program in photos
Drugs just where you need them with the iPill
Photo A delivery location can be loaded onto the iPill's microprocessor by way of a control program. The program can then instruct the iPill how to drop its drugs - in a burst or released slowly, for example -... [12 Nov 2008]
Photos: A day in the life of a virus hunter
Photo Further down the screen you can see PEC2, indicating it has been packed into a runtime packer, a method of compressing an executable program. Analysts will then break the malware down into its constituent programming... [09 Oct 2008]
Photos: The bus that doesn't need a driver
Photo The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has provided $320,000 to fund this Automated Bus Guidance System demonstration project, conducted by the California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH)... [11 Sep 2008]
Photos: Babbage's Difference masterpiece in action
Photo To program the engine, you set the initial values to the columns. A forward-thinking mathematician and engineer, Babbage designed the Difference Engine in 1847. His intent was to create an automated computing machine but... [12 May 2008]
Photos: Robot warriors engage in battle
Photo A handheld PC is used to program the UAVs with waypoints and threat detection is performed by the operator. The challenge is to create a system with a high degree of autonomy that can detect, identify, locate and report... [06 May 2008]
Photos: Charles Babbage's masterpiece reincarnated
Photo Robinson shows the details of a sample program he created for his Difference engine. Tech millionaire Nathan Myhrvold commissioned London's Science Museum to make him a version of Charles Babbage's famous Difference... [10 Apr 2008]
Photos: Flying robots, Colossus codebreaker, virus art
Photo This creation pictured is from a phishing program. Security software firm MessageLabs turned cyber threats into art using code from various malicious programmes. See our photo story for more weird and wonderful creations. [27 Mar 2008]
Photos: First look at Microsoft's NHS software
Photo Susan Brown, Microsoft's user experience program manager, said: "The expert will make the decisions, not the interface". Microsoft has unveiled a 'tailored' version of its Windows operating system to be used by National... [08 Mar 2007]
Photos of the month - January 2007
Photo One such use is the 'PDA Depressurisation Program', which is activated if the cabin pressure goes down and computes the time left before astronauts have to abandon the space station. With Vista's commercial launch fast... [31 Jan 2007]
Photos: PDAs in space
Photo One intended use is the PDA Depressurisation Program (PDP), which is activated in the event of depressurisation and computes the time left before astronauts have to abandon the space station. Astronauts living on the... [29 Jan 2007]
Photos: Vintage arcade games... revealed
Photo The 1982 movie Tron was one of the first films to employ widespread computer graphics, and the plot - rebellion by computer programs against the evil Master Control Program - meant it had plenty of techie fans. [28 Nov 2006]
Photos: Microsoft in China - a snapshot of R&D activities
Photo The PC received the data and, with a music program he had already installed, was able to play the tune perfectly. Welcome to Microsoft Research's Advanced Technology Center in Beijing. There are 180 researchers working... [23 Jun 2006]
