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The Mobile Unit is fully equipped with five ProMIS simulators.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.rcsi.ie" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rcsi.ie"><IMG SRC="1fac8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> <B>SAGES Poster from Haptica</B></div> <div> Haptica presented a poster at SAGES 2006 on the use of Augmented Reality in Surgical Simulation<A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Augmented reality interface for laparosc"> >>></A></div> <div> <B>Virtual Medical Worlds</B></div> <div> "Haptica's 2005 European IST Prize-winning life-like surgical simulator is a cut-above the competition" <A HREF="http://www.hoise.com/vmw/05/articles/vmw/LV-VM-01-05-3.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hoise.com/vmw/05/articles/vmw">>>>></A></div> <div> <B>Awards for ProMIS™</B></div> <div> ProMIS™ was recognized at the <A HREF="http://www.sls.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sls.org">Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons</A> 13th International Congress and Endo Expo 2004 in New York as one of the 2004 Innovations of the Year. </div> <div> ProMIS™ and Haptica have also been selected for an <A HREF="http://www.ist-prize.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ist-prize.org/">IST prize</A>. This prize recognises technical excellence and innovation and is awarded by the EU Commission. The<A HREF="http://europa.eu.int/information_society/istevent/2004/index_en.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://europa.eu.int/information_society"> IST 2004 Event</A> was held 17-24 November in the Hague</div> <div> And on 19 November, ProMIS™ was awarded the <A HREF="http://www.software.ie" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.software.ie">Technical Innovation Award</A> by the Irish Software Assocation.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>