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Caption Competition: Road to nowhere!
Photo The winning caption, from reader Ian Springham was "Now you only need to shrink the bike and train a budgie to ride it - true portability. This competition is now closed. Picture credit: O2 [04 Jul 2008]
Photos: High-tech Bangalore
Photo The company is expanding so fast that the company must induct and start to train 300 to 350 new graduates every Monday. Staff get support to train for accredited qualifications from the big software suppliers such as Microsoft. [02 Apr 2008]
Photos: Road testing wi-fi at 320kmph
Photo French train operator SNCF is running a trial of a wi-fi internet service onboard three TGV trains that travel eastbound from Paris via the Gare de l'Est station. The train can reach a top speed of 320kmph which SNCF says presented extra challenges... [28 Mar 2008]
Photos: Power-generating leg brace goes for a walk
Photo According to research materials, "the aluminium chassis contains a gear train converting low velocity and high torque at the knee into the high velocity and low torque for the generator". A one-way roller clutch allows for "selective engagement of... [11 Feb 2008]
Photos of the Month - November 2007
Photo This picture shows the famous Barlow train shed which houses the impressively restored Victorian station. Tim Ferguson visited London's newly reopened St Pancras station to check out what technology Eurostar passengers are benefiting from at the... [29 Nov 2007]
Photos: Tech predicts future of London transport
Photo This is part of the New York urban transport system with the various metro and train routes shown and screens picturing people using the modes of transport. This is part of the London Transport Museum, which reopened to the public this week... [23 Nov 2007]
Photos: St Pancras steams ahead with new tech
Photo This is the main entrance to the newly reopened London St Pancras station which is now home to the Eurostar and a high speed train service to the south coast. There are six Eurostar platforms all housed in the magnificently restored Barlow train shed. [19 Nov 2007]
Photos of the month - October 2007
Photo St Pancras train station is nearing the end of a 10-year renovation project which will see it become London's Eurostar terminal next month. The software behemoth was showing off a table-like device that uses a 30-inch screen, several cameras, a... [31 Oct 2007]
Photos: Soldiers test battle simulator tech
Photo The LWC was set up in 2002 to help train units for action in the Balkans and Northern Ireland but now includes training for Afghanistan and Iraq. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has spent £250,000 on high-tech simulator equipment to provide more... [22 Oct 2007]
Photos: High-tech London St Pancras on track
Photo This is the impressive 1868 façade of St Pancras train station in London. LCR is also working on a system whereby passengers will receive information about their train departure time and platform number via SMS. [08 Oct 2007]
Photos: BT talks big on virtual worlds
Photo By using conferencing as exposed by our Web21C Platform everyone that can join Second Life can do but you can still [conference in] everyone else who is on a train or doesn't have a powerful enough PC [to run Second Life]. [13 Sep 2007]
Photos: 'Top Gun course' for submarine hunters
Photo This analysis of the sonar readings also provides material to train the sonar operators with. The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) has showcased how top sonar operators are trained to find enemy submarines. [22 Aug 2007]
Photos of the month - June 2007
Photo The RAF is testing a simulator which will allow RAF and US Air Force pilots to train together in the same virtual environment. The ING Renault Formula One team has opened up an island containing a race circuit within Second Life's virtual world. [27 Jun 2007]
Photos: Top Gun goes virtual
Photo The RAF is testing a new simulator using technology that will eventually allow RAF and US Air Force pilots to train together in the same virtual training environment. Virtual worlds are all the rage at the moment for businesses and consumers but... [08 Jun 2007]
Photos: RFID, tablets, handhelds - going down the Tube
Photo Tube Lines is trialling RFID technology on a small number of Piccadilly line trains to see if it can help with monitoring when a train enters and leaves the depot. It is also using RFID on the train-washing machines at Stratford station. [01 May 2007]
