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Photo Miniature laptops which pack enough power to keep you productive on the road yet have a convenient, travel-sized form factor are hot property right now. Like its fellow travel-sized portables, there are Linux and Windows versions on offer. [06 Jun 2008]
Photos: Robot warriors engage in battle
Photo What the unit sees is what its operator will see, although the unit will automatically travel through a set series of waypoints, leaving the operator free to assess what they see through the robot's eyes. [06 May 2008]
Photos: India 999
Photo A bench is provided inside the ambulance for family members to travel with their injured relative. The Indian government will help fund the rollout of a scheme created by an Indian outsourcing veteran to provide the country's first dedicated... [01 May 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. Photo credit: Natasha Lomas TGV passengers on the wi-fi-equipped trains can use the... [28 Mar 2008]
Photos: NFC tech takes to the catwalk
Photo The pilot is an extension of NFC trials being undertaken by O2 UK, which has seen the company working with partners like Transport for London and Barclaycard on using NFC handsets to pay for goods and as travel tickets. [11 Feb 2008]
Photos: Scottish NHS trials video checkups
Photo Dr Webster said: "At present some patients have to travel long distances in order to access health care. The Scottish Centre for Telehealth (SCT) in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (ARI) is trialling video conferencing technology from Cisco, called... [08 Feb 2008]
Photos: Accenture waves goodbye to the wallet
Photo The custom built contactless payment terminal shown here demonstrates how NFC (near field communication) and RFID technology could soon allow phones to pay for goods and services, act as travel or gig tickets and transfer money between bank accounts. [31 Jan 2008]
Photos: Tech predicts future of London transport
Photo She asks visitors if they have enough carbon credits to pay for a journey, suggesting that in the future your travel may be limited by your carbon footprint. The red unit asks visitors questions about their current lifestyle and travel behaviour... [23 Nov 2007]
Photos of the month - October 2007
Photo This team of polar explorers will travel to and traverse the North Pole next year to survey the thickness of the Arctic ice. The software behemoth was showing off a table-like device that uses a 30-inch screen, several cameras, a Vista PC and a... [31 Oct 2007]
Photos: Cool tech behind an Arctic expedition
Photo A team of polar explorers will travel to and traverse the North Pole next year to survey the Arctic ice. Polar explorer, Pen Hadow (pictured) will travel to the North Pole as part of a three-strong team to measure the thickness of the polar ice cap... [17 Oct 2007]
Photos: BT talks big on virtual worlds
Photo If you have businesses that wanted to exploit conferencing in Second Life as a rich 3D environment to show off products and save on travel costs the problem is everyone has to have Second Life running so you don't have that reach to all employees... [13 Sep 2007]
Photos: Cambridge innovation day abuzz with fresh tech
Photo This phone is displaying a GPS-based technology that takes travel information, from sources such as AA Publishing and Ordnance Survey maps, and tells users where they are on a map and provides other location-based information. [07 Sep 2007]
Photos: The future of videoconferencing
Photo Videoconferencing has had many false dawns over the last couple of decades because of issues with video quality, poor latency and the cumbersome nature of the products but IT giants Cisco and HP are now going head-to-head with rival high-end... [26 Jul 2007]
Photos: High tech vans map out Europe
Photo The teams live on the vans - which are much like a normal camper van inside - as they travel around Europe. The Dutch company is one of two major European mapping organisations - the other being Navteq - that provide maps to sat-nav manufacturers. [21 May 2007]
Photos: How Heathrow Express does wi-fi
Photo Wallbridge told silicon.com there are many other applications for wi-fi enabled trains including using live CCTV to warn the driver of any problems within the train's carriages and providing up-to-date travel information to passengers via... [24 Apr 2007]
