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Photos: Heathrow bags RFID tech to end lost luggage
Photo Passengers can choose to link the details on their luggage's RFID chip to their mobile phone number. About 300,000 pieces of luggage are expected to be scanned during the course of the trial which will cost £150,000. [14 Feb 2008]
Photos: Heathrow's T5 tech ready for take-off
Photo The desk includes a phone connected to the terminal's high capacity IP network and a barcode scanner to register boarding passes. silicon.com has been given an exclusive behind the scenes look at BAA's brand new Terminal 5 (T5) at Heathrow ahead of... [12 Feb 2008]
Photos: NFC tech takes to the catwalk
Photo Fashion buyers at the Science Museum registered their interest in work by up-and-coming designer Emilio de la Morena simply by touching their Nokia 6131 NFC mobile phone to posters of his clothing, as seen here. [11 Feb 2008]
Photos: Power-generating leg brace goes for a walk
Photo At that rate, when the energy is stored in a battery, one minute of walking time could provide enough electricity to sustain 30 minutes of talk-time on a mobile phone. Researchers from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia have developed a... [11 Feb 2008]
Photos: Scottish NHS trials video checkups
Photo Care can be provided over the phone but with the introduction of video healthcare we can now interact with the patient (and their carer) in a fashion more in keeping with a face-to-face consultation. The Scottish Centre for Telehealth (SCT) in... [08 Feb 2008]
Photos: Centro smart phone in Europe's Palm
Photo Palm is bringing its Centro smart phone to Europe - a handset it reckons is the smallest and lightest smart phone to date. The device weighs just over four ounces, and has a colour touchscreen and a Qwerty keyboard. [07 Feb 2008]
Photos: Accenture waves goodbye to the wallet
Photo The technology works by putting an NFC reader and transmitter into a phone that can be linked to a bank, loyalty card system or travel account such as Oyster cards. The phone can then be swiped in front of an NFC reader or another NFC equipped... [31 Jan 2008]
Photos of the month - January 2008
Photo And finally, T-Mobile launched its MDA Touch Plus - a rebranded HTV Touch Dual smart phone - this month. A video was played showing Gates asking various celebrities for a job. His encounter with rock band U2's Bono didn't see him recruited. [30 Jan 2008]
Photos: HTC Touch gets the T-Mobile treatment
Photo T-Mobile UK is offering the HTC Touch Dual smart phone, rebranded as the MDA Touch Plus. The device, which is also available on the Orange network, combines a touchscreen interface with a slider phone's concealed keypad and is aimed at business users. [29 Jan 2008]
Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool?
Photo The converged device, incorporating a phone, iPod and web browser, will have a huge impact on the company's fortunes, for better or for worse. Apple's long history of innovative and occasionally quirky design was reinforced with last week's... [24 Jan 2008]
Photos: When tech chiefs rock out...
Photo He told the audience how he recorded his first hit single, Fill Me In, using the voicemail on his mobile phone. Bill Gates' recent CES appearance with ex-Guns 'n' Roses guitarist Slash (above) is one in a long line of memorable musical moments... [22 Jan 2008]
Photos: Driving safety through tech
Photo It shows an IP phone under attack from an online virus. silicon.com went along to NEC's R&D labs in Heidelberg, Germany, to see some of the technology it has been developing. Some of the projects include technology to improve road safety, boost the... [21 Jan 2008]
Photos of the year
Photo silicon.com showcased the 10 devices for Santa to bring - including this Samsung F700, which is the perfect phone for smart phone lovers immune to Apple's iPhone charms. 2007 has seen a bumper crop of top tech photos from silicon.com, including the... [13 Dec 2007]
Photos: 10 gadgets to wish for this Xmas
Photo If power in a small package is your thing, then the HTC Shift might be the logical step up from a smart phone. For smart phone lovers immune to Apple's charms, there are some iPhone alternatives that might suit. [03 Dec 2007]
Photos: Six unusual power sources
Photo Currently it is "not realistic" to try to power a mobile phone using the thermo-generators, said Peter Spies, group manager at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, because the energy from the human body is too low compared with... [19 Nov 2007]
