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Photo Kemp said: "We humans naturally point at things but we aren't very accurate, so we use the context of the situation or verbal cues to clarify which object is important. You know the future has arrived when scientists bring together two staples of...
[10 Apr 2008]
Photo The kiosk in itself isn't a new innovation, but it does feature a Wave & Pay point for near field communication payment cards. The latest innovations in tech for retailers were showcased at the Retail Business Show held at the Olympia in West...
[15 Feb 2008]
Photo Since its invention, the size of transistors has continued to shrink to the point that today more than six billion transistors - about one for every human alive today - could fit easily in an area the size of a credit card.
[29 Jan 2008]
Photo In talking about Leopard, Jobs announced Time Capsule, which is a "backup appliance" that looks like the Mac Mini or Apple TV, and is basically a wireless access point with a hard drive. Photo credit: Corinne Schulze/CNET Networks
[16 Jan 2008]
Photo UK explorer and environmentalist Pen Hadow (pictured right), accompanied by colleagues Ann Daniels (left) and Martin Hartley (centre), headed north for two hours from the Arctic's Eureka Weather Station to a point 80.0 degrees north to make the...
[12 Nov 2007]
Photo From an engineering point of view nothing could be more exciting. This is the spider-like catamaran Proteus, the first full sized wave adaptive modular vessel, designed to adapt to waves rather than fight them.
[10 Sep 2007]
Photo IBM has served up a virtual recreation of the Wimbledon tennis championships in Second Life with scoreboards (pictured) which will update on a point by point basis. Pictured is silicon.com's avatar taking a walk around the virtual Renault F1 garage.
[27 Jun 2007]
Photo Residents can see the last point replayed on the virtual court as soon as the rally has finished in the real world. The scoreboards will update point by point. IBM is recreating the action of the Wimbledon tennis championships in Second Life.
[18 Jun 2007]
Photo The coxswain - in charge of the lifeboat and the only permanent member of staff at the Lytham St Annes station - sits behind the driver to act as a point of contact and observation to the crew both inside and out on deck.
[02 May 2007]
Photo The scheme is a mix of satellite technology - GPS, though a future move to Europe's Galileo system is likely - roadside cellular networks, wireless LANs and point-to-point infrared. For two years Germany has had an electronic road-charging system...
[02 Feb 2007]
Photo The Q is Moto's attempt at Razr-ing the smart phone and looks are most definitely its main selling point.Based squarely on the 'thin is in', the Q wins a beauty contest as the skinniest Qwerty device, but it's no size 0 bimbo.
[09 Nov 2006]
Photo Shortly after sunrise on Saturday 7 October a group of around 100 volunteers descend upon Bayview YMCA in the Hunter's Point neighbourhood of San Francisco. Recently silicon.com managing editor Will Sturgeon joined Salesforce.com's Salesforce...
[10 Oct 2006]
Photo Part of the (inexplicably) popular chain this bar on Bishopsgate is opposite Liverpool Street station - perhaps its only real selling point for the business traveller looking to log on and get an overpriced drink and a bite to eat before braving...
[31 Aug 2006]
Photo Every single carriage is, in effect, a unique installation with its own access-point and a wireless 'bridge' between each carriage that links up to the main server at the back of the train. GNER's on-board wi-fi works using a combination of a...
[27 Jul 2006]
Photo And this is part of Huawei's 'university', where every employee on campus will train at some point. Welcome to Huawei's HQ in Shenzhen, China. This is a small section of the 1.6km2 of land that the company occupies.
[27 Jun 2006]
Photo However, sites such as eBay have also subsequently done a roaring trade in black market tickets and the fact many tickets were just allocated to companies, rather than individuals means the RFID system is effective only up to a point.
[20 Jun 2006]
Photo Another point to bear in mind: 3G data cards are fiendishly useful abroad but also fiendishly expensive. There are long stretches of dead time at airports, lonely hotels and gruelling periods spent in transit.
[26 May 2006]
Photo But being a focal point at the heart of Silicon Valley also helps. When rolling out wi-fi Schlough directed one access point into the Bay so boats and even kayaks belonging to souvenir hunters can get online waiting to pounce on balls hit out of...
[21 Apr 2006]
Photo The Abbaye des Hommes, once home to William the Conqueror's men, has gone all high-tech for the trial with its own NFC point. The city of Caen in Normandy is the home of the largest near field communications (NFC) trial.
[20 Apr 2006]
Photo At this point the machine saves the previous 20 seconds and the next five minutes of camera footage. At the appropriate point during the TV programme the teacher can then print out the relevant document and share it with the pupils.
[12 Apr 2006]
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