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Photos: Robot racer hits the street
Photo A short-range lidar sensor picks up obstacles like potholes, and a Riegl sensor observes long-range lane lines. Team Caltech, a robotics group at the California Institute of Technology, is one of 35 teams competing in DARPA's Urban Grand Challenge... [27 Sep 2007]
Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war
Photo Combined with a high-resolution daylight sensor, Staws provides a 24-hour all-weather surveillance and target acquisition capability. Holographic quantum technology and acoustic sniper sensors may sound like the stuff of science fiction films - but... [26 Mar 2008]
Photos: Welcome to futuristic shopping
Photo This screen is connected to the biometric sensor and displays special offers that the system thinks are relevant to each customer's interests based on previous purchases. silicon.com visited Fujitsu's Customer Experience Centre in Middlesex to see... [04 Jun 2008]
Photos: Welcome to Satyam's R&D labs
Photo The holographic system will use multiple sensor grids to build a virtual 3D version of a person by firing sonar at them and measuring how long it takes to bounce off their body, allowing it to co-ordinate their actions with the holographic image. [19 May 2008]
Photos: Microsoft in China - a snapshot of R&D activities
Photo So if you write on the printed document, a sensor detects the movement in the pen. Welcome to Microsoft Research's Advanced Technology Center in Beijing. There are 180 researchers working at the lab, many of whom are linked with China's top... [23 Jun 2006]
Photos: The car that drives itself
Photo This is a prototype of a laser sensor used in the Team-Lux car. This may look like an everyday Volkswagen Passat but underneath the unremarkable exterior is cutting-edge technology that allows it to travel without any assistance from a human. [13 Apr 2007]
