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Photos: 60 years of NHS tech
Photo This shows a doctor in the 1980s attending to a patient and being alerted by his pager that a message is waiting from him at at his base or message service. The NHS celebrated its 60th birthday on 5 July. [09 Jul 2008]
Photos: The building of a data centre
Photo The site is plugged into the 'super grid', the base level of the national power grid and during shortages is given the same power priority as a hospital. As the beating heart of business, data centres store and process the information that keeps UK... [11 Jun 2008]
Photos: Discover high-tech India
Photo Outsourcer Cognizant's main base is in Chennai, where it has eight offices. Outsourcing giant HCL set up its base in Chennai back in the 1980s and enjoys a close relationship with the Indian Institute of Technology in the city. [28 Apr 2008]
Photos: Conquering the arctic wilderness
Photo Just days after setting off on the 500-mile trek from their base in Resolute Bay the team stay on top of their logistics by accessing MindManager on laptops. A remote corner of the Arctic, the Northwest Passage, is being tackled by a brave band of... [13 Mar 2008]
Photos: Android, high-tech Heathrow, the future of shopping
Photo Nasa and the British National Space Centre intend to test a system to serve a lunar base planned for 2020. Photo credit: Natasha Lomas Hundreds of bags wait to be loaded into the high tech baggage system at Heathrow's brand new Terminal 5. [28 Feb 2008]
Photos: Bling up your BlackBerry
Photo Amosu has announced a range of blinged up Pearl 8120s - including the Gold Edition, which has an 18 carat white, yellow or platinum gold base and sides and costs a cool £12,000; and the Pearlific Edition - also in 18 carat gold, with an intricate... [26 Feb 2008]
Photos: Lunar mobile phones preparing to soar
Photo The satellite system should ensure a full four-bar signal for lunar colonists living in the base Nasa wants to build at the south pole of the moon after 2020. In space no one can hear your ringtone - something that could be a blessing from 2012... [25 Feb 2008]
Photos: Zoom in on London from the air…
Photo The Thames lifeboat moored at its base on the Victoria Embankment. The business listing company has launched a high resolution aerial photography service that covers the majority of central London. We've pulled together some of the most famous and... [28 Jan 2008]
Photos: Robots race around 'Darpa city'
Photo The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or Darpa, raised the green flag on 11 driverless cars to manoeuver a 60-mile course at the former George Air Force Base in Oro Grande, California - or what race officials dubbed Darpa city. [14 Nov 2007]
Photos: Robot racer hits the street
Photo The team is fine-tuning "Alice" - a heavily modified 8,000-pound Ford E-350 van, reinforced with armour plating - for the Urban Grand Challenge semi-final round on 26 October in Victorville, California, at the site of the former George Air Force... [27 Sep 2007]
Photos: Virtual war tests new technology
Photo Pictured is the field on a military base near Portsmouth, UK where the trials are taking place. In a small field near Portsmouth, a war has been raging for the past couple of weeks. Fortunately this is only a virtual war - part of the global... [14 Jun 2007]
Photos: The data centre in a shipping container
Photo Inside the Blackbox the servers are contained within eight racks - with each one on a rolling base so it can be pulled out if any repairs are needed. The rolling base also acts as a cushion pad to protect the racks during transportation. [18 May 2007]
Photos of the month - March 2007
Photo With technology and Formula One more closely associated than ever, Tim Ferguson went along to the launch of the 2007 Williams F1 car at the team's base at Grove, Oxfordshire. With travels around India's tech hotspots, Formula One racing car... [02 Apr 2007]
Photos: Tech titans back F1 racing hopes
Photo The launch of the AT&T Williams 2007 car took place at the team's base - above - at Grove in Oxfordshire. With technology and Formula One more closely associated than ever, silicon.com went along to the launch of the 2007 Williams F1 car. [19 Mar 2007]
Photos: The first Windows Vista computers
Photo The 19-inch touch-enabled display is integrated with the 320GB PC base and comes with a wireless keyboard and mouse. Microsoft unveiled the first new PCs and laptops designed for the Windows Vista operating system at the annual Consumer Electronics... [10 Jan 2007]
