The best video from CeBIT 2008
Published: 07 Mar 2008 18:25 GMT
CeBIT's 30-plus exhibition halls were packed with technology this year. We capture the best of it on video, from software controlled by brainwaves to a robot based on the same AI engine that drove the fight scenes in Lord of the Rings.
Thumbs-up for Windows Media Player
At CeBIT, Dr Frank Klefenz from the Fraunhofer Institute demonstrates how finger gesture filmed on a webcam can control Windows Media Player [07 Mar 2008]
Collaborating on green IT
Barbara Grimes of the Climate Savers Computing initiative explains how the high-level group hopes to make computing greener [07 Mar 2008]
Using telematics to manage a fleet of cars
At CeBIT, German firm IAV explains how it uses telematics to monitor the health of vehicles in a car fleet and help identify recurring problems, as well as tune engines on the go and communicate with emergency services [06 Mar 2008]
Zeno: The robot based on Lord of the Rings AI
Hanson Robotics's Zeno robot may be a toy, but its sophisticated artificial intelligence is far from child's play [06 Mar 2008]
NextWindow enables giant multitouch screen
Microsoft is not the only company showing off multitouch technology. NextWindow's touch technology can fit screens up to 100 inches, and enables multitouch features [06 Mar 2008]
The Linux-based car's next challenge
Caroline is not just any old VW Passat; it has seven PCs monitoring its environment, making decisions and controlling it. Researcher Jörn Martern Wille talks about the tech and explains where it's headed [06 Mar 2008]
The individual approach to cooler servers
Marc Siggelkow of Brach and Moll shows off a cooling unit that wraps servers in their own environment to cut energy consumption [07 Mar 2008]
How the Eee PC beat even Asus's expectations
Steven Tien, director of market development at Asus, talks about the success of the Eee PC and the implications for the new model when Microsoft discontinues Windows XP in the summer [07 Mar 2008]
Biometrics technology that can read emotions
The Fraunhofer Institute's intelligent-systems manager gives a demonstration of technology that can read a face and gauge whether a person is happy, sad, or angry [07 Mar 2008]
The monitor that's serious about sleep
Dr Wolfgang Haid from Fujitsu Siemens demonstrates a monitor that uses no electricity at all when in standby mode [07 Mar 2008]
Interacting with your PC in mid-air
Wolfgang Reiner from the Fraunhofer Institute shows how to move a cursor and manipulate images by pointing at them from metres away [07 Mar 2008]
Control software with brainwave patterns
University of Bremen researchers demonstrate technology that reads brainwaves to control software [07 Mar 2008]
Data-centre power usage phones home
Ronald Timmermans from Methode Schleifenbauer explains how to measure power consumption throughout a data centre [07 Mar 2008]
Business uses for Lord of the Rings AI software
The chief executive officer for Massive Software, the company that provided the AI software used in the fight scenes in the Lord of the Rings movies, discusses the robotics and business applications of the software [07 Mar 2008]
- The best of CeBIT 2008: Day one
- Microsoft pushes seamless communications
- Ballmer claims Microsoft is thinking green
- Portable tech on show at CeBIT
- Microsoft to develop virtualisation management tools
- Asus and Microsoft unveil Eee upgrade
- Asus Eee gets upgrade and Windows
- Cryogenics chilled systems at CeBIT
- Eee: Thicker, heavier, less productive
- Greenpeace chastises 'toxic' IT industry
- Waterproof displays make a splash at CeBIT
- The Linux car that drives itself
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