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Photos: Honda kick starts motorcycle safety tech
Photo Honda cites an EU funded research project called the Motorcycle In-Depth Study published in 1999, which found of the 88 per cent of motorcycle accidents caused by human error, 38 per cent were due to the motorcyclist and 50 per cent were... [29 Oct 2008]
Photos: IBM's store of the future
Photo Each pallet has its own tag, which is read as the driver unloads it - here, the pallet shown has its RFID tag embedded in a plastic case on the top. One of these is an Electronic Shelf Edge Label (Esel) support network. [08 Oct 2008]
ID cards, driverless buses and virtual shipwrecks
Photo Here's a driver giving the tech a spin. The MoD showed off the computer games it uses to give army drivers in the Royal Logistics Corps experience of situations they might face in the Middle East. To see more click here. [02 Oct 2008]
Photos: The bus that doesn't need a driver
Photo Most passengers would react in horror if their bus veered across the road while the driver sat back, hands off the steering wheel. Despite the computer's involvement, the driver can resume manual control... [11 Sep 2008]
Photos: Red Bull Racing's F1 factory
Photo Red Bull Racing race driver Mark Webber puts the new car, the RB4, through its paces at Jerez in Spain. This is the headquarters of Red Bull Technology in Milton Keynes where the cars for the Red Bull Racing and Scuderia... [10 Mar 2008]
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: High tech vans map out Europe
Photo The driver has to adjust speed depending on the light conditions to make sure the images are clear. The van co-driver views the live images on a tablet PC mounted on the dashboard to monitor the picture... [21 May 2007]
Photos: RNLI floats new pager system
Photo The coxswain - in charge of the lifeboat and the only permanent member of staff at the Lytham St Annes station - sits behind the driver to act as a point of contact and observation to the crew both inside and out on deck. [02 May 2007]
Photos: RFID, tablets, handhelds - going down the Tube
Photo Photo credit: Steve Ranger silicon.com's Steve Ranger in the driver's seat. Tube Lines is the consortium responsible for the maintenance and upgrade of all the infrastructure on the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines... [01 May 2007]
Photos: How Heathrow Express does wi-fi
Photo Wallbridge told silicon.com there are many other applications for wi-fi enabled trains including using live CCTV to warn the driver of any problems within the train's carriages and providing up-to-date travel information... [24 Apr 2007]
Photos: Tech titans back F1 racing hopes
Photo Williams race driver Alex Wurz chats about his return to racing after nearly six years as a test driver. With technology and Formula One more closely associated than ever, silicon.com went along to the... [19 Mar 2007]
Photos: Germany's road charging tech
Photo If a driver is stopped, after checks show no payment has been made, they can be made to cough up while out on the road. One way the scheme is policed is by these vans, 300 of which roam the country's major routes. [02 Feb 2007]
Photos: Make vroom for your iPod
Photo Controls on the steering wheel allow the driver to select tracks, adjust volume and mute the music. In-car tech is changing rapidly with satellite navigation systems, DVD players and even in-car broadband now available. [01 Feb 2007]
Photos: The tech driving Renault Formula 1
Photo The Renault Formula 1 team was testing at Silverstone this week ahead of the Suzuka Grand Prix in Japan in October - crucial now that with three races left rival Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher has closed the gap on... [20 Sep 2006]
Photos: Offshore, inside India's IT capital Bangalore
Photo One taxi driver, when asked what time this morning rush hour ends, said "10pm". Since the end of October British Airways has been running its first direct flights from London Heathrow to Bangalore at the heart of India's... [28 Nov 2005]
