the contact notes and that should help:)

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I reckon I could open up my own paper mill! :-)

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The mission of the IRCs is to support innovation and transnational technological co-operation in Europe with a range of specialised business support services. IRC services are primarily targeted at technology-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), but are also available to large companies, research institutes, universities, technology centres and innovation agencies.

The first Innovation Relay Centres were established in 1995 with the support of the European Commission. The aim was to create a pan-European platform to stimulate transnational technology transfer and promote innovation services.

Over the past five years the IRCs - working together in close co-operation - have been of assistance in over 5,000 technology transfer negotiations, and have helped 65,000 client companies to meet their technology needs and to exploit their research results.

IRC staff (a total of nearly 1,000) are experienced specialists with backgrounds in business, industry and research. To date, they have facilitated 800 transnational transfers of technology - signed agreements for the sale, licensing, distribution or joint development of new technologies.

Today, 68 regional IRCs span 30 countries - all the EU Member States, the newly associated countries (Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia), Iceland, Israel, Norway and Switzerland.

Most IRCs are operated by a consortia of qualified regional organisations such as Chambers of Commerce, Regional Development Agencies and university Technology Centres. Altogether, almost 250 partner organisations are involved, ensuring wide geographic coverage.


http://www.ircnet.lu/matching/completerec.cfm?FULL_NAME=St.%20John%27s%20Innovation%20Centre&BBS_REF=EETO%2002%20032&COMPANY=21240

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