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Photos: The Cern computers cracking the Big Bang
Photo The Cern Computer Centre in Geneva, seen here, is the number-crunching hub that powers the physics research lab's quest to discover the nature of the universe. A formidable 8,000 servers housing 40,000 Intel processor... [06 Oct 2008]
Photos: Supercomputers signal when storms are a-brewing
Photo Tucked away in Reading, the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is using technology to map the weather across the world for up to 15 days ahead and provide forecasts for about 30 European countries, including the UK. [06 Jun 2008]
Photos: RFID bumblebees create a buzz
Photo In nature there are lots of different flower types in terms of shape, colour and reward. Scientists are making a beeline for RFID technology to open up new frontiers of research into insect behaviour. [29 Feb 2008]
Photos: The future of videoconferencing
Photo Videoconferencing has had many false dawns over the last couple of decades because of issues with video quality, poor latency and the cumbersome nature of the products but IT giants Cisco and HP are now going... [26 Jul 2007]
Photos: Unearthing the zero-carbon data centre
Photo But the subterranean nature of the Smartbunker did make it tricky to connect the data centre to the outside world. Managed services provider Centrinet has launched what it claims is the UK's first data centre that has... [03 Jul 2007]
Photos: The tech behind the Olympic Games
Photo The nature of the Winter Olympics means the sports in Turin will be widely dispersed across 14 competition venues, some of which are more than 100km away from the city centre up in the mountains. The city of Turin close... [02 Dec 2005]
Photos: Offshore, inside India's IT capital Bangalore
Photo Bangalore isn't a huge city but the traffic situation means it usually takes at least 45 minutes to drive anywhere, although the unpredictable nature of the roads means journeys can often take much longer. [28 Nov 2005]
