Intel announced the launch of the Intel Health Application Platform (Intel HAP), an application software platform that can be used by remote care solution providers to help enable a variety of remote health care usage models. Remote patient care encompasses a variety of care modalities that are provided to a patient outside of a clinical setting. The advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) has been a huge boon to the health care industry, and remote care is one of the biggest breakthrough advancements in modern health care delivery.

At the Power-Gen Asia trade show in Bangkok, Siemens announced it is now offering its SGT-800 industrial gas turbine with a power output of 57 megawatts (MW) and an electrical efficiency of more than 40 percent in simple cycle application. In a combined cycle configuration the power output is 163 MW at a net efficiency of more than 58.5 percent.