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RSS staff in photos
Photos: 'Hero' bot hunts criminals
Photo The machine, seen in action here, is made by BAE Systems and is being trialled by UK Border Agency to reduce the heavy demands that searching the underside of vehicles for stowaways and smuggled materials places on staff. [24 Jul 2008]
Photos: Wimbledon on target for a tech ace
Photo The club uses these handheld devices to register staff and visitors who enter and leave the club during the tournament. With six to 10,000 temporary staff working at the club during the fortnight, it's important to keep track of whether they are on... [19 Jun 2008]
Photos: Welcome to futuristic shopping
Photo Shown here are a palm vein scanner, a tablet PC for staff or customer use and a screen that displays customer offers. This is one of Fujitsu's handheld devices, which can be set up as a payment device as well as a scanner for stock taking, a... [04 Jun 2008]
Photos: Discover high-tech India
Photo Staff and students enjoy a terrace landscaped with palm trees and gardens and large air conditioned amphitheatres. Outsourcing giant Satyam's School of Leadership provides constant training for about 2,000 business leaders among its 51,000 staff. [28 Apr 2008]
Photos: Nasa's top 10 on Earth
Photo To celebrate Earth Day this week, Nasa released its 10 favourite photos taken by astronauts on the International Space Station. An eruption of Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, which lasted only hours, was captured by an Expedition... [24 Apr 2008]
Photos: High-tech Bangalore
Photo Staff get support to train for accredited qualifications from the big software suppliers such as Microsoft. There are also several gyms like this around the various Wipro sites on the Electronics City campus and they can be used by staff after 6pm. [02 Apr 2008]
Photos: US military puts 'bat' spies in the sky…
Photo The US Army wants a six-inch spy plane to gather data on sights, sounds and smells in urban combat areas. It has given the University of Michigan's College of Engineering $10m and five years to help make "the bat" plane happen. [17 Mar 2008]
Photos: Microsoft Surfaces in Vegas
Photo Microsoft's Surface tabletop computer got a one-night gig on the Las Vegas Strip at Harrah's casino last week at the National Heads-Up Poker Championship drawing party. Poker celebrities, and a few faces famous outside the game, got a glimpse of... [07 Mar 2008]
Photos: When art meets tech - Nokia phone Morphs into view
Photo Morph, a concept mobile phone co-developed by Nokia Research Center (NRC) and the University of Cambridge, is featured in an online display presented in conjunction with 'Design and the Elastic Mind', an exhibition of art-meets-technology. [26 Feb 2008]
Photos: The high-tech future of retail
Photo This wearable screen and tablet PC from Adwalker is used by staff to bring promotions to consumers as they shop. The wireless system learns the user's handwriting as it is used, so data is entered at the speed staff write. [15 Feb 2008]
Photos: Passenger's eye view of Heathrow Terminal 5
Photo Each cluster of self check-in kiosks has a customer service desk so travellers having problems with the check-in system have a BA member of staff near at hand to help out. Housed under a huge arched roof, T5 aims to revolutionise the British... [13 Feb 2008]
Photos: Heathrow's T5 tech ready for take-off
Photo The screens can be easily reconfigured to show the most relevant information is available for all staff to view. silicon.com has been given an exclusive behind the scenes look at BAA's brand new Terminal 5 (T5) at Heathrow ahead of its official... [12 Feb 2008]
Photos: Power-generating leg brace goes for a walk
Photo Researchers from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia have developed a device worn much like a knee brace that generates electricity from the natural motion of walking. Here, Max Donelan, assistant professor of kinesiology, watches a... [11 Feb 2008]
Photos: Wi-fi gets ice cool on the slopes
Photo The network, which was designed and installed by Pennine Telecom, provides free public wi-fi for visitors but is also being used by staff for checking lift passes on the slope itself. Stuart Wright, head of IT at Chill Factore, said the network... [05 Feb 2008]
Photos: Accenture gets touchy feely with its interactive wall
Photo Accenture predicts a wide range of uses from interactive hospital floorplans that allow managers to co-ordinate staff, patients and equipment to interactive services in bank foyers. Positions of staff, patients and equipment tagged with RFID chips... [01 Feb 2008]
