institute in photos
Photos: Bill Gates through the ages
Photo In January this year Gates made his final public UK appearance as Microsoft Chairman at the Institute of Directors in London. Little did anyone know that this young man would become the richest man in the world, possibly the most famous name... [20 Jun 2008]
Photos: Microsoft beams outer space to the desktop
Photo Photo credit: Ascom Institute To use the telescope tool, you need to download drivers from a link that sends you to the Ascom Institute. Microsoft has released a free public beta of its WorldWide Telescope, which is software that lets both amateur... [19 May 2008]
Photos: India 999
Photo Now the government has agreed to help roll out the Emergency Management and Research Institute 108 service that offers one number and one ambulance fleet - with vehicles as seen here - to serve India's entire population of one billion people by 2010. [01 May 2008]
India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...
Photo Photo credit: Georgia Institute of Technology Pictured here is Tata Consultancy Services' campus - the outsourcing company's largest global development centre. Click here for more photos of Hyderabad and Chennai. [29 Apr 2008]
Caption Competition: Take that!
Photo Photo credit: Georgia Institute of Technology This competition is now closed. The winning caption, from reader Kenneth Wilkinson, was: "Your dinner's in the dog, the pots need washing and I`m off out for a pint of oil. [11 Apr 2008]
Photos: Robots, lasers, action
Photo Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Emory University School of Medicine believe they have found the answer to the difficulties that robots have in processing the imperfections of the real world using laser pointers. [10 Apr 2008]
Photos: Gates takes final UK bow and points to a green future
Photo Bill Gates addressed the Institute of Directors in London this week in what is likely to be his final UK appearance as Microsoft chairman before he moves to a part-time role with the company this summer. [31 Jan 2008]
Photos of the year
Photo Photo credit: Google Earth, Nasa and Space Telescope Science Institute silicon.com talked to Graham Linehan, writer and director of tech-flavoured sitcom The IT Crowd this October, to ask him about his inspiration for the show's characters. [13 Dec 2007]
Photos: The best of Google Sky
Photo Photo credit: Google Earth, Nasa and Space Telescope Science Institute Photo credit: Google Earth, Nasa and Space Telescope Science Institute Photo credit: Google Earth, Nasa and Space Telescope Science Institute [28 Nov 2007]
Photos: Floating computers keep an eye on the oceans
Photo Adam Hartling (left) and Richard Boyce, research technicians from the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, prepare to deploy an Argo float just off the coast of Nova Scotia. The Argo programme uses thousands of floating devices like the one pictured... [21 Nov 2007]
Photos: Six unusual power sources
Photo The "WiTricity" device - the term coined by the team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to describe the wireless power phenomenon - uses magnetic fields to remotely power the gadgets. Currently it is "not realistic" to try to power... [19 Nov 2007]
Photos of the month - September 2007
Photo This is Alice, a driverless van that is being fine-tuned by Team Caltech, a group of robotics researchers based at the California Institute of Technology. The iPod Touch features touchscreen controls, much like the iPhone, and the previous version... [27 Sep 2007]
Photos: Robot racer hits the street
Photo Team Caltech, a robotics group at the California Institute of Technology, is one of 35 teams competing in DARPA's Urban Grand Challenge, a race of driverless vehicles on mock city streets, scheduled for 3 November. [27 Sep 2007]
Photos of the month - May 2007
Photo The British Film Institute unveiled 14 individual mini-cinemas this month where the public can view hundreds of rare film and TV titles for free. Ever wondered where the maps on your sat-nav device come from? [30 May 2007]
Photos: BFI switches on film jukebox
Photo The British Film Institute (BFI) has unveiled 14 individual mini-cinemas where the public can view hundreds of rare film and TV titles for free. The BFI South Bank Mediatheque in London currently holds around 400 films and television shows from the... [14 May 2007]
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