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- Photos: IBM lifts lid on Web 2.0 tech
- Go behind the scenes at Big Blue's U.K. research lab to see what's up with projects like DIY Shopper and QEDwiki.IBM has been showing off some of the tech at its research and development labs at Hursley, near Winchester, England. Silicon.com popped over to take a look at, among other...
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, photograph, DIY Shopper, Second Life, mashup, IBM Corp., Web, mobile, Web 2.0, buddy list, vessel, coast, tablet PC, ATM, tablet, retail application, vicinity, banking, occupant, shipping company, monitor, lid, withdrawal, bar code, avatar, Silicon.com, aircraft
- Image galleries 2007-08-08
- Digital Lifecycle Management at the Shipyard of the Future
- Royal Schelde Naval Shipyards specializes in the production of military vessels, primarily for the Royal Dutch Navy but also for foreign navies. The company wanted fast-paced innovation with some degree of customization on every vessel for lifecycle support that lasts for decades that increase international collaboration. The company deployed PLM...
- Tags: Lifecycle Management, Siemens AG, Vessel, Royal Schelde Naval Shipyards, Product Marketing, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2007-03-01
- Photos: A kite to pull a cargo ship
- A German company called SkySails is harnessing Ben Franklin-style technology to help seafaring vessels cut costs and pollute less.
- Tags: vessel, German company, cargo, kite
- Image galleries 2006-12-04
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- Robots working 6,000 meters below sea level
- MercoPress, a news agency based in Uruguay, reports that German engineers are using an aquatic robot able to work 6,000 meters below sea level. This remotely operated vehicle ROV, dubbed Kiel-6000, is operated by the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences from the University of Kiel. The robot weighs 3.5 tons...
- Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Remotely Operated Vehicle, Kiel-6000, Colin Devey, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
- Do we need "Management 2.0"?
- Sue Bushell, who wrote a very thoughtful in-depth Enterprise 2.0 article for Australian CIO magazine recently, has an interesting question within Linked In to her connections: "Do we need "Management 2.0" and what would it look like if we do?" I'm looking forward to the article she's...
- Tags: Web, Collaboration, Information Technology, Web 2.0, Groupware, Strategy, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-06-08
- The MSI Wind blows out of the gate with an Intel Atom processor
- The MSI Wind blows out of the gate with an Intel Atom processorMSI unknown? Come on!MSI has been around for ages. They've made plenty of very popular PC components. Sorry to be snippy, but they're already known.I have to agree.How can anyone in the IT industry not...
- Tags: Transportation, Recruitment & Selection, Advertising & Promotion, Intel Corp., processor, MSI, Intel Atom
- Discussion threads 2008-06-03
- Nanorobots to improve health care
- Using nanorobots to deliver drugs and fight diseases is not a new idea check here or there. Of course, nanorobots floating inside our bodies to improve our health are still years away. However, an international team of American and Australian researchers is developing a nanorobot hardware architecture for medical defense...
- Tags: Software, 3D, Protein, Biomedical, Health Care, Hardware Architecture, Healthcare, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Two robotic jellyfish, AquaJelly and AirJelly
- A Design News editor was lucky enough to watch two robotic jellyfish swim and fly at the Hannover Fair in Germany. These two robots, AquaJelly and AirJelly, made by Germany-based Festo company, are using 8 tentacles based on fish fins for propulsion. The AquaJelly has 11 infrared light-emitting diodes and...
- Tags: Signal, AquaJelly, AirJelly, Festo, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Yes, you can get internet access in the middle of the Gulf of Alaska
- I am conducting shipchecks on an Alaskan Marine Highways ferry this week in the Gulf of Alaska with stops in Kodiak, Homer, Seldovia, Whittier, Cordova, and Port Lions. I was afraid I would be completely offline and out of touch, but it turns out that the particular vessel I am...
- Tags: Internet Access, Speed, Alaska, Download Speed, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- Printing organs on demand?
