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Photos: Welcome to Satyam's R&D labs

Photo The holographic system will use multiple sensor grids to build a virtual 3D version of a person by firing sonar at them and measuring how long it takes to bounce off their body, allowing it to co-ordinate their actions with the holographic image.

Tags: india, r&d, satyam

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[19 May 2008]

Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war

Photo Combined with a high-resolution daylight sensor, Staws provides a 24-hour all-weather surveillance and target acquisition capability. Holographic quantum technology and acoustic sniper sensors may sound like the stuff of science fiction films - but...

Tags: soldier, army, mod, credit

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[26 Mar 2008]

Photos: Robot racer hits the street

Photo A short-range lidar sensor picks up obstacles like potholes, and a Riegl sensor observes long-range lane lines. Team Caltech, a robotics group at the California Institute of Technology, is one of 35 teams competing in DARPA's Urban Grand Challenge...

Tags: darpa, robot, car

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[27 Sep 2007]

Photos: The car that drives itself

Photo This is a prototype of a laser sensor used in the Team-Lux car. This may look like an everyday Volkswagen Passat but underneath the unremarkable exterior is cutting-edge technology that allows it to travel without any assistance from a human.

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[13 Apr 2007]

Photos: Microsoft in China - a snapshot of R&D activities

Photo So if you write on the printed document, a sensor detects the movement in the pen. Welcome to Microsoft Research's Advanced Technology Center in Beijing. There are 180 researchers working at the lab, many of whom are linked with China's top...

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[23 Jun 2006]