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Photos: Getting hands on with Microsoft touch
Photo Among the advantages of adding physics engines to surface computing is the ability to "stack objects" as seen with this collection of photos. Here's some examples of how Microsoft is putting touch tech to use. [22 Oct 2008]
Photos: Supercomputers unlocking the brain's secrets
Photo The team have to screen everything inside the scanner room to make sure there are no ferrous objects around, and use platinum spanners and non-ferrous fire extinguishers. Supercomputing is helping UK researchers to delve... [13 Oct 2008]
Photos: How computing cracks terrorist networks
Photo Key people, places and objects - known as entities - from the reports are listed and can be used to refine future searches. Here is a rare glimpse at how UK law enforcers are picking apart terrorist gangs and criminal... [23 Sep 2008]
Photos: It's virtual everything in Cisco's future
Photo The company added it is also exploring ways to bridge the real and virtual world environment, by for instance being able to include virtual objects - such as documents or avatars - in a videoconferencing session. [16 Jul 2008]
Photos: Say hello to Intel's little helpers
Photo Using a combination of RFID technology and a bracelet equipped with an accelerometer, Intel researchers hope that sensors on everyday objects will be able to tell if someone is successfully going about their daily... [18 Jun 2008]
Photos: Robots, lasers, action
Photo Researchers say one of the key benefits of the system is that El-E does not need to understand what objects are called, instead relying on an array of sensors similar to those seen here. Robots have some ability to... [10 Apr 2008]
Photos: Retailers take stock with video tech
Photo The trial system uses a five-megapixel camera and can handle a database of thousands of objects but currently struggles with more visually complex items such as clothes and vegetables. Gaps on shop shelves can cost large... [31 Jan 2008]
Photos of the year
Photo The three green laser lines measure time to impact to various objects, while the lines on the road show the route the car has taken previously which it uses to perfect its line. 2007 has seen a bumper crop of top tech... [13 Dec 2007]
Photos: Future tech at Microsoft Innovation day
Photo This shows an application that projects images into real objects held in front of a camera. The three green laser lines measure time to impact to various objects, while the lines on the road show the... [06 Dec 2007]
Photos: The best of Google Sky
Photo This is the Orion nebula - one of astronomy's most photogenic celestial objects and a hotbed of star formation. The Horsehead nebula (pictured) is one of the most photographed objects in the sky and is a... [28 Nov 2007]
Photos of the month - October 2007
Photo The software behemoth was showing off a table-like device that uses a 30-inch screen, several cameras, a Vista PC and a projector to create an interactive, touch-sensitive environment which reacts to objects coming into... [31 Oct 2007]
Photos: Microsoft Surface in depth
Photo These tags can be placed on a variety of objects and different commands can programmed into the Surface system. It uses a 30" screen, several cameras, a Vista PC and a projector to create an interactive, touch-sensitive... [02 Oct 2007]
Photos: Robot racer hits the street
Photo Externally, the robot Alice has dozens of sensors and other technology, including two GPS units and about seven lidar devices, which detect lanes and objects on the road. On the roof of the car, there's a pan tilt unit... [27 Sep 2007]
Photos: Microsoft's touchscreen tabletop PC
Photo Five infrared cameras sense fingers or other objects that touch the surface, while a DLP projector turned on its side generates the screen image people see. Mark Bolger, director of marketing for Microsoft's... [30 May 2007]
Photos of the month: April 2007
Photo The coloured dots represent solid objects picked up by a number of laser sensors, which the car uses to avoid obstacles in the road. Above, a traveller on his way to the airport accesses the wi-fi now available on all... [27 Apr 2007]
