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Atom and Apple-like tech

Mobile Internet devices and a concept model provide eye candy at this week's IDF.

Scientists develop eye camera

Could a bionic eye be next?

 
 
 

A peek at the future of telemedicine

Could games be the way to stay fit and healthy?

Intel's future for robots, health care, PCs

Take a peek at automated devices for use in the home and office

 
 
 

Indonesia's Zyrex turns on UMPC charm

The PC manufacturer shows off its ultra-mobile machines at the CommunicAsia 2008 show.

S'pore firm offers traffic updates

Quantum Inventions' service pushes traffic conditions to mobile phones.

 
 
 

Location-based services going places

The Tele Atlas van makes an appearance at the imbX 2008.

CommunicAsia gets ready for showtime

Exhibitors and contractors put the finishing touches to booths at CommunicAsia, part of the imbX 2008.

 
 
 

A peek at the upcoming MIDs

Hardware vendors show off upcoming mobile Internet devices at Intel Developer Forum 2008 in Shanghai.

Linux gets a taste of Windows and Mac

A look at the new features in the KDE4.0 released last month


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Five unusual data centers

Wednesday, August 8 2007 10:45 am

Hydrogen-fueled, underground and bundled in a shipping container...


Data centers are big business, and as well as the usual anonymous buildings on the edge of town Silicon.com has visited some more unusual locations as the industry develops new ways of coping with demand.

For example, managed services provider Centrinet has what it claims is the UK's first data center with zero carbon emissions.

The data center was built 100 metres underground in a former RAF radar station in the Lincolnshire countryside. Pictured is the view down into the so-called Smartbunker.

The zero-carbon claim refers to energy--all the power the data center uses comes from UK-based wind farms. Click to see the more of the zero-carbon subterranean center.

Credit: Gemma Simpson




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