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Photos: 'Hero' bot hunts criminals
Photo The modestly named Hero bot uses its spotlights and high resolution cameras to scan the underside of UK-bound lorries and coaches travelling through Calais - one of Europe's biggest ports. BAE Systems says it has high hopes for the potential of... [24 Jul 2008]
Photos: Broadband in London's Victorian sewers
Photo silicon.com took a trip out to the east end of London, to the Thames Water depot near Stratford, for a rare trip down inside London's Victorian sewer network to see a much more high-tech network which it is now hosting - Geo's business broadband... [22 Jul 2008]
Photos: How to destroy your hard drive
Photo Disposing of computer hard drives in a secure and safe way has become a hot topic, especially after the high profile data leaks in the past year. Whether it is ID thieves after personal information; or data leaks that could affect business or even... [17 Jul 2008]
Photos: It's virtual everything in Cisco's future
Photo Marsolier said the high quality videoconferencing experience provided by TelePresence - while more expensive and bandwidth-heavy than webcam alternatives, such as this one developed by Telefonica - has the benefit of making the patient feel as if... [16 Jul 2008]
Photos: Wi-fi in the great outdoors
Photo Worker 2.0: But some high tech workers are accustomed to working outside an office. Outdoor office: A quiet corner of St James' park in London was turned into an outdoor office last week by tourism and visitor promotion organisation, Visit London. [08 Jul 2008]
Photos: Shopping just got high-tech
Photo A number of adventurous technologies were on display at the Retail Solutions Show, which this year relocated from Birmingham to the ExCel Centre in London. The show covers all aspects of retail technology, from IP VPNs, to plain old cash registers. [27 Jun 2008]
Photos: The solar powered speedster
Photo Regenerative brakes are also often used to recover energy, while brushless DC hub motors help guarantee high efficiencies above 90 per cent. It might look like a UFO hurtling towards you but this solar-powered race car is proof that fast wheels are... [16 Jun 2008]
Photos: Supercomputers signal when storms are a-brewing
Photo Throbbing cooling towers stretch from the floor to the high ceiling in the computer hall to keep the temperature at a constant 17.9 degrees Celsius. Its high performance computers already impressive performance will leap forward by the end of the... [06 Jun 2008]
Photos: Welcome to futuristic shopping
Photo Fujitsu retail technology serves around 80 retailers and 16,000 stores across Europe, the Middle East and Africa and the company demonstrated some of the tech we could see on the high street in the near future. [04 Jun 2008]
Beijing Olympics, Google Earth, BlackBerry Bold and more
Photo The challenge is to create a system with a high degree of autonomy that can detect, identify, locate and report a comprehensive range of military threats. This month silicon.com editor Steve Ranger visited China for a behind the scenes tour of the... [30 May 2008]
Photos: Google Earth issues stark climate change warning
Photo Under the worst case scenario high emissions would lead to a drop of 77 million tonnes in China's annual agricultural output, bringing food production beneath the basic requirements of 300kg per person. [22 May 2008]
Photos: Microsoft beams outer space to the desktop
Photo The WorldWide Telescope is a rich web application that accesses high-resolution images taken by ground- and Earth-orbiting telescopes such as the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center and the Spitzer Space Telescope. [19 May 2008]
Photos: Welcome to Satyam's R&D labs
Photo Every part of the high-end car will be fully tested in a virtual environment to ensure it will work as well as a physical prototype. Passing through the soothing blue glow of a giant neon tube sets the tone perfectly for outsourcer Satyam's R&D... [19 May 2008]
Photos: Cutting edge art at the National Gallery
Photo The National Gallery also offers visitors the chance to buy high-quality prints of any of the 2,500 paintings held by the gallery through its print-on-demand service. The prints are produced on this huge HP printer which can print high quality... [16 May 2008]
Photos: BlackBerry Boldly goes Qwerty over touch again
Photo The screen is 480 x 320 pixels - a high-resolution display which RIM reckons more than makes up for the lack of a larger, touchscreen display especially when other factors - such as battery life and cost - are factored in. [15 May 2008]
