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The UAE’s flag carrier Etihad proudly introduced its “Wi-Fly” service which is a product of $1 billion agreement with one of the globe’s leading supplier of in-flight entertainment and equipment Panasonic Avionics. The first plane outfitted with the communications technology, an Airbus A330-20, flew on Monday, December 3, to Brussels. Passengers on the flight enjoy high-speed broadband access and data services, including Internet connectivity for mobile phones. The A330-20 equipped with the Panasonic Avionics Global Communications Suite will be used for long-haul flight tos key European cities including Milan, Dublin, Manchester, and Frankfurt. Etihad Airways’ CEO, James Hogan, expressed his excitement with the project, citing the 10-year billion dollar agreement with Panasonic a crucial investment that will reward its customers and loyal patrons with “dynamic and engaging in-flight entertainment options.” Mr Hogan said that the “Wi-Fly” will provide passengers with Internet speeds comparable to what they would enjoy at work or at home. The airline said that it hopes to equip 10 more aircrafts with the service by the first quarter of 2013. Currently, Etihad also operate six other aircrafts with on-board connectivity through a partnership with OnAir. The Wi-Fly service will charge gues US$13.95 for one hour of service, and US$24.95 for 24 hours of use.

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The post-18th century modernity period, typically referring to an historical era, roughly defined as a post-traditional or post-medieval period beginning Renaissance (ca. 14th-17th Centuries), characterized by a move from feudalism (or agrarianism) toward capitalism, industrialization, secularization, rationalization, the nation-state and its constituent institutions and forms of surveillance (Barker 2005, 444), brought more groundbreaking researchers from Europe.  From Germany, a federal parliamentary republic in west-central Europe, and Austria, the following doctors made notable contributions: Rudolf Virchow, a German doctor, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician, known for his advancement of public health; Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, a German physicist, who, on November 8, 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievement that earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901; Karl Landsteiner, an Austrian biologist and physician; and Otto Loewi, a German born pharmacologist whose discovery of acetylcholine helped enhance medical therapy.  In the United Kingdom, the following are considered important: Alexander Fleming, a Scottish biologist, pharmacologist and botanist; Sir Joseph Lister, Bt., a British surgeon and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery, who promoted the idea of sterile surgery while working at their Glasgow Royal Infirmary; Francis Crick, an English molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, and most noted for being a co-discoverer of the structure of the DNA molecule in 1953 together with James D. Watson; and Florence Nightingale, a celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing.  A doctor from the country of Spain, now a sovereign state and a member of the European union located in southwestern Europe, on the Iberian peninsula, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, a pathologist, histologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel laureate, is considered the father of modern neuroscience, or the study of the nervous system.  From New Zealand and Australia came Maurice Wilkins, a New Zealand-born English physicist and molecular biologist, and Nobel laureate whose research contributed to the scientific understanding of phosphorescence, isotope separation, optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction, and to the development of radar; Howard Florey, an Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Sir Ernst Boris Chain and Sir Alexander Fleming for his role in the making of penicillin; and Frank Macfarlane Burnet, usually known as “Macfarlane” or “Mac Burnet,” an Australian virologist best known for his contributions to immunology.  With their respective countries, the following also did significant work:  The United States: William Williams Keen, the first brain surgeon in the United States; William Coley, an American bone surgeon and cancer researcher, pioneer of cancer immunotherapy; and James D. Watson, an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, best known as a co-discoverer of the structure of DNA in 1953 with Francis Crick.  Italy: Salvador Luria, an Italian microbiologist.  Switzerland: Alexandre Yersin, a Swiss and French physician and bacteriologist.  Japan: Kitasato Shibasaburō, a Japanese physician and bacteriologist during the prewar period.  France: Jean-Martin Charcot, a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology; Claude Bernard, a French physiologist; and Paul Broca, a French physician surgeon, anatomist, and anthropologist; etc.  And the others: Nikolai Korotkov, a Russian surgeon, a pioneer of 20th century vascular surgery, and the inventor of auscultatory technique for blood pressure measurement; Sir William Osler, a Canadian physician; and Harvey Cushing, an American neurosurgeon and a pioneer of brain surgery, and the first to describe Cushings’ syndrome.

Point and shoot cameras have been negatively impacted by the popularity of smartphone devices, and the industry is now scrambling to competed with the powerful handheld devices by adding web-friendly features and upgrading technologies.

But it isn’t only the sales of digital point and shoot cameras affected by the smartphone craze. Video consoles as well as portable music players are also taking a hit, as most of new devices like the iPhone or Samsung Android phones combine similar music applications and photo features allowing for an “all-in-one” selling point - a computer, a camera, a phone, and a music player built in a sleek frame. The Japanese companies like Nikon, Sony, and Canon are all seeing a decline in sales for the compact phone market as most consumers turn to the convenience of camera-equipped smartphones. With image-quality for the new devices also improving, the camera sector is now facing an increasing challenge to find new ways for buyers to consider a point and shoot device.

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