communications system in photos
Photos: 60 years of NHS tech
Photo Here a nurse uses another communications and information system called Health Net which could access Prestel, and the email service Telecom Gold. This shows a doctor using the Prestel system which was a data service for medical professionals that... [09 Jul 2008]
Photos: Supercomputers signal when storms are a-brewing
Photo ECMWF receives and sends out data using the Regional Meteorological Data Communications Network and is connected to 42 sites in 41 countries. Its high performance computers already impressive performance will leap forward by the end of the year... [06 Jun 2008]
Beijing Olympics, Google Earth, BlackBerry Bold and more
Photo She is packed with sophisticated communications that keep the skipper, Seb Josse, in contact with the outside world as he sails through the most remote regions of the globe. The challenge is to create a system with a high degree of autonomy that... [30 May 2008]
Photos: Smart posters and the 'seeing eye phone'
Photo Near field communications (NFC) technology company Innovision, has been showing off its vision of a future where low-cost stick-on NFC tags can turn any object into a 'smart object' - allowing mobile users to 'physically browse' their environment... [04 Apr 2008]
Photos: US military puts 'bat' spies in the sky…
Photo They also plan to miniaturise its autonomous navigation system, and develop a smarter and lighter communications system than what is available with current technology. Like a real bat, the plane will be equipped with radar and a sensitive... [17 Mar 2008]
Photos: Lunar mobile phones preparing to soar
Photo The MoonLite orbiter would rely on a MeX propulsion system, seen here, and will be built using the expertise of BNSC satellite specialists from Guildford, who have built 27 satellites to date, with Nasa making the communications module, seen here. [25 Feb 2008]
Photos of the year
Photo Click here for more photos of the adventurers before their trek and here for pics from a more recent test of their equipment in the Arctic Circle, where the team sent the most northerly transmitted video message over their satellite communications... [13 Dec 2007]
Photos of the Month - November 2007
Photo A team of explorers sent the most northerly transmitted video message over their satellite communications system this month. Kicking off our photo stories this month was the iPhone launch on 9 November. [29 Nov 2007]
Photos: Arctic tech gets talking
Photo The video footage was transmitted from the Arctic Ocean using the Vanco Arctic Survey's satellite communications system. Virtual network operator Vanco developed and integrated the technology involved to keep the Arctic team's communications system... [12 Nov 2007]
Photos: Cool tech behind an Arctic expedition
Photo The expedition team (pictured) can also communicate with one another and the UK HQ while on the ice via a three-way person-to-person communications system. The Vanco Arctic Survey expedition will take 120 days, cover 2,000km and take roughly 10... [17 Oct 2007]
Photos: Virtual war tests new technology
Photo Bcip5, Falcon and Skynet 5 all form part of the wider Network Enabled Capability (NEC) communications infrastructure - which is the umbrella system under which most of the CWID UK trials fall. Although the geography of the field is not realistic... [14 Jun 2007]
Photos: RNLI floats new pager system
Photo Arqiva designed and built the original RNLI communications infrastructure more than seven years ago. Broadcast and communications company Arqiva signed the three-year contract with the RNLI to source, acquire, test, roll out and maintain the pagers... [02 May 2007]
Photos: Top 10 pieces of Linux kit
Photo For those who see mobiles as more of a hobby than a communications device, two manufacturers have also set about making phones that developers can adapt and amend themselves by running them on a completely open OS. [22 Nov 2006]
Photos: Get your Bluetooth into 007's style
Photo A number of watch manufacturers have decided to include Bluetooth in their latest pieces of wrist-wear with a view to giving that secret agent feel by allowing you to control your communications from your watch. [20 Nov 2006]
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