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Photos: Inside a supercomputer lab
Photo You can see just one set of the processors and control systems that run what is currently the 175th most powerful computer in the world. This was the original control station for the graphite reactor at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. [14 Jul 2008]
Photos: Say hello to Intel's little helpers
Photo One project would enable hardware rather than an operating system to control power-saving settings. With two cameras on its hand, the device is able to autonomously recognise cups on the table, pick them up, and place them in the dishwasher. [18 Jun 2008]
Photos: Robot warriors engage in battle
Photo Even the control component of this entry has been chosen with portability in mind. The challenge is to create a system with a high degree of autonomy that can detect, identify, locate and report a comprehensive range of military threats. [06 May 2008]
Photos: Ellen McArthur's new boat
Photo Below this display is a control for the NiCad batteries that power the boat's systems. Further left is a colourful control for the keel, which ensures the optimum profile in the water. The control centre below is a concentration of sensory data... [02 May 2008]
Photos: The Birth of Hi-Tech Britain
Photo The large red 'Scram' button in the centre of the control panel would shut down the reactor in the event of an emergency. Here is a control panel for the Jason nuclear reactor from the Royal Naval College at Greenwich used in 1962. [01 May 2008]
India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...
Photo The cutting-edge Masternaut Three X telematics system allows a control centre to track 20 gritter lorries that keep a 178km stretch of the M4 motorway in South Wales clear of snow and ice. Vehicles are fitted with five radar units and four control... [29 Apr 2008]
Photos: Satellites free the roads from snow and ice
Photo The cutting-edge Masternaut Three X telematics system allows a control centre - pictured above - to track 20 gritter lorries that keep a 178km stretch of the M4 motorway in South Wales clear of snow and ice. [09 Apr 2008]
Photos: Eye in the sky to spot 'friendly fire'
Photo A soldier operates one of the specialist vehicles that control the system. Vehicles are fitted with five radar units and four control nodes and backed up by air picture trailers. UK troops on the ground are to get an eye in the sky that will help... [03 Apr 2008]
Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war
Photo Enforcer is designed to be fitted to a wide range of combat vehicles and can control anything from a 7.2mm general purpose machine gun to a 40mm automatic grenade launcher. Holographic quantum technology and acoustic sniper sensors may sound like... [26 Mar 2008]
Photos: Heathrow bags RFID tech to end lost luggage
Photo At the luggage control centre two screens displaying green pipes show any blockages or problems on the conveyor belt system, while the screen on the right updates every few seconds with the details of another bag as it passes through the laser... [14 Feb 2008]
Photos: Heathrow's T5 tech ready for take-off
Photo This shows one of the desks at BA's Heathrow Airport Control (HAC) centre which is now based in T5. silicon.com has been given an exclusive behind the scenes look at BAA's brand new Terminal 5 (T5) at Heathrow ahead of its official opening for... [12 Feb 2008]
Photos: Power-generating leg brace goes for a walk
Photo The Biomechanical Energy Harvester uses sensors and a real-time control system to assist the hamstring muscles in slowing the knee motion. Researchers from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia have developed a device worn much like a knee... [11 Feb 2008]
Photos: St Pancras steams ahead with new tech
Photo The hope is the large number of e-ticket machines will mean there are fewer queues and people can quickly pass through to passport control and the bag drop desks on the other side. This is the main entrance to the newly reopened London St Pancras... [19 Nov 2007]
Photos: Cool tech behind an Arctic expedition
Photo This consists of an ear-mounted, jawbone-sensing headset and separate throat-located microphone which are connected, through a wiring harness built into the team member's sledging suit, to a belt-mounted control box. [17 Oct 2007]
Photos: The Millennium Dome goes high-tech
Photo NEC has implemented a venue-wide RFID-based smartcard system to control staff access that is linked to the venue's time and attendance system. This week silicon.com got a sneak preview of the new-look Dome. [22 Jun 2007]
