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RSS radio in photosPhotos: The greatest tech sites from around the globe?
Photo Starting with those tech hotspots designated as World Heritage Sites (WHS), here is the 1923 Varberg Radio Station in Grimeton, Sweden, an exceptionally well-preserved monument to early wireless transatlantic communication. [13 Nov 2008]
Photos: A first look at Canonical's Intrepid Ibex
Photo Rhythmbox is an audio player that can play songs from online radio stations as well as music stored on the computer. Canonical recently released Ubuntu 8.10, aka Intrepid Ibex. This latest instalment of Linux for desktop... [11 Nov 2008]
Photos: 10 years of bananas, flips and candybars
Photo All told, it was something of a brick, certainly by today's slimline standards but it saw me through my uni years before inexplicably malfunctioning and being replaced, ignominiously, with a plasticy Philips which I exhausted within a... [17 Oct 2008]
Photos: Say hello to Intel's little helpers
Photo Researchers are also experimenting with ways of automatically switching off a computer's wireless radio, such as during lulls in video streaming, without affecting the user experience. With two cameras on its hand, the... [18 Jun 2008]
Photos: Robot warriors engage in battle
Photo Radio-controlled toys are relatively cheap, sturdy and light enough to provide viable prototypes. The Mindsheet team's entry is centred around a radio-controlled buggy that is carried to battle on a... [06 May 2008]
Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war
Photo Cobham's Eagle close combat radio, shown here, uses state of the art technology to provide a full duplex networked radio designed to provide the soldier with a more cost-effective handset which can cope... [26 Mar 2008]
Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine
Photo This is the radio receiver that was used to capture radio signals transmitting enciphered Lorenz messages. The enciphered messages from the radio signals were then punched onto paper... [18 Mar 2008]
Photos: Tech unlocks secrets of ancient Mummy
Photo The mummy is loaded into the MRT scanner, which creates a strong magnetic field that causes hydrogen atoms within the corpse to generate radio waves. A millennium after his death this boy from Peru, pictured here, is... [28 Feb 2008]
Photos: Five mobile gadgets for cops
Photo The East of England Ambulance Service is one of the first in the country to roll out the Airwave secure digital radio network to paramedics. The service ensures the clarity of calls by cutting out other... [27 Nov 2007]
Photos: High life at the high-tech hotel
Photo The systems are used as an entertainment hub for guests, with a radio, TV, DVD and CD player and a web browser all available. The recently opened City Inn hotel in Manchester must rank as one of the more high-tech places... [20 Nov 2007]
Photos: Colossus gets cracking after 60 years
Photo The rebuilt Colossus will be put to work on intercepted radio messages transmitted by radio amateurs in Paderborn, Germany, which have been scrambled by a machine used by the German high command in wartime. [16 Nov 2007]
Photos: BT blows £250m on wind farms
Photo BT has already applied for planning permission for test masts at the Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station in Cornwall, Wideford Hill Radio in Orkney and Scousburgh Radio Station in Shetland. BT is planning... [19 Oct 2007]
Photos: Virtual war tests new technology
Photo The HQ contains Bcip5 - the military's battlefield digital radio system - used to provide direct support to the UK's air, land and maritime operations and prevent 'friendly fire' accidents. Falcon also provides RF links... [14 Jun 2007]
Photos: Tower of London trials virtual escapes
Photo For some of the tasks the player needs to go inside the Tower buildings, where short-range radio transmitters are used to trigger the game commands. The 900-year old Tower of London - home to some of history's most... [10 Nov 2006]
Photos: Second Life - whose HQ can you view?
Photo There's also mini radio-controlled cars to play with here. Second Life, the virtual world created by Linden Labs now has nearly 1.2 million players (or 'residents') and $500,000 is spent on products and services there... [01 Nov 2006]
