NREI_NEWSLINE TECHNOLOGY EDITION_ Penton Media April 28, 2009 If you want to view this on the web go to: http://enews.penton.com/enews/nrei/v/690 TOP STORY --Cisco's New High-Tech Medical Center Attracts Attention By Denise Kalette Cisco Systems, a multinational corporation that develops and sells digital networking services, has opened a health care center on the campus of its headquarters in San Jose, Calif. that uses state-of-the art technology wired into the $38 million facility. The new LifeConnections center, which includes fitness and child care programs, is drawing attention from companies across the country interested in its design and the way telecommunications equipment is hard-wired into the building. Run by an independent medical group, the health center offers optional primary care, with pediatric, nutritional and other health services for the 17,000 employees at Cisco's headquarters, and it provides health guidance via video teleconferencing for many of the remaining global employees of the company's 67,000-person workforce. To view the full article go to: http://nreionline.com/technology/news/cisco_medical_center_0428/ ONLINE EXCLUSIVE --Floating Condos Would Ply Mississippi on a Riverboat By Denise Kalette When one thinks of riverboat cruising, Minnesota may not be the first locale that comes to mind, but St. Paul, Minn. developer David Nelson has put together an ambitious plan for a floating condo community that would ply the nation's waterways, beginning with the Mississippi River, which flows through St. Paul. The $106 million project is basically a mixed-use development. It calls for developing 180 condos, along with restaurants and shops aboard The Marquette, a riverboat that the developer plans to outfit with a special energy-efficient engine, the Cyclone. "It essentially burns diesel fuel cleaner than most engines do," says Nelson. Wastewater would be cleaned through the Zeeweed system developed by General Electric, Nelson says. To view the full article go to: http://nreionline.com/technology/news/floating_condos_mississippi_0428/ ROUNDUPS --MIT and Wisconsin Students Win ULI Hines Urban Design Contest Staff report A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Planning, with one member from the University of Wisconsin School of Business, has won the seventh annual Urban Land Institute (ULI) Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition. The winning design outlines a plan for transit-oriented development and public space at Alameda Station in Denver. 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