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Photos: Nokia goes state of the Arte with carbon fibre
Photo Nokia may be focusing on growing its business by shipping large volumes of lower-end phones to the developing world but the Finnish mobile maker has added a new line in luxury to its 8800 Arte series of fashion phones, announcing 'Carbon Arte' - a... [20 Aug 2008]
Photos: Broadband in London's Victorian sewers
Photo Geo recently announced further extension of its fibre network, connecting into a major data centre on London's South Bank. And Icelandic Telco provider Siminn uses the network to provide a dedicated fibre connection between its two London data... [22 Jul 2008]
Photos: The solar powered speedster
Photo The vehicles have streamlined and lightweight Kevlar and carbon fibre bodies, designed to reduce drag - which can account for about 70 per cent of all power lost at cruising speeds. It might look like a UFO hurtling towards you but this solar... [16 Jun 2008]
Photos: Feeling chipper about green IT
Photo Shelves of number-crunching servers at Rackspace Hosting's data centre in Slough will be running on nothing but organic waste, including wood chips, fibre and paper. Burning wood might be a chip off the old block but it is something of a novel... [20 May 2008]
Photos: Ellen McArthur's new boat
Photo No unnecessary fittings are permitted, leaving the carbon fibre hull exposed. The BT IMOCA 60 is the fruit of a title sponsorship deal between Team Ellen - headed up by iconic British yachtswoman Dame Ellen McArthur - and BT inked in September last... [02 May 2008]
Photos of the month - January 2008
Photo Plans for super-fast broadband have taken an interesting turn, with H2O networks using the sewer system for its fibre optic cables. A video was played showing Gates asking various celebrities for a job. [30 Jan 2008]
Photos: Fibre in the sewers to speed up UK cities
Photo UK company H2O Networks has announced plans to bring superfast broadband - offering speeds of up to 100Mbps - to UK cities by laying fibre optic cables in the sewer. Waste water ducts can easily accommodate the fibre cabling (pictured above) that... [25 Jan 2008]
Photos: The super-brain behind the particle smasher
Photo The LHC's grid network will use dedicated 10Gbps optical fibre links to connect 100,000 PCs around the globe - these computers are used to analyse the experimental data and compare it to theoretical simulations. [21 May 2007]
Photos: Broadband goes down the drain
Photo Putting fibre optic cable into sewer pipes is faster and cheaper than digging up the road to lay cable, according to the company behind the plans, H2O Networks. H20 Networks managing director Elfed Thomas explained the company's plans to use the... [16 Nov 2006]
Photos of the month - October 06
Photo Voice authentication systems and a giant fibre-optic microphone were also flaunted. HP turns the tables: HP unveiled its vision of the next generation of gadgets at the beginning of the month. The gadgets are centred around a personal hub: a pocket... [31 Oct 2006]
Photos: The secrets of BT Labs
Photo This might not look very exciting but it's effectively a form of giant fibre-optic microphone, with applications ranging from finding where your phone line is broken to testing jet engines. The kit was developed to help BT engineers identify... [02 Oct 2006]
Photos: The legendary satellite dishes of Goonhilly
Photo The undersea fibre optic cables which enter Britain along the Cornish coast also run into the Goonhilly site. This is Guinevere, aka Goonhilly 3, one of the dishes at BT's Goonhilly satellite earth station. [22 Aug 2006]
Photos: What's inside France Telecom's Paris R&D Labs
Photo This version was later binned - the fibre optics were considered too chunky and image definition was poor. Here, a later version swaps fibre optics for LEDs and cuts down the display panel size to make the top more comfortable to wear. [09 Sep 2005]
