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Photos: 'Hero' bot hunts criminals
Photo Hero bot is part of a range of technologies used to protect UK and EU borders, including the e-Borders scheme that relies on biometric checks to screen travellers crossing country borders. It might only be the size of a briefcase but an intelligent... [24 Jul 2008]
Photos: Supercomputers signal when storms are a-brewing
Photo Its data is even used to enforce the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, allowing radioactive particles to be traced back to their country of origin using wind patterns. Medium range forecasts are sent out twice a day to the National... [06 Jun 2008]
Photos: Welcome to futuristic shopping
Photo Possible benefits could be for travellers who arrive in a foreign country only to find their phone doesn't work. silicon.com visited Fujitsu's Customer Experience Centre in Middlesex to see the Japanese company's vision for the future of retail. [04 Jun 2008]
Beijing Olympics, Google Earth, BlackBerry Bold and more
Photo The Indian government will help fund the rollout of a scheme created by an Indian outsourcing veteran to provide the country's first dedicated ambulance service. Here is the Beijing National Stadium - also known as the 'Bird's Nest'. [30 May 2008]
Photos: India 999
Photo The Indian government will help fund the rollout of a scheme created by an Indian outsourcing veteran to provide the country's first dedicated ambulance service. For years the country has had no dedicated single number to call an ambulance, with... [01 May 2008]
Photos: Discover high-tech India
Photo Bangalore is India's most famous offshore location but the city of Hyderabad is also one of the country's tech hotspots, and silicon.com went to see it first hand this month. Hitec City in Hyderabad is a glaring mass of gleaming multimillion pound... [28 Apr 2008]
Photos: Fibre in the sewers to speed up UK cities
Photo The UK has 360,000 miles of sewers and H2O Networks told silicon.com it is in discussions with various councils to bring fibre to other cities across the country. UK company H2O Networks has announced plans to bring superfast broadband - offering... [25 Jan 2008]
Photos: Satellite mapping through clouds
Photo Byford said it's the only rescue operation of its kind in the country and the information provided by these maps will be invaluable in making it easier to navigate this treacherous area. Satellite technology able to penetrate thick cloud cover is... [10 Dec 2007]
Photos: Five mobile gadgets for cops
Photo The East of England Ambulance Service is one of the first in the country to roll out the Airwave secure digital radio network to paramedics. Police forces and other emergency services are being equipped with mobile devices to keep officers in... [27 Nov 2007]
Photos: The Millennium Dome goes high-tech
Photo The O2 venue houses an 11-screen Vue cinema featuring the country's largest digital screen, measuring 22m. This week silicon.com got a sneak preview of the new-look Dome. The 23,000-seat arena has been built by AEG and is sponsored by mobile... [22 Jun 2007]
Photos of the month: April 2007
Photo While on his India trip silicon.com's Steve Ranger spent a weekend in the country's tech capital Bangalore, where he attended the grand finale of Wipro's 'Sparks 2007' programme at the city sports stadium. [27 Apr 2007]
Photos: Inside the world's best known RFID bookshop
Photo The historic town of Maastricht in the Netherlands is home to one branch of the country's second largest book chain, BGN, housed in a striking 12th century church. But its location isn't the most interesting thing about it - the Selexyz Maastricht... [16 Apr 2007]
Photos of the month - February 2007
Photo Andy McCue took a trip to Russia to check out how the country is planning to become a leading destination for outsourcing. Honda's new Civic Type-R (above) is one of numerous cars now equipped with iPod capability. [01 Mar 2007]
Photos: Outsourcing to Russia
Photo Red Square, the colourful St Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin may be the traditional image of Russia but the country is also investing in a series of technology parks - such as one at Dubna, 120km outside Moscow - as it bids for a slice of the... [15 Feb 2007]
Photos: How old PCs can bridge the digital divide
Photo The ribbon-cutting ceremony in Nairobi was watched by a group of visitors from the IT industry in the UK, who were in Kenya to take part in a 400km fundraising bike ride across the country. Kenya is still a fairly fragmented country, where basic... [12 Feb 2007]
