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Photos: RFID, tablets, handhelds - going down the Tube
Photo It is being used to record the location of faults spotted during the track inspection. The consortium looks after 255 trains, 100 stations, 2,395 bridges and structures, 71 lifts, 227 escalators and more than 200 miles of track. [01 May 2007]
Photos: Inside the world's best known RFID bookshop
Photo The system is supplied by vendor Progress and uses natural language search to help shoppers track down their desired tomes. While the decision to destroy the tags safeguards shoppers' privacy - tags cannot be read once the book is purchased - it... [16 Apr 2007]
Photos: Tech titans back F1 racing hopes
Photo AT&T is providing networking services to the team to support data transfer and communications between track and factory. With technology and Formula One more closely associated than ever, silicon.com went along to the launch of the 2007 Williams F1... [19 Mar 2007]
Photos: High-tech on the streets of Pune
Photo As Bangalore fills up, many companies are looking at Pune because of its strong track-record in education as the 'Oxford of India'. Earlier this month silicon.com's Steve Ranger visited Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore to investigate the... [13 Mar 2007]
Photos: Make vroom for your iPod
Photo The system can then be controlled via the stereo system, with several options to change tracks and playlists, although the track and artist names only appear on the iPod. In-car tech is changing rapidly with satellite navigation systems, DVD... [01 Feb 2007]
Photos: PDAs in space
Photo Another upcoming application is the Inventory Management System (IMS), which is responsible for keeping track of the location of all items stored on-board the ISS. Astronauts living on the International Space Station (ISS) will soon be using PDAs... [29 Jan 2007]
Photos: RFID tickets track football fans
Photo London-based Premiership football club Fulham has started issuing RFID-enabled smartcards to fans, following a successful trial of the technology at a pre-season friendly game against Portuguese club Boavista this summer. [15 Nov 2006]
Photos of the month - August 06
Photo Built to track the Telstar satellite, it also received the first live transatlantic television broadcasts from the US. The dishes of Goonhilly This is the first dish built at the Goonhilly satellite station in Cornwall. [31 Aug 2006]
Photos: The legendary satellite dishes of Goonhilly
Photo This is the first antenna constructed, known as Arthur, which was built to track the Telstar satellite and received the first live transatlantic television broadcasts from the United States in 1962. This is Guinevere, aka Goonhilly 3, one of the... [22 Aug 2006]
Photos: An internet café in China
Photo Companies pay to have their adverts displayed on the virtual race track. Welcome to one of China's many internet cafés. This one is down a back street in Shanghai. Photo credit: Dan Ilett This is a typical Chinese internet café. [21 Jul 2006]
Photos: An early look at LG's Christmas presents
Photo Play a track and use the scrollwheel to add some scratching and sound effects. Korea's LG has been doing well of late and when it comes to ensuring a bumper Christmas, it is not one to wait around. The electronics giant is already touting its... [20 Jul 2006]
Photos: Inside Big Blue's new RFID centre
Photo According to IBM, one global petroleum company is already using this product to track the whereabouts of staff on an oil rig. The centre houses a 20-strong team, on hand to show customers and would-be early adopters how the track and trace... [22 Mar 2006]
Photos: Inside Heathrow's Terminal 5
Photo According to BAA, an automatic baggage handling system will track suitcases whizzing around at 10m per second and pick them out for their destination. Welcome to Heathrow Airport Terminal 5. When finished in March 2008, the £4.2bn project will... [20 Feb 2006]
Photos: Rocket-propelled 'F1' racing jets
Photo Each pilot will follow his or her own virtual "tunnel" or "track" of space through which to fly, safely separated from their competitors by a few hundred feet. The X-Racer aircraft run on a mix of liquid oxygen and kerosene and will race round a... [05 Oct 2005]
Photos: Highwaymen stop holdups
Photo Back at HQ, Sarah can track us all the way down the motorway and act as our eyes, in case of any danger. The Highways Agency has been given the duty of dealing with accidents like this. We sent senior reporter Dan Ilett to Surrey to get the lowdown... [22 Sep 2005]
