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Photos: BT previews superfast fibre broadband... in Muswell Hill
Photo Photo credit: Natasha Lomas/silicon.com which is shown above at 328 Muswell Hill Broadway - in a former travel agent's shop. Possible business applications for 360-degree Telemersion include virtual tours for estate... [17 Sep 2009]
Photos: Driverless pod cars offer a glimpse of the future of transport
Photo The pods will take between three and four minutes to travel from the car park to the terminal building reaching speeds of 25mph. From next year, travellers at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 will be able to step into one... [13 Aug 2009]
Underwater robots, Google Moon, edible beetles and ID cards
Photo Last month marked the 40th anniversary of the first moon walk, an event Google celebrated by launching Moon in Google Earth, an addition to its Google Earth mapping software that lets people virtually travel to the moon. [04 Aug 2009]
Photos: UK's ID card revealed
Photo The cards will also be able to be used instead of a passport to travel between countries in Europe. This is the first glimpse at what the British ID card will look like. The design for the British cards was unveiled by... [30 Jul 2009]
Photos: Touring the world Second Life style
Photo Users travel to the locations - which range from Ireland to Mexico - using the teleport function in the virtual world. 1961 saw the Beatles first take to the stage at Liverpool's Cavern Club. Nearly 50 years later, the... [28 Jul 2009]
Photos: Do the moonwalk, Google-style
Photo On the 40th anniversary of the first moon walk, Google launched Moon in Google Earth, an addition to its Google Earth mapping software that lets people virtually travel to the moon. Besides enabling users to see the... [21 Jul 2009]
Photos: The tech keeping the world's airports flying high
Photo By helping cut the distance that ground crews need to travel across the airport to manually check on ground facilities, the app can reduce fuel costs and save workers' time. Handheld tech is helping to save time and... [07 Jul 2009]
Photos: Apps to transform your iPhone into an office
Photo Both free and premium versions of A Personal Assistant take an RSS reading of your accounts, including bank balance and stock portfolio, Netflix queue, and travel info. Quickoffice Mobile Office Suite [01 Jul 2009]
Photos: Bing! Microsoft revamps its search
Photo You can use Bing to book flights and hotels, find deals, or just to learn about travel destinations. Microsoft is publicly detailing its upcoming search engine, now known officially as Bing. The revamped search tool has... [29 May 2009]
Photos: The top five UK supercomputing projects
Photo Want to travel back in time to the Big Bang, unlock the secrets of the human genome or discover alien worlds? Get yourself a supercomputer. Scientists across the UK are using the monsters of computing, thousands of times... [18 May 2009]
Photos: 10 useful Android apps
Photo The app also offers info on 'this weekend ' - aka the time when Transport for London is most likely to be flicking the off switch on your travel plans. This handy app aims to help Tube-hopping Londoners get their daily... [12 May 2009]
Photos: 10 ways to pimp your BlackBerry
Photo It's feature-packed - including a comprehensive travel directory (airlines, hotels and car rental companies), plus flight schedules and status, hotel booking, world and local weather and a currency converter. [17 Apr 2009]
Human robots, Android Magic and classic radar tech
Photo The self-steering "guided buses" will travel at up to 60mph on dedicated tracks called "guided busways" or "guideways" and will also feature wi-fi and Oyster-style smartcard readers. Users of Google Earth can... [02 Mar 2009]
Photos: Google Earth - deep-sea dive and travel back in time
Photo Google Earth 5.0, which was released on Monday, lets users travel underwater to see the sea floor. It also lets them travel back in time to see earlier versions of the service's aerial and satellite... [04 Feb 2009]
Photos: Is it a tram? Is it a train? No, it's superbus!
Photo From later this year, commuters on the buses of Cambridge will be able to enjoy wi-fi, use Oyster-style smartcard readers - and even travel on a bus that steers itself. The self-steering "guided buses", as seen here, can... [03 Feb 2009]
