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Photos: Inside Big Blue's big green datacentre
Photo This facility, which hosts several internal IBM applications, is packed with millions of dollars' worth of IBM hardware, of course, but also some of the latest energy-efficiency techniques. The centre is beta testing an... [22 Sep 2009]
Photos: Restoring one of the world's oldest computers
Photo The machine was built and used by the Atomic Energy Research Establishment in Harwell, Oxfordshire and went on to be used as a teaching aid at a college in Wolverhampton until 1973. Work began this week on restoring what... [04 Sep 2009]
Photos: Artificial eyes and airport scanners - what's hot in R&D
Photo Developers include: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory, United States Department of Energy,... [21 Aug 2009]
Photos: From Big Bang physics to F1 racing - how analytics is shaping the world's decisions
Photo The four detectors within Cern's particle accelerator - each looking for different particles and energy signatures - have built-in electronics and attached computer centres that analyse and throw away the bulk of the... [27 Jul 2009]
Photos: Jellyfish inspire the routers of the future
Photo TalkTalk asked Goldsmiths students to consider four factors in designing the devices: signal strength, home style, energy efficiency and enjoyment. The Energy Saving Router doubles as a set of key hooks. [22 Jul 2009]
Photos: The top five UK supercomputing projects
Photo The simulations will help answer questions such as whether the universe will continue its expansion forever or will collapse into a Big Crunch and how old is the universe, as well as shedding light on the mysterious nature of dark matter... [18 May 2009]
iPhone 3.0, Windows 7, robots and the office of the future
Photo The Weybridge facility relies on a technique called air separation and recirculation to make it as energy efficient as possible and is on course to reduce the annual power consumption of the company that uses it by 15.8... [07 Apr 2009]
Photos: F1 tech races into the real world
Photo New for the 2009 F1 season is the optional use of kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS) which store kinetic energy produced when the car brakes. The energy is captured by a flywheel and... [30 Mar 2009]
Photos: A look inside one of the world's most efficient datacentres
Photo Built by Keysource, the datacentre relies on a technique called air separation and recirculation to make it as energy efficient as possible. This is the Ecofris datacentre, billed as one of the most efficient datacentres... [17 Mar 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: Apple Mac mini
Photo Competitive Nvidia graphics chip; includes updated Apple iLife '09 suite; energy-efficient; space-saving chassis retains distinct design Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? Looking for inspiration? [13 Mar 2009]
Photos: Take a trip around Xerox Parc
Photo Solar energy technologies, stemming from past Xerox research on printing technology, is yielding more efficient solar design, Jacobson said. The Palo Alto Research Center (Parc) was built in California by Xerox in the... [19 Feb 2009]
Photos: Windows 7, supercomputers, Google Labs, iPill
Photo At five is the IBM Blue Gene/P system, seen here, at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. Attendees got to have a play with Microsoft's Vista replacement, Windows 7, at the Windows Hardware and... [27 Nov 2008]
Photos: The world's fastest supercomputers revealed
Photo Not only is it the most powerful supercomputer but Roadrunner, seen here, is also one of the most energy efficient systems on the TOP500. Both of the top two systems are housed at national laboratories operated by the US... [17 Nov 2008]
Photos: Brain of Britain
Photo The computing centre is pushing the boundaries of cutting-edge research in areas including health, where it is helping Cardiff University Hospital of Wales' positron emission tomography scanner to detect cancers at a smaller size;... [07 Nov 2008]
Photos: A tour of SAS's green campus
Photo Work is already underway on the scheme that will see the latest building to go up on the campus aim for LEED (leadership in energy and environmental design) status, a mark of approval from the Green Building Council. [05 Nov 2008]
