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Photos: The tech keeping the world's airports flying high
Photo This demonstration model of a ramp management app, which has yet to be deployed with an airline, shows each stage of preparation that needs to be completed before a plane can take off - the yellow boxes shown here. [07 Jul 2009]
Mac history, Windows 7 and a high-tech KFC
Photo Shown above is the Embedded Vision Engine, which processes optical, radar and infrared footage taken during a plane's flight and brings it all together along with flight information. Indian technology giant HCL recently... [28 Jan 2009]
Photos: Computers usher in pilots' vision 2.0
Photo The system creates sharp images in real-time from a camera attached to the plane and relays them back to the pilot, cleaning up visual feeds that would otherwise be obscured by the weather. The engine processes optical,... [16 Jan 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up Meanwhile, back on the ground and travellers flying with British Airways (BA) and other Oneworld alliance airlines will soon be able to access wireless broadband for free in UK airport lounges. Not that it's all plain... [28 Mar 2008]
Photos: Flying robots, Colossus codebreaker, virus art
Photo The US military has given the University of Michigan's College of Engineering $10m to build a six-inch spy plane to gather sights, sounds and smells in urban combat zones. This shows what the head of "the bat"... [27 Mar 2008]
Emirates rings up first in-flight mobile call
News Calls can be made and received while the plane is at cruising altitude. The first authorised in-flight mobile call was made at 30,000ft on 21 March on Emirates flight EK751 flying between Dubai and... [25 Mar 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News By 2015, biometric technology will make getting on a plane almost as easy as getting on the Tube or train today, according to a leading border security expert.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics Click on the links below... [21 Feb 2008]
Photos: Heathrow's T5 tech ready for take-off
Photo By putting the tech right by the plane any last minute changes, such as removal of baggage, can be managed more efficiently. This is one of the 96 bag drop points air travellers will be using when they pass through the... [12 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Surfing at home, 'Big Brother' IT and batteries on planes…
Comment US plane security turns on batteries Flying power Do your homework Plan to give all school kids broadband access The basic flaw in this argument is the presumption that the use of IT and the internet... [10 Jan 2008]
Will's Web Watch: Let the train take the strain
Comment So all in all there's little difference between train and plane travel times. Will Sturgeon explains why business travel by train within the UK is a far more beneficial and enjoyable experience than... [04 Jun 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The power of analogy - or not
Comment Plane @500km/h is equivalent to broadband @5.6Mbps Written on BA217 flying London to Washington and dispatched to silicon.com from my hotel via a low cost wi-fi service For almost all of my professional... [09 May 2007]
US online travel sales to hit $128bn by 2011
News US online travel companies are to sell $128bn worth of plane tickets and hotel bookings by 2011, new research suggests. Higher fares and an increase in the number of people flying have driven total air... [14 Nov 2006]
Photos of the month - October 06
Photo If the plane gets too close to the ground or other obstacles, or the system picks up any other imminent disasters, the screen goes red. Upcoming features include the ability to display other nearby aircrafts on the... [31 Oct 2006]
Photos: A safer way to navigate the skies
Photo US industrial manufacturing giant, Honeywell, has developed a new safety system to show the pilot where the plane is in the sky when visibility is low and, more importantly, whether it's about to crash into... [05 Oct 2006]
Nokia does GPS licensing love-in with Trimble
News Trimble's navigation technology is designed to aid users by pointing them in the right direction when travelling down city streets, hiking in the wilderness or flying a private plane. Nokia announced on... [03 Oct 2006]
