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-  New book on HAPS!
We are delighted to see a new book published on HAPS. I think this is the first one to appear, with more to come we know. One of the authors is José Delgado-Penín, who is a COST297 member.  ...  Further details can be found here

-  COST Office News
The latest edition of the short periodical about COST Office can be found here. here

-  HAPs Workshop as part of Globecom
Please look at the International Workshop Aerial & Space Platforms: Research, Applications, Vision. This is in conjunction with IEEE GLOBECOM 2008, 30 November - 4 December 2008, New Orleans, LA, USA.  ...  Click here to visit their webpage

-  HAPCOS Poster
We have produced a Poster about COST297. This is for all members to use at conferences, exhibitions etc., as part of the general dissemination activity. , Please feel free to download it as either Powerpoint or PDF file.

-  Future and Emerging Technologies Newsletter
The latest edition of the FET Newsletter (January 2008) may be seen here (PDF)

-  COST IC603 ASSIST
This new Action has considerable momentum, and synergy with COST297.

Please visit its website http://www.cost-ic0603.org/

-  Hyperblimp Video
There is a video of Dan Gerry's Hyperblimp flying in Utah. This moves at up to 50km per hour, and provides approx 700 g of payload lift. Some of you may have seen Dan flying his hyperblimps at the Prague HAPCOS meeting.  ...  YouTube video link

-  RESEARCH*EU
This is the new magazine of the European Research Area. It can be accessed at the ec.europa.eu website.

-  COST2100
COST2100 is concerned with Pervasive Mobile and Ambient Wireless Communications, and has evident synergy with HAPCOS.
 ...  Details can be found here.

-  COST Officers

Our COST Administrative Officer for the ICT Domain is Sophie Beaubron.
Her contact details are:-

Sophie Beaubron
ICT Administrative Officer
COST Office
149 Avenue Louise
1050 Brussels
Belgium
Tel : +32 (0) 2 533 38 47
Fax : +32 (0) 2 533 38 90
Email : sbeaubron@cost.esf.org


Our Senior Science Officer at the COST office in Brussels looking after HAPCOS is Gian Mario Maggio (formerly it was Julia Stamm). Gian Mario oversees our activities, and advises on policy and strategic aspects. His e-mail is gmmaggio@cost.esf.org

-  Worldwide patent database - free access

COST Office have drawn our attention to the largest worldwide patent database
This website gives you free access to more than 50 million patent documents from all over the world representing technical developments from 1836 until today.

In particular for the preparation of research projects within the 7th Framework Programme this tool with its easy to handle search engine can provide valuable assistance.

-  New Guidelines
COST has published some revised "Guidelines for Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Dissemination of Results of COST Actions". Members of HAPCOS are invited to look through this - in particular to note the "Characteristics of a COST action", on page 6, and to consider how we are meeting those criteria.
Click here download the PDF

-  Registration of Experts for Research Activities
You can see here the Call for experts FP7.
Click here for more details.

-  York HAP Week.
23-27 October 2006, York, UK.
Want to know what happened ? Click here.

-  Consultation results available NOW.
The results of the Public Consultation launched by the European Commission about the possible creation of a European Institute of Technology are now available on the Commission Website.
You may access them on the Commission website by clicking here.