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Underwater robots, Google Moon, edible beetles and ID cards
Photo Photo credit: Seth Rosenblatt/CNET silicon.com senior reporter Nick Heath went to the Air Transport IT Summit in Cannes last month to take a look at some handheld technology that could help airlines,... [04 Aug 2009]
Photos: The tech keeping the world's airports flying high
Photo The apps, showcased at the Air Transport IT Summit in Cannes last week, have been jointly developed by airport IT supplier Sita and software company Appear Networks. Air crews in... [07 Jul 2009]
Take a trip to the future of air travel
News One of the key areas for us, which will be the secret sauce, is making use of context," Peters told the Air Transport IT Summit in Cannes this week. Peters added that there had been a surge of interest... [03 Jul 2009]
Airline gets first NFC boarding
News The system is a joint project between Nice Côte d’Azur Airport and Air France, and uses technology from travel IT company Amadeus and transport tech vendor IER. Air... [20 Apr 2009]
Identity crisis for £1.2bn e-Borders system?
News The British Air Transport Association (Bata), the trade body for UK airlines, recently warned that the system could cause disruption to holiday travellers when it is introduced. A UK Border Agency... [30 Mar 2009]
Bumpy landing for Bangalore's airport dream
Comment There were high hopes for Bangalore's multimillion dollar air hub, which opened in May. In the past decade, as the government dithered monumentally, the city has turned into a verb - being "Bangalored" means your job is... [30 Jul 2008]
Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment When you consider UK companies alone spend $50bn per year on business travel, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council, anything to get their executives out of the air and into an... [30 Jun 2008]
Mobile phones key to paperless air travel
News Mobile phones could be used to hold digital boarding passes, baggage tracking info and payment data within the next five years - making travel truly paperless, according to research by air... [20 Jun 2008]
Airlines see passenger self-service take off
News More than half of the airlines surveyed by air transport IT services company Sita now offer online check-in facilities while 89 per cent expect to offer the service within the next two years. Paul Coby,... [19 Oct 2007]
Leader: How green is your (silicon) valley?
Leader How about encouraging homeworking more in the spring and autumn, when heating or air-conditioning bills don't come into play as much for households? If an employee usually takes public transport it is... [05 Jul 2007]
£400m 'biometric borders' bidders revealed
News The e-Borders programme will start rolling out core services to all major air, rail and sea ports by the end of 2010, with full coverage expected by the end of 2014. BT and Raytheon will fight it out for the government's... [06 Nov 2006]
Safety drive: £12m ploughed into anti-crash tech
News The aim of the project is to use pedestrians and buses to act as mobile sensors, collecting vital real-time air quality data. Intelligent transport systems which can cut the number of car crashes and... [11 Oct 2006]
Reveal MPs' travel expenses, says info commissioner
News FoI requests had been made for a breakdown of travel claims by MPs, showing the amounts claimed by mode of transport, including rail, road, air and bicycle. MPs' travel... [24 Feb 2006]
Anti-terror tech gets €15m from EU
News Other tech projects to receive EC cash to fight terrorism include improving surveillance around harbours and coastlines and protecting the air travel infrastructure. EC vice-president Günter Verheugen... [03 Aug 2005]
IBM wins contract for £15m immigration system
News It will initially involve six million passengers a year travelling on selected international air routes to and from the UK. The e-Borders system will identify people who have boarded transport destined... [03 Nov 2004]
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