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Self-sketching whiteboard unveiled

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4 March 2013 Last updated at 19:15 ET By Leo Kelion Technology reporter

Microsoft is working on an interactive whiteboard that aims to interpret users' sketches to complete the diagrams they were drawing.

The firm will unveil the prototype as part of Techfest - an annual event where its researchers reveal some of the projects they are working on.

The digital canvas is designed to help workers make sense of "big data" - the growing amount of information available from sensors and other sources.

The project is still at an early stage.

However, one analyst suggested there would be significant demand for such a product if Microsoft was able to overcome the hurdles involved in bringing it to fruition.

Microsoft spent $9.8bn (£6.5bn) on research and development in its last financial year.

That is less than Samsung Electronics' $10.5bn investment but more than Apple's $3.4bn, Sony's $4.6bn and Google's $6.8bn R&D tallies.

Storytelling with data

The demonstration of SketchInsight will be hosted by Bongshin Lee at the company's headquarters in Redmond, Washington. The user interface expert has worked on interactive display technologies since joining the firm in 2006.

She will show how a user could draw an image on a large touchscreen to call on pre-loaded data to create interactive charts, maps or other diagrams.

One example she has rehearsed involves research into people's energy use.

By drawing stick figures Dr Lee can bring up a graph showing the spread of the population covered by the study, and then by sketching a battery alongside it she can bring up another chart illustrating how specific groups of people use different amounts of power.

Microsoft suggests the facility would be preferable to current presentation software, including its own Powerpoint program, in which such graphics must be prepared in advance of a presentation.

The project is one of several large-screen technologies under development by Microsoft which it believes will become more common both at work and home in the future.

"As computers grow more capable of handling massive amounts of data, they also need to become more intuitive to use," Kevin Kutz, spokesman for Microsoft Research, told the BBC.

"We're all about bringing that to life with new ways to engage with technology that emphasise voice, touch and gesture."

Tough challenge

While much of the current buzz in tech is focused on small high definition displays found in tablets, smartphones and smart watches, one analyst believes there is untapped demand for the tech giant's vision - not least because of all the data generated by the other gadgets.

Microsoft's Envisioning Centre

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Microsoft is working on a variety of interactive big screen technologies

"Much of the types of things that consumers and people in the business world are doing are focused around social networks and mobile - and that generates a lot of information," explained Brian Blau, a tech analyst at consultants Gartner.

"Businesses and brands especially have to understand those data streams. Interactive graphics can help reveal things you couldn't have seen normally otherwise - helping people with that task is going to be monumentally important in the future."

However, he added that the task Microsoft had set itself would likely prove hard to achieve since organisations measure data in a multitude of ways and need a wide variety of insights.

"Selling things like a machine part is different to selling a subscription to Netflix which is different to to selling an apple on a cart," he explained.

"The metrics have to be tailored for each one of these circumstances and companies are still likely to need experts in their own business to be able to run something like this if it's to be useful."


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Call to fill EU IT skills shortage

5 March 2013 Last updated at 07:40 ET

The European Commission has launched a "grand coalition" to address the region's IT skills shortages.

Digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes told delegates at CeBIT that the EU's competitiveness is "under threat" if it cannot fill the expertise gap.

The shortages come at a time of high unemployment across Europe, she added, calling for greater awareness of IT career opportunities.

Companies like Google have also launched programmes to entice students.

Together with European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso, Ms Kroes said that 1 million euros (£860,000) will be invested into the coalition.

"This coalition is not about reinventing the wheel. It should be about building on existing success," she said.

"I want people to be open in their commitments, join forces where they see the chance, and recognise we need to do things differently.

"Quite simply, facing hundreds of thousands of unfilled vacancies, we cannot continue as we were; and we must all do our bit."

Skills shortage

The commission's own figures suggested that there will be 900,000 vacancies for IT-related roles by 2015. There are currently about 26 million people unemployed across Europe.

The number of "digital jobs" - jobs based around IT - is growing by about 100,000 every year, yet the number of skilled IT graduates is failing to keep pace.

Jose Manuel Barroso

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Jose Manuel Barroso launched the digital jobs coalition

Ms Kroes said she now wants to have companies move "from 'wouldn't-it-be-nice-if' to, 'here's-what-we-are-going-to-do'."

The commission highlighted several new initiatives already taking places, including Telefonica's investment in start-ups, and Cisco's pledge to train 100,000 people to install smart-meters into homes.

The commission's proposals include simplification of the certification system, making it easier to prove what skills a graduate has, regardless of the EU country in which they have worked or studied.

Technology skills shortages have been cited as a pressing problem for several companies which rely on highly-skilled engineers to further their development.

In January, Google chairman Eric Schmidt announced that his firm was to contribute to a scheme to give schools 15,000 free microcomputers.

