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Photos: Six unusual power sources

Photo Currently it is "not realistic" to try to power a mobile phone using the thermo-generators, said Peter Spies, group manager at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, because the energy from the human body is too low compared with...

Tags: power, energy, solar, mobile devices

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[19 Nov 2007]

Photos of the month - October 2007

Photo Terrain can also be borrowed from Google Earth - helping them build more realistic landscapes. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has spent £250,000 on high-tech simulator equipment to provide more realistic training for frontline troops facing the...

Tags: photos, zune, virtual worlds, games

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[31 Oct 2007]

Photos: Soldiers test battle simulator tech

Photo The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has spent £250,000 on high-tech simulator equipment to provide more realistic training for frontline troops facing the threat of roadside and suicide bombs. The soldiers wear "Quasar-style" simulation kit that...

Tags: simulator, bomb, ministry of defence

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[22 Oct 2007]

Photos: Google Earth in the virtual world

Photo In combination, the models and the terrain will let those making virtual worlds build in all kinds of realistic-looking real-life territory, such as urban centers, national parks or whatever else they choose.

Tags: second life, virtual world, google earth

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[15 Oct 2007]

Photos: Virtual war tests new technology

Photo Although the geography of the field is not realistic - camps are usually being housed further apart and over more difficult terrain - Gavin Saunders, major with the Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment, said the trials have "no smoke and mirrors...

Tags: virtual, war, mod, army

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[14 Jun 2007]

Photos: Future tech from HP boffins

Photo The latest prototypes use 'riffling' technology that allows the device to show digital book pages that can be turned in a realistic way similar to physical books as seen in the photo above. A wearable camera is one idea to come out of the "casual...

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[12 Apr 2006]

Photos: What's inside France Telecom's Paris R&D Labs

Photo The device will change resistance and texture to reflect what the gamer is carrying, so from an anvil to a grape, the game feels as realistic as possible. This isn't a photo from a Star Trek: Next Generation conference or a picture of a wannabe X...

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[09 Sep 2005]