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Photos: silicon.com hanging by a rope
Photo But first-time abseiler Tim has a few issues with facing the right direction as he spins down the eight storeys. The silicon.com editorial team was invited down to Colt's office near London's Liverpool Street station to abseil down eight storeys to... [17 Jun 2008]
Photos: Google Earth issues stark climate change warning
Photo Met Office CEO John Hirst said in a statement: "Climate change is arguably one of the biggest issues facing the world today. Google Earth is painting in stark colours how climate change will affect the planet and its people over the next century. [22 May 2008]
Photos: Retailers take stock with video tech
Photo The system allows stock to be quickly reordered and detects products not facing the right way or in the wrong place on the shelves. Gaps on shop shelves can cost large retailers more than $4bn-a-year. [31 Jan 2008]
Photos: Soldiers test battle simulator tech
Photo The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has spent £250,000 on high-tech simulator equipment to provide more realistic training for frontline troops facing the threat of roadside and suicide bombs. The equipment was demonstrated earlier this month at the MoD... [22 Oct 2007]
Photos: The business boat race
Photo The competition was hosted by the Oxford Said Business School and saw Cambridge and Oxford students pitching their ideas to a group of judges and facing an eight-minute grilling from the panel. A 'vision mitt' which its inventors claim enables... [21 Feb 2007]
Photos: Vintage arcade games... revealed
Photo Those who played on the table-top up-facing screen of Space Invaders II will remember how exciting the game was at the time. Imagine having this in your front room. It's the PDP-1, the system which ran the first-ever computer game. [28 Nov 2006]
Photos: Inside Symantec's secure bunker
Photo Threats are also monitored on the four flatscreens on the facing wall. The Symantec bunker was built by the UK government in the early 1990s to shelter key utilities workers in the event of a nuclear attack and was originally a reservoir. [29 Nov 2005]
