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The A to Z of wireless
News From using your mobile phone on a plane to surfing the net while you down a pint in the pub, wireless is revolutionising the way we do business. GPS isn't the only wireless tech that can be used to... [11 Aug 2009]
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]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.07.09
Round-Up There's a bit in the original Transformers movie (the Round-Up accidentally saw half of it recently on a plane before the gin and tonics kicked in) where some kind of space-alien doohickey is used to turn everyday... [03 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. This month, Barclays opened a new... [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]
Bumpy landing for Bangalore's airport dream
Comment Raghu Shenoy, chief executive of a small Bangalore IT services firm, thinks nothing of jumping on a plane to see a client. Bangalore in pictures… Photos: Discover high-tech India... [30 Jul 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]
Photos: Passenger's eye view of Heathrow Terminal 5
Photo In T5 the kiosks form the first 'wave' of the departure process, with passengers being drawn through the terminal towards their plane. See the high-tech transformation over two years…... [13 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. See the high-tech transformation over two... [12 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Surfing at home, 'Big Brother' IT and batteries on planes…
Comment US plane security turns on batteries Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. Any moderately high capacity... [10 Jan 2008]
Caption Competition: Is it a bird, is it a plane?
Photo The winning entry from reader Chris Gibbs, with reference to the London Mayor's decision to ban pigeons from Trafalgar Square, was: "The pigeons had gone high-tech in their war against Ken Livingstone"... [31 Aug 2007]
HCL flies high with Smiths development deal
News Speaking at an event last autumn, Rajeev Sawhney, corporate VP for HCL GB, said the company had discussed agreements in aerospace where it is paid every time a plane is sold. Read the latest missive from... [01 Mar 2007]
US turns to tech to shore up its ports
News If everybody had to go on the plane naked, I guess that would be perfect security," he quipped. Screeners are increasingly using high-tech devices to find explosives, Chertoff said.... [20 Mar 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 01.04.05
Round-Up But despite all this, much of the talk has centred on the fact the plane will not have a toilet. The debate which grew out of this news was all about whether the lack of toilet is an issue when the plane... [01 Apr 2005]
Leader: RFID, NFC and consumers
Leader Imagine when a passenger has lost track of time and they're stuck in duty free while the airline is desperately trying to finish boarding the plane," said the tech exec. Research out today shows a... [22 Oct 2004]
