Intel Developer Forum in pictures
Published: 26 Aug 2005 17:35 BST
The Intel Developer Forum is the chip giant's chance to show off its latest ideas to its army of supporters, partners and independent designers. It's about more than just chip sets — wireless, virtual reality, fuel cells and new ideas in portable technology battle it out with dozens of new ideas for the attention and imagination of the people who make the industry work.
If you couldn't make it to San Francisco this week, then here are some of the things that made us sit up and take notice.

A selection of Intel Motes, independent sensor-laden wireless computers

An Intel Mote, showing how options can be stacked on nesting boards

More motes

ZDNet UK's mobile phone connects to an Intel Mote via Bluetooth - true cross-platform data connectivity

Although optronics isn't being featured heavily this year, Intel continues to invent new optical communications ideas. Here, three 10 gigabit/second modulators show that you don't have to be square to be hip

A three-dimensional virtual reality projection device -- shown here helping to model a project management plan -- tries hard not to look like a cross between a giant illuminated urinal and a satellite TV dish





