Technology at its best

From a throwable panoramic ball camera, 'Walk Assist' robot and 'shop of the future', these photographs capture technology at its best. Take a look at stunning photos from the technology world...

The device contains 36 mobile phone cameras that take a picture at the highest point of the ball's trajectory.

A computer program subsequently merges all pictures to a 360 degree image that can be viewed on a monitor by dragging the mouse in the desired direction.

Pfiel developed the ball camera as a university thesis project.

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This picture was taken with a throwable panoramic ball camera developed by Jonas Pfeil of Berlin Technical University.

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Anusorn Adirekkittikun's eight-year-old son, Korn, climbs on the tricycle he designed and built to move through water in a flooded neighborhood near Chao Phraya river in central Bangkok.

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Paul Santeler, vice president and general manager of Hewlett-Packard's hyperscale business, describes the functions of the Project Moonshot prototype server in Palo Alto.

The device, with a capacity of up to 2,800 servers, allows the sharing of storage, networking, management, power and cooling across thousands of servers.

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The Kiira EV car made by Makerere University students is displayed before a test drive in Uganda's capital Kampala.

The two-seater car is the first electric vehicle to be made in Uganda, and has a range of 80km when fully charged, reported local media.

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The robot, mounted onto a paralysed leg, aims to help the knee to bend to facilitate natural walking.

Incorporating the latest in advanced technologies developed by Toyota, the robot is part of the Toyota Partner Robot series and aims for commercialization from 2013, according to the company.

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The first message to pass over the ARPANET was sent from 3420 Boelter Hall on October 29, 1969 led by UCLA professor Leonard Kleinrock and his team.

The recreated lab features a replica of the Sigma 7 computer (L), a teletype (C) similar to one used to communicate with the SIGMA 7 computer, which was connected to UCLA's Interface Message Processor (R). The ARPANET evolved into the Internet we use today.

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The International Nanotechnology Forum (Rusnanotech) is a global venue for the discussion of innovations and issues related to the nanotechnology industry, according to the forum's official Web site.

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The Paris Games Week will run from October 21 to October 25.

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The centre will coordinate actions against organised crime and deal with natural disasters.

It will be staffed with intelligence and research personnel and connected to more than 8,000 video cameras generating more than 13,000 images per second which have been strategically placed around the quake-prone metropolis of 20 million people, according to local media.

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The Paris Games Week will run from October 21 to October 25.

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