electric in photos
Photos: 10 years of bananas, flips and candybars
Photo While Nokia continued to mine a tasty candybar niche - releasing the likes of the Nokia 8260 in cherry red and electric blue - another Scandinavian mobile maker, Ericsson, was doing well across the pond with this stylish... [17 Oct 2008]
Photos: Supercomputers unlocking the brain's secrets
Photo Here is the Magnetoencephalography (MEG) scanner, which maps the magnetic fields associated with electric fields in the brain. Supercomputing is helping UK researchers to delve deeper into the workings of the human mind... [13 Oct 2008]
Photos: Scots HQ is green office of the future
Photo The building uses an abnormally large amount of natural light to offset the energy used to power its electric lighting - all LED bulbs - and it is supported by a large amount of skylights afforded by the relatively small... [10 Sep 2008]
Blowing up hard drives, stinky broadband and super cars
Photo The Tesla Roadster, a sporty variation on the electric car, was one of the many high powered and eco-friendly cars on show at the British International Motor Show in London. Get revved up for more petrol-headed fun here. [01 Aug 2008]
Photos: Future car tech at the British Motor Show
Photo This is Nissan's take on the electric car, the Denki Cube. The cell mixes the hydrogen and air coming into the car which then reacts to create electrical energy which powers the electric motor at the rear. [25 Jul 2008]
Photos: Say hello to Intel's little helpers
Photo Another development in hand-like technology is this gripper, which uses electric field sensing and pre-touch technology that helps the device decide how to best handle an object. This robotic arm and hand developed by... [18 Jun 2008]
Photos: The Birth of Hi-Tech Britain
Photo This dustbin-sized 'Deuce' magnetic storage drum could hold 2KB and was made by English Electric from 1955 to 1964. The gleaming, primary colours of 1950s sci-fi icon Dan Dare met the vacuum tubes, dials and buttons of... [01 May 2008]
Photos: Power-generating leg brace goes for a walk
Photo The device harvests energy from the end of a walker's step, when the muscles are working to slow the movement of the leg, "in much the same way that hybrid electric cars recycle power from braking", according to a... [11 Feb 2008]
Photos: Modern computing balancing on the head of a pin?
Photo The transistor was first manufactured commercially at the former Western Electric plant (which later became Agere Systems) on Union Boulevard in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1951. They don't make them like this anymore -... [29 Jan 2008]
Photos: RFID tickets track football fans
Photo That meant channels had to be dug in the concrete floor to lay electric cables, and the blue system boxes for each reader had to be carefully attached to the wall without anything being drilled directly into the brickwork. [15 Nov 2006]
Photos of the month - July 06
Photo Wi-fi trains: All 30 of GNER's electric trains have now been kitted out with wi-fi and work is underway on the diesels, which will be completed by the end of summer, eight months ahead of schedule. Galileo heads for... [28 Jul 2006]
Photos: How GNER's on-board wi-fi works
Photo All 30 of GNER's electric trains have now been kitted out with wi-fi and work is underway on the diesels, which will be complete by the end of summer, eight months ahead of schedule. GNER's on-board wi-fi works using a... [27 Jul 2006]
Photos: A day in the life of an Amazon.co.uk order
Photo They will handle predominantly electric goods, such as cameras and DVD players, while the Marston Gate centre will continue to offer all of Amazon's goods as well as housing the company's DVD rental business.am Here's my... [26 Aug 2005]
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