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Photos: A first look at Canonical's Intrepid Ibex
Photo This lets a person borrowing a computer perform actions such as logging into a web page without disrupting the main user's log-in credentials. Canonical recently released Ubuntu 8.10, aka Intrepid Ibex. [11 Nov 2008]
Photos: Visa predicts the future of paying
Photo The application allows payments to be made from one person's Visa account into another's. The stand, which was divided up into a number of showcases depicting home, ticket barrier and café environments showed delegates... [10 Nov 2008]
Photos: Cops use tech to point the finger of suspicion
Photo The machine takes a scan of a person's left and right index finger, as seen here, which are matched against the 7.5 million sets of fingerprint samples in Ident1. The system returns the person's name,... [24 Oct 2008]
Photos: What gadgets were the Victorians using?
Photo The device (from 1890) uses a bone note with the relevant person's name on it. The British Library in London is playing host to an exhibition of gadgets and technology from the Victorian era and early 20th century. [14 Aug 2008]
Photos: It's virtual everything in Cisco's future
Photo While the telehealth station does need a trained operator to assist patients, that person does not need to be a clinician and could operate more than one station. Networking company Cisco has been showing off some of the... [16 Jul 2008]
Photos: A snapshot of what HP's got up its sleeve
Photo This bubble analyses images to show who features most in a photo collection with the biggest bubble representing the person that features most often. HP Labs focuses on research and development of new technology that can... [09 Jun 2008]
Photos: Google Android unveils its face
Photo An Android screen with two shortcuts: one for the New York Times web page, and another for the contact information for a person in the Android contact list. Google demonstrated its Android mobile phone software Wednesday... [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: Welcome to Satyam's R&D labs
Photo A grid of 64 sensors monitors the surface of the image, playing piano notes as a person moves across its surface. The finished 3D version will pair a holographic projector with grids of sonar sensors that measure a... [19 May 2008]
Photos: Babbage's Difference masterpiece in action
Photo You've got to visit the machine in person to appreciate the wonderful, mechanic noises it makes while running. A forward-thinking mathematician and engineer, Babbage designed the Difference Engine in 1847. [12 May 2008]
Photos: Robots, lasers, action
Photo The pointer can also be used a second time to tell El-E to put the object in a certain place or give it to a specific person. The robot is able to detect the difference between a face, a table or the floor so it is able... [10 Apr 2008]
Photos: Smart posters and the 'seeing eye phone'
Photo An NFC tag could be programmed with a person's phone number and stuck to a picture of them. This system would work by having a reader in the door and a tag in a person's shoe. When the... [04 Apr 2008]
Photos: Power-generating leg brace goes for a walk
Photo Donelan said: "People are an excellent source of portable power - an average-sized person stores as much energy in fat as a 1,000kg battery. Researchers from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia have developed a... [11 Feb 2008]
Photos: Who's in the iPhone queue?
Photo Despite knowing they could walk into any O2 or Carphone Warehouse store and pick up an iPhone without having to queue, one person waiting in line said it's all about being part of "the event". Standing in line: The... [09 Nov 2007]
Photos: Cool tech behind an Arctic expedition
Photo The expedition team (pictured) can also communicate with one another and the UK HQ while on the ice via a three-way person-to-person communications system. A team of polar explorers will travel to and... [17 Oct 2007]
