road tech in photos
Photos: Honda kick starts motorcycle safety tech
Photo According to the government, motorcycles account for one per cent of road traffic, but account for 20 per cent of those killed on the road. A significant proportion of motorcycle accidents involve an... [29 Oct 2008]
ID cards, driverless buses and virtual shipwrecks
Photo The bus uses sensors to detect magnetic fields created by magnets at the side of the road. See what other tech goes into making a green building . Here's a driver giving the tech a spin.... [02 Oct 2008]
Photos: The bus that doesn't need a driver
Photo Most passengers would react in horror if their bus veered across the road while the driver sat back, hands off the steering wheel. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has provided $320,000 to fund this... [11 Sep 2008]
India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...
Photo Photo credit: South Wales Trunk Road Agency This month silicon.com senior reporter Nick Heath visited India to check out the high-tech goings on in Hyderabad and Chennai. Tech... [29 Apr 2008]
Photos: High-tech Bangalore
Photo The journey from the centre of Bangalore to Electronics City can take more than two hours at busy periods, although the city is building some flyovers and underpasses to try and alleviate the problem of its creaking road... [02 Apr 2008]
Photos: Driving safety through tech
Photo Some of the projects include technology to improve road safety, boost the appeal of IPTV and to protect VoIP networks from attack. This is one of the transmitters that can be placed on the side of the... [21 Jan 2008]
Photos of the year
Photo To see photos on how Germany uses tech-in-a-van with a wi-fi flavour to enforce its electronic road-charging system for heavy goods vehicles on the autobahn, click here. The three green laser lines... [13 Dec 2007]
Photos: Future tech at Microsoft Innovation day
Photo The three green laser lines measure time to impact to various objects, while the lines on the road show the route the car has taken previously which it uses to perfect its line. Microsoft hosted its fourth Innovation Day... [06 Dec 2007]
Photos of the month - May 2007
Photo Pictured is a couple from Belgium who make up one of the Tele Atlas teams that clock up the road miles mapping Europe's streets and landmarks. A man-in-a-van approach may not seem like the most... [30 May 2007]
Photos: High tech vans map out Europe
Photo However, Vanlaar and Ulenaers have been on the road for five months. Tele Atlas estimates around 20 per cent of the European road network changes each year, meaning it constantly needs field data from... [21 May 2007]
Photos of the month: April 2007
Photo The coloured dots represent solid objects picked up by a number of laser sensors, which the car uses to avoid obstacles in the road. This month's photo stories have featured some cutting-edge tech... [27 Apr 2007]
Photos: SAP and Wipro in Bangalore
Photo The road back into Bangalore. This is the Bangalore campus of Wipro, out at Electronics City, which is also home to dozens of other high-tech companies. Earlier this year silicon.com's Steve Ranger... [02 Apr 2007]
Photos: Bangalore's Electronics City
Photo A cow in the road on the way back into town This is professor Sadagopan who runs the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore - a graduate tech school which sits opposite the giant... [27 Mar 2007]
Photo: Boom town Bangalore
Photo This is Brigade Road, the most recognisably western shopping centre with a number of mini-malls and fast food restaurant chains. One of the many giant buildings on the road out to Bangalore's Electronic... [16 Mar 2007]
Photos: Germany's road charging tech
Photo For two years Germany has had an electronic road-charging system for heavy goods vehicles on the autobahn. Toll Collect runs the road charging. If a driver is stopped, after checks show no payment has... [02 Feb 2007]
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