The Raspberry Pi devices will be used to encourage young children into learning coding skills.


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Windows Phone to get BBC's iPlayer

5 March 2013 Last updated at 09:58 ET

The BBC has announced it is to bring iPlayer to the Windows Phone platform.

Handsets running Microsoft's mobile operating system cannot currently access the catch-up TV and radio service.

Rather than create a native app the BBC plans to allow a web-based version of iPlayer to be accessed via a live tile - or square icon - on the Windows Phone home screen.

A spokesman added that the corporation continues to work on its Android app.

The BBC has faced criticism that its iPlayer app for the Google-designed system offers fewer features than its iPhone equivalent.

Dave Price, who heads up the iPlayer team, has previously said that Android was "complex and fragmented with a huge difference between video playback capabilities" for different devices, causing problems for his developers.

However, he added that it was his goal to offer "feature parity" between the two most popular platforms.

Signed deal

The BBC's effort for Windows Phone 7.5 and 8 mirrors how it brought iPlayer to Blackberry 10 earlier this year.

By wrapping the iPlayer mobile website together with its proprietary Media Player plug-in, the broadcaster can offer access to streamed feeds of its material but will still not be able to let users download programmes for offline use - as is the case with its iOS app.

A spokesman for the BBC would not reveal whether any money had changed hands saying the organisation did not "comment on specific costs" relating it to its iPlayer agreements.

The move comes months after Microsoft agreed to pay the BBC a fee to use some of its online news stories within its Windows 8 desktop Bing Daily news app.

However, a spokeswoman for BBC Global News said this latter agreement was a "commercial content licensing deal" and completely separate to the iPlayer contract.

App holdouts

According to market research firm IDC, 437,000 Windows Phone handsets were shipped to the UK in the October-to-December quarter, representing 4.9% of the market.

One telecoms consultant said that securing local content deals - as is the case with iPlayer - would prove critical to Microsoft efforts to boost that figure.

"News that Blackberry 10 had beaten Windows Phone to the punch in getting iPlayer will have sent shockwaves across Microsoft and its partner Nokia - and they will have doubtless moved mountains to get the service supported," said Ben Wood, director of research at CCS Insight.

"The success or failure of mobile platforms is predicated by the apps and services they support.

"Developers have prioritised Apple and Android, and Microsoft faces a problem in that it is still missing some big name apps and those it does have are sometimes not maintained to the same level - offering the same richness of features - as its dominant rivals."

Nokia recently revealed that the Windows Phone Store now hosts more than 130,000 apps.

However, the marketplace still has notable holdouts including Instagram, Photoshop and an official Dropbox app as well as games including Minecraft, Grand Theft Auto and Temple Run.


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FBI investigates NYC drone sighting

5 March 2013 Last updated at 15:10 ET

The FBI is investigating a pilot's report of an unmanned drone in the skies near a major New York airport.

A pilot with Alitalia told air traffic controllers at John F Kennedy airport he saw a drone about three miles (4.8km) from a runway on Monday.

The pilot estimated the drone was flying about 1,750ft (533m) high and came within 200ft of his aeroplane.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the pilot did not have to change course and landed safely.

"We saw a drone, a drone aircraft," the pilot can be heard saying in a recording of his conversation with air traffic controllers captured by LiveATC.net.

In later radio communication with other pilots, air traffic controllers described the aircraft as small and black, about 3.3ft (1m) wide, with four propellers.

"The FBI is asking anyone with information about the unmanned aircraft or the operator to contact us," said FBI Special Agent in Charge John Giacalone.

"Our paramount concern is the safety of aircraft passengers and crew."

Planes matching the pilot's description are allowed to be flown by hobbyists, but under FAA rules they may not fly at altitudes higher than 400ft.


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Valve readies Steam Box consoles

5 March 2013 Last updated at 16:09 ET By Leo Kelion Technology reporter
Gabe Newell

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Gabe Newell discusses Valve's Steam Box console plans with the BBC's Daniel Emery

Valve expects to offer prototypes of its upcoming video games console for testing within four months time.

The firm's chief executive Gabe Newell revealed the news to the BBC ahead of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) Games Awards.

Valve's online PC games store Steam has already proven highly popular and analysts suggest the console, called Steam Box, could have a big impact.

Mr Newell is being honoured with an Academy Fellowship at the event.

He was less forthcoming about whether his firm was actively working on new sequels to its hit science fiction franchises Half Life and Portal.

Portal 2 - a puzzle based game involving a prisoner trying to escape test chambers controlled by a homicidal computer - won best game and two other awards at last year's Baftas.

Steam Box

Valve's Steam platform - which promotes titles by other developers as well as its own - has over 50 million registered accounts with software for the Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems.

Its upcoming Steam Box hardware is designed to make it easy to access the service via living room televisions posing a challenge to Nintendo's Wii U, the upcoming Sony PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's next Xbox.

