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DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – A huge banner in Davos trumpets India’s launch of a $ 35 tablet computer and U.S. group Medtronic Inc is hoping to launch a similar low-cost revolution in medical devices like pacemakers.

Chief Executive Omar Ishrak plans is using this week’s annual World Economic Forum (WEF) to brainstorm on how to bring cost-effective implantable devices to patients in Asia, Latin America and Africa.

The world’s biggest medical devices company has an ambitious goal to develop new and cost-effective products such as pacemakers for the poor, while simultaneously selling its existing ones to the growing middle classes in emerging markets.

“One has to be realistic about affordability in the under-served segment,” he said in an interview, adding that the new generation of simpler devices should be five to 10 times cheaper than current high-specificati…………… continues on Reuters

EXETER, N.H. – Police in Exeter said a man accused of possessing child pornography had hundreds of thousands of images on his computer, but they believe no local children were in the pictures.Thomas Rogers, 44, was arrested last month and is being held without bail. Exeter police said they worked with the State Police Internet Crimes Against Children task force to help examine Rogers’ computer.”They took the case and they got it done very quickly for me because we needed the information,” said Exeter Chief Richard Kane.Exeter police said nearly 247,000 photos and nearly 1,400 videos featuring images of child sex abuse were found on his computer.”That’s certainly a substantial amount in a single case to have, and that’s disturbing in itself,” Kane said.Kane said detectives examined the images and videos and determined that no local children ap…………… continues on WMUR Manchester