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Photo Byford said it's the only rescue operation of its kind in the country and the information provided by these maps will be invaluable in making it easier to navigate this treacherous area. Satellite technology able to penetrate thick cloud cover is...
[10 Dec 2007]
Photo The Argo programme was started back in 2000 - with the first UK float deployed in 2001 - and by the beginning of November this year there were around 3,000 of these floating computers in operation. The Met Office is taking part in a global...
[21 Nov 2007]
Photo With only 45 people in the company, Freedom4's CEO said the network build and operation activities will be outsourced. Pipex Wireless has rebranded and will relaunch with a nationwide rollout of a WiMax network across the UK.
[05 Oct 2007]
Photo An example of an issue to be dealt with here: a lorry queuing operation at Dover might need to be sign-posted further north than Birmingham to give lorry drivers enough chance to respond. This is one of the messages currently being trialled on...
[02 Aug 2006]
Photo One in three million: A ticket for the Fifa World Cup Finals in Germany. This ticket, like the other three million which have been printed, includes an RFID chip which contains information about the rightful owner and the ticket's origin.
[20 Jun 2006]
Photo But in terms of operation, all controls are consciously kept very simple. An HP Halo room (the whole product and service comes very much from HP) looks a lot like some traditional videoconferencing facilities.
[13 Dec 2005]
Photo A team of 250 Atos Origin staff will run the operation supported by some 800 IT volunteers. The city of Turin close to the Alps in the north of Italy is gearing up to host the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, starting on 10 February.
[02 Dec 2005]
Photo The R&D operation employs a total of 4,200 researchers, 15 of whom are located here in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Here's an exterior view of France Telecom's Boston research and development lab, one of the company's 14 labs worldwide.
[03 Oct 2005]
Photo Putting security on the map: Inside the operation centre there are constantly updating screens monitoring security outbreaks as they occur, plotting metrics such as number of interceptions against real time geographical locations to measure the...
[12 Sep 2005]
Photo The operation to ensure all Harry Potter fans receive their books on the day of release from Amazon.co.uk is a mammoth task. The company has a 200,000 square foot high-security warehouse where the books are kept prior to despatch.
[13 Jul 2005]
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