- Every year, pharmaceutical companies invest many millions of dollars to test drugs that will never reach market while the number of patients waiting for organ transplants continues to increase. Would it be possible to create human tissues to help to solve both problems? A research team from the University of...
- Tags: Team, Organ, Cell, Printing, MU, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-03-23
- Apple restricts 3rd party developers with lack of multi-tasking on the iPhone
- I was on a research vessel working offline last week when the iPhone SDK details were revealed by Steve Jobs and others at Apple, but that evening when I read all the news I was extremely happy to see Exchange ActiveSync support because my hosted Exchange service with 4Smartphone is...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Application, Apple Inc., Palm OS, Games, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-03-09
- Using arsenic to detect cancers?
- An international team led by Texan researchers is using arsenic as a powerful tumor imaging agent. In fact, they are using a drug called bavituximab, 'an antibody that homes in on a specific molecular target on the blood vessels that feed tumors.' By linking this drug to very small doses...
- Tags: Rat, Combination, Technique, Imaging, Blood Vessel, Document Management, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- Thoughts on Principled Technologies' Vista vs. XP reports
- Thoughts on Principled Technologies' Vista vs. XP reportsIf Vista and XP are so close what is the uproar about?This confirms what I have experienced myself on a dual boot system - both OS are about the same, give or take. Yet so many out there claim Vista is a slow...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), MSFT, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Principled Technologies
- Discussion threads 2008-02-29
- Salvo (exe)
- Salvo is a PC wargame celebrating the majestic battles from the Age of Sail in a fun and easy-to-learn environment. The clash of huge fleets or desperate one-on-one ship duels are equally exciting and challenging thanks to Salvo's hybrid turn-based game play and control tools. Most importantly you will not...
- Tags: Shrapnel Games Inc., Salvo, Modems, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2008-02-29
- Details here: BlackBerry-maker RIM gets hit with patent infringement suit
- Details here: BlackBerry-maker RIM gets hit with patent infringement suiti may just be stating the obvious, but...If a resourceful person offered to gather my US mail and other parcels from diverse carriers, and be readily available for me to give outbound items, as well as do this all autonomously as...
- Tags: patent, Joe
- Discussion threads 2007-12-22
- Ocean Journey 3D Screensaver (exe)
- Are you ready for an exciting journey across the Atlantic Ocean? This 3D Screensavers will take you on board a magnificent flagship. Named after Queen Victoria this beautiful vessel is the symbol of power and might of the Royal Navy. Feel the gentle breeze blowing in your face and enjoy...
- Tags: 3D, Ocean, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law
- Software downloads 2007-11-28
- Google phone won't pry open wireless business models
- The speculation has begun about today's big Google Phone announcement. Larry Dignan says this will ding the business models of current wireless carriers. How exactly? What is being described is a Linux-based phone that may have WiFi and is tied to...
- Tags: Google Inc., Phone, Speculation, AT&T Corp., Sprint Communications, Wireless, Telecom & Utilities, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-05
- Mystery Island II (exe)
- You are a Navy Seal currently serving aboard the USS Volarus when your submarine is destroyed by an unidentified vessel. A Russian nuclear warship seems the most likely possibility. You escape the final blast and wash up on a tropical island. The situation, as you find out, is a much...
- Tags: Island, Warship, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2007-10-26
- Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball (exe)
- Set sail for an epic voyage of high-speed pinball action with the Pirates of the Caribbean. Explore your ship where secrets, treasure, and bonus points will lead to supreme victory. Dare to enter the Bone Brig to destroy the skeletons and trigger the multi-ball game. Only a true pirate can...
- Tags: Disney Corp., Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law
- Software downloads 2007-10-24
- Finding leaks in a spacecraft
- With financial support from NASA, Iowa State University ISU engineers have developed a sensor to quickly find leaks in a spacecraft. This sensor locates an air leak by listening to the noise generated by the air rushing out of the leak and includes an array of 64 elements that detects...
- Tags: Leak, Spacecraft, Iowa State University, NASA, Sensor, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-10-03
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