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Photos: Beijing Olympics 2008 - tech keeping the games on track
Photo The board lists some of the suppliers involved with the infrastructure for the games. silicon.com has been given a behind-the-scenes tour of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games venues and technology infrastructure. [07 May 2008]
Photos: Ellen McArthur's new boat
Photo She said: "In non-stop sailing, we have to make what we carry on board as light as possible. Here, the company has provided the team with a mobile wi-fi hotspot, so that they can connect to the web on the boat when it is moored, without having to... [02 May 2008]
Photos: Robots, lasers, action
Photo El-E's power and computation is all on board and runs Ubuntu Linux on a Mac Mini. You know the future has arrived when scientists bring together two staples of science fiction: lasers and robots. But rather than 50-tonne behemoths dealing death... [10 Apr 2008]
Photos: Road testing wi-fi at 320kmph
Photo But a rack of servers (pictured) on board each train ensures content on the multimedia portal is accessible to passengers 100 per cent of the time. Photo credit: Natasha Lomas TGV passengers on the wi-fi-equipped trains can use the onboard internet... [28 Mar 2008]
Photos: Apple's Jobs slims down laptop for Macworld 2008
Photo Jobs showed off the MacBook Air's circuit board, explaining that an entire Mac was on a board about as long as a pencil. A display in the lobby of San Francisco's Moscone Center hints at a key announcement in Apple CEO Steve Jobs' Macworld speech... [16 Jan 2008]
Photos: Future tech at Microsoft Innovation day
Photo You can also interact with the Smart Board by using the touchscreen to write the names of items you want to check are in the house or need to be added to your shopping list. This is the Smart Board developed by the Living Tomorrow team along with... [06 Dec 2007]
Photos: US Army's Black Hawk goes high-tech
Photo Pilots can use PC Cards to load flight plan and intelligence information into the on-board computers - up to 8GB of data in total, with 2GB cards going into each of the four slots, according to the Army. [28 Nov 2007]
Photos: Cool tech behind an Arctic expedition
Photo This raw data is then processed by Sprite's on-board computer before being sent to the central sledge computer and compressed so it can be sent back to the UK headquarters via a satelite system. A team of polar explorers will travel to and traverse... [17 Oct 2007]
Photos: High-tech London St Pancras on track
Photo There will be a number of innovative customer information points around the station as well as small departures board like this one, which will scroll train information. LCR is attempting a different model from the one in which passengers... [08 Oct 2007]
Photos: MoD unveils £80m IT health programme
Photo After 2008, a version of the system will be available in field hospitals, on board ships and on the battlefield via laptops and other portable equipment. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has unveiled an £80m electronic military medical records system. [02 Aug 2007]
Photos: The car that drives itself
Photo Here you can see an actuator attached to the throttle system, which lets the on-board computer control the car's speed. This may look like an everyday Volkswagen Passat but underneath the unremarkable exterior is cutting-edge technology that allows... [13 Apr 2007]
Photos: PDAs in space
Photo Astronauts living on the International Space Station (ISS) will soon be using PDAs to help them with a variety of on-board tasks. Another upcoming application is the Inventory Management System (IMS), which is responsible for keeping track of the... [29 Jan 2007]
Photos: Biometric security comes to Heathrow
Photo One aim of the trial is to test the feasibility of advanced passenger screening in the UK where once a passenger is checked in, they are cross-referenced against various national and international intelligence, immigration and terror 'watch lists... [06 Dec 2006]
Photos: BlackBerrys through the ages
Photo The 6720 (shown above) from 2002 was not a massive step up from the 5820 but it was the first to have an on-board speaker and microphone and could be used on European and US networks. Following RIM's recent launch of its first BlackBerry aimed at... [29 Nov 2006]
Photos: How the table turned techie
Photo This wireless mat can be stored in its rolled-up state, or unfurled to act as a TV screen or games board. HP has unveiled its vision of the next generation of gadgets, all connected to a personal hub. [09 Oct 2006]
