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Photos: Tech wins big in US Army 'best inventions' awards
Photo The second of the inventions in the Army's top 10 list for 2008 is the One System Remote Video Terminal (OSRVT) A-kit, from the US Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center. Soldiers are renowned... [30 Sep 2009]
Photos: Computer history goes under the hammer
Photo Another classic in the collection is this BBC Micro computer which comes complete with user manual, the game 'Tank Attack' and the Prinztronic tournament mini TV game, otherwise known as 'Pong' (with original box). [29 Sep 2009]
Super-Kamioka Computer System for Analysis
White Paper This equipment contains a SO 000-ton ultrapure water tank measuring 39.3 meters in diameter, 41.4 meters in height, and located 1000 meters underground. A total of 11129 photomultiplier tubes (PMT5, 50 cm in diameter)... [30 Aug 2009]
Big isn't always better: Beware of growing up too fast
Comment This truly is a 'shark tank'. Gartner's Jim Sinur suggests how to avoid the pitfalls of getting bigger. Have you ever noticed how exciting and flourishing organisations hardly ever last long in light of history? [29 Jul 2009]
Photos: Underwater robots compete to make the biggest splash
Photo The competition took place at QinetiQ's ocean basin, Europe's largest freshwater tank, in Gosport, Hampshire. Meet Nessie, Edinburgh Heriot-Watt University's autonomous underwater robot. Nessie recently won the Student... [20 Jul 2009]
Evaluating the Wisdom of Crowds in Assessing Phishing Websites
White Paper One group, called 'Phish-Tank', has tried to leverage the 'Wisdom of Crowds' to generate an open source list that strives to be as complete and accurate as possible. Phishing is the process of enticing people to visit... [01 Jul 2009]
Think Tank Prototypes Ambient Intelligence on HP Technology
White Paper Ambient Intelligence as a computing and sensory model in which a given environment is saturated with simple devices autonomously carrying out simple tasks - like ants. Together, such devices create a non-centralized, non-hierarchical... [30 May 2009]
Recipe for Success With Enterprise Virtual Worlds
White Paper The Masie Center, a think-tank focused on enterprise learning and knowledge, and Forterra Systems agreed in the spring of 2008 to provide a "3D Sandbox" for members of The Masie Center's Learning Consortium to explore... [27 May 2009]
BMW, Peugeot put a penguin in the tank with Linux for cars
News The competition between Microsoft and open source software has now reached the automotive space with the announcement of a new alliance among automakers and technology providers called Genivi. The goal of the alliance is to build a Linux... [04 Mar 2009]
Multimillion pound boost for privacy watchdog
News Thomas said the EU data protection directive had its roots in law 50 years old and that the Rand Europe think tank were making good progress on their review of the directive commissioned by the ICO this year. [29 Oct 2008]
NHS failing to give patients the tech they want
News That's the verdict of the independent health think tank, The King's Fund, which says the NHS could do more to help members of the public access the care they require. The NHS is lagging behind other industries when it... [24 Oct 2008]
Top 10 green gadgets for your office
Photo The system comprises a new fuel cell architecture, micro-fluidics and a refillable hydrogen storage tank. While the tendency for phone manufacturers to cram ever more functionality into mobiles has helped gadget freaks... [14 Oct 2008]
Round three for BT's Phorm trials
News One opponent of the trial, the think tank Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), still has legal concerns about the upcoming Phorm test. Phorm's technology, which BT will use under the brand of 'Webwise', has... [29 Sep 2008]
Radio Frequency Identification: A Business Revolution Providing Strategic and Competitive Advantage
White Paper A tag is a combination of an electronic transponder with an antenna that can be attached to items such as a razor blade, an infusion pump in a hospital, a bottle of soda or a military tank. Radio Frequency Identification... [04 Aug 2008]
Photos: The jet pack blasts off
Photo Martin says the machine can stay up for 30 minutes on a 19 litre tank of petrol. And Jet Pack International, based in Denver, produces a pack that runs on jet fuel and can stay in the air for nine minutes on its... [01 Aug 2008]
