control in photos
RSS control in photosPhotos: Inside the traffic buster's control centre
Photo The project is being run from here, the National Traffic Control Centre (NTCC) in Birmingham, which looks after strategic traffic management for the whole of England. This is the control room. This is... [02 Aug 2006]
Photos: Inside the antivirus control centre
Photo Access all areas: F-Secure's headquarters is situated in the dockyard district of Finnish capital Helsinki.silicon.com visited to get the lowdown on how one player in the often secretive antivirus industry operates. [12 Sep 2005]
Photos: Satellites free the roads from snow and ice
Photo The cutting-edge Masternaut Three X telematics system allows a control centre - pictured above - to track 20 gritter lorries that keep a 178km stretch of the M4 motorway in South Wales clear of snow and ice. [09 Apr 2008]
Photos: Tomorrow's tech showcased by inventors
Photo The system currently works with MP3 players and Bluetooth mobile phones but the company plans to adapt it to work with more devices such as GPS and says it could even control self-heating or illuminating jackets. [18 Sep 2008]
Photos: Eye in the sky to spot 'friendly fire'
Photo A soldier operates one of the specialist vehicles that control the system. Vehicles are fitted with five radar units and four control nodes and backed up by air picture trailers. UK troops on the ground... [03 Apr 2008]
Photos: Inside the Army's war games
Photo The system uses foot pedals and steering wheels to control the simulation, while classroom control software allows instructors to tutor the trainees as they use the simulation. The MoD has turned to... [01 Sep 2008]
Photos: The bus that doesn't need a driver
Photo The ability to more precisely control the movement of the bus also reduces the width of the lane required for safe travel from 12 feet to 10 feet, researchers say. Test track experiments with the technology have... [11 Sep 2008]
Photos: Inside a supercomputer lab
Photo You can see just one set of the processors and control systems that run what is currently the 175th most powerful computer in the world. This was the original control station for the graphite reactor at... [14 Jul 2008]
Photos: The Birth of Hi-Tech Britain
Photo The large red 'Scram' button in the centre of the control panel would shut down the reactor in the event of an emergency. Here is a control panel for the Jason nuclear reactor from the Royal Naval... [01 May 2008]
Photos: Ellen McArthur's new boat
Photo Below this display is a control for the NiCad batteries that power the boat's systems. Further left is a colourful control for the keel, which ensures the optimum profile in the water. The... [02 May 2008]
Photos: The car that drives itself
Photo Here you can see an actuator attached to the throttle system, which lets the on-board computer control the car's speed. Similar devices are used to control the brakes, steering and gears. This may look... [13 Apr 2007]
Photos: Vintage arcade games... revealed
Photo The 1982 movie Tron was one of the first films to employ widespread computer graphics, and the plot - rebellion by computer programs against the evil Master Control Program - meant it had plenty of techie fans. [28 Nov 2006]
Re:Viewing 2005: Photos of the year
Photo Here a factory worker puts a laptop through its initial quality control check, examining it for any visible flaws or defects, and making sure it has all the appropriate labels. Here you see the IT... [20 Dec 2005]
Photos: RNLI floats new pager system
Photo Each lifeboat station is its own individual charity and the pager system is designed so each location can have total control of their own system. Call-out is now immediate because digital paging is under... [02 May 2007]
India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...
Photo The cutting-edge Masternaut Three X telematics system allows a control centre to track 20 gritter lorries that keep a 178km stretch of the M4 motorway in South Wales clear of snow and ice. Vehicles are fitted with five... [29 Apr 2008]
