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Photos of the Month - November 2007
Photo A race of driverless cars took place on a former airbase in California this month run by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Kicking off our photo stories this month was the iPhone launch on 9 November. [29 Nov 2007]
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: Cambridge innovation day abuzz with fresh tech
Photo The saucer also has military applications to help reconnaissance missions, with the Ministry of Defence and the US Department of Defense both showing interest in the tech. Search and rescue flying saucers, sniffer bees and mobile maps are just some... [07 Sep 2007]
Photos: The car that drives itself
Photo The Urban Challenge run by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), which is affiliated with the US Department of Defense. This may look like an everyday Volkswagen Passat but underneath the unremarkable exterior is cutting-edge... [13 Apr 2007]
Photos: Biometric security comes to Heathrow
Photo Other tech companies involved in the miSense project include IER, Raytheon Systems, Sagem Defense Securite and airline IT body Sita, The miSense trial at London's Heathrow Airport will use biometric fingerprint and iris scans to screen air... [06 Dec 2006]
