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Photos: What gadgets were the Victorians using?
Photo This is a fire grenade from 1880 which, when thrown and smashed in a fire, releases chemicals that extinguish the flames. The British Library in London is playing host to an exhibition of gadgets and technology from the Victorian era and early 20th... [14 Aug 2008]
Photos: The building of a data centre
Photo The centre has been sited for maximum peace-of-mind - away from terrorist threats inside the M25, on land that has not flooded in more than 100 years and with neighbours who have been screened for security risk and fire hazards. [11 Jun 2008]
Photos: Eye in the sky to spot 'friendly fire'
Photo UK troops on the ground are to get an eye in the sky that will help save lives by reducing 'friendly fire' and the number of air attacks. It will reduce friendly fire by allowing ground troops to avoid hot zones where allied aircraft are operating... [03 Apr 2008]
Photos: Five mobile gadgets for cops
Photo Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service is using a mobile process for streamlining assessments by fire fighters of operational risks, home fire risk checks and fire safety audits. This replaces the current paper-based scheme many fire services use... [27 Nov 2007]
Photos: Amazon enters the e-book world
Photo Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos has unveiled the company's e-book reader, the Kindle - the latest entry into the long unspectacular market for electronic handheld devices for reading material ranging from novels to newspapers. [23 Nov 2007]
Photos: Five unusual data centres
Photo The 20ft by 8ft shipping container (pictured) weighs 9,000kg and can provide 1.5 million gigabytes of disk storage and hold up to 250 Sun Fire CoolThreads T1000 servers. Data centres are big business, and as well as the usual anonymous buildings on... [25 Jul 2007]
Photos: Virtual war tests new technology
Photo The HQ contains Bcip5 - the military's battlefield digital radio system - used to provide direct support to the UK's air, land and maritime operations and prevent 'friendly fire' accidents. In a small field near Portsmouth, a war has been raging... [14 Jun 2007]
Photos: The data centre in a shipping container
Photo The 20 foot by eight foot container (pictured) weighs 9,000kg and can provide 1.5 million gigabytes of disk storage and hold up to 250 Sun Fire CoolThreads T1000 servers. Sun Microsystems will launch a data centre in a shipping container this... [18 May 2007]
Photos: Google Earth showcases natural disasters
Photo ESA captured this image following the Buncefield oil depot fire near Hemel Hampstead, which is reported to be Europe's worst peacetime fire. Google Earth and the European Space Agency (ESA) are showcasing the planet with 130 satellite images added... [17 Nov 2006]
Photos: Technology fights 'friendly fire'
Photo The tech on trial would warn troops if they were about to fire one of these anti-tank missiles at a friendly vehicle by mistake. Nato forces have been testing a range of combat identification technologies on Salisbury Plain. [20 Oct 2005]