"We're working with partners trying to nail down how fast we can make it," Mr Newell told the BBC.

"We'll be giving out some prototypes to customers to gauge their reactions, I guess, in the next three to four months.

"There are noise issues and heat issues and being able to [deal with] that while still offering a powerful enough gaming experience is the challenge in building it."

He added that his company had still to finalise how the console's controller would work as it continued to explore the possibility of including sensors to measure the gamers' body states.

"If you think of a game like Left For Dead - which was trying to put you into a sort of horror movie - if you don't change the experience of what the player is actually feeling then it stops being a horror game," Mr Newell explained.

"So you need to actually be able to directly measure how aroused the player is - what their heart rate is, things like that - in order to offer them a new experience each time they play."

Undeclared price

One industry analyst said Valve's effort to transform itself from a games creator to an online marketplace was impressive, but added that it was still too soon to know if the Steam Box would be a success.

"I don't have any doubt they will put forth an impressive machine and it's pretty clear that at launch they will have a significant games catalogue," said Lewis Ward from IDC.

"But the surrounding app ecosystem is unlikely to match other consoles which have Netflix, video conferencing tie-ins and other non-gaming aspects.

"And we still don't know the price - Valve will be unable to subsidise its console in the same way the other manufacturers do, so that remains a major unknown."


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Dishonored wins Best Game Bafta

5 March 2013 Last updated at 20:41 ET

Dishonored has been named Best Game at the 2013 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) video games awards.

The first-person action title is set in a historic plague-ridden city in which the player uses special powers and swordplay to seek revenge on enemies.

Its developer Arkane Studios made a joke apology to Brits for the way it had spelt the game's name.

Journey - a PlayStation title lacking words and enemies - took five awards.

These included Online Multiplayer, Artistic Achievement, Game Design, Original Music and Audio Achievement.

It was created by Thatgamecompany - a seven-year-old studio founded by graduates from the University of Southern California. It involves travelling across a huge desert landscape and communicating with other players - connected via the internet - by making wordless musical chirps.

Other atypical titles also did well.

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Best Game: Dishonored

Online Multiplayer: Journey

Game Design: Journey

Artistic Achievement: Journey

Original Music: Journey

Audio Achievement: Journey

Mobile & Handheld: The Walking Dead

Story: The Walking Dead

Game Innovation: The Unfinished Swan

Debut Game: The Unfinished Swan

Action: Far Cry 3

British Game: The Room

Performer: Danny Wallace - Thomas Was Alone

Family: Lego Batman 2

Strategy: Xcom - Enemy Unknown

Ones to Watch: Kind of a Big Deal - Starcrossed

Online Browser: SongPop

Sports/Fitness: New Star Soccer

Fellowship: Gabe Newell

The Walking Dead - a spin-off from the zombie-themed television series - won two prizes: Story and Mobile & Handheld.

Players take decisions about how to interact with other characters within set time limits through a series of five episodes. The options they take have lasting consequences and many reviewers have noted its success at eliciting strong emotional reactions from players to some of the characters' fates.

The Unfinished Swan was the other title to take two prizes - Debut Game and Innovation. To play it gamers explore an unfinished world which initially has its details revealed by splattering ink blots from a magic paintbrush,

The Room took the British Game Award. It challenges players to solve puzzles in a 3D environment in order to reveal the secrets of a mysterious box. It was created by Guildford-based Fireproof Studios and had previously won Apple's 2012 iPad game of the year.

Kind of a Big Deal - the developer of Starcrossed - took the Ones To Watch award. The Windows Phone title was created during a nine-week-long games competition run by the University of Abertay in Dundee last summer.

In addition the chief executive of Valve - the creator of the influential science fiction games Half Life and Portal, as well as the Steam community and marketplace - was honoured with an Academy Fellowship, Bafta's highest accolade.

"On behalf of everyone at Valve, and all of the gamers who have gone with us on this adventure over the last few years - thank you very much," he said in a short acceptance speech.


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Samsung to acquire 3% stake in Sharp

6 March 2013 Last updated at 02:53 ET

Samsung Electronics has agreed a deal to buy a 3% stake in struggling Japanese electronics maker Sharp for 10.4bn yen ($110m; £75m).

Sharp has been trying to restructure its operations amid mounting losses.

However, it has found it tough to raise money after its credit rating was cut to "junk" status last year.

Analysts said the investment from Samsung, the world's biggest TV maker, was likely to provide a boost to Sharp's efforts to revive its business.

"For Sharp, this is good news from all fronts," said Gerhard Fasol of Eurotechnology Japan in Tokyo.

"Not only can Samsung help Sharp smooth its production and operations, it can also become a key customer of Sharp's products, especially flat screens," he added.

His views were backed by a statement from the South Korean firm which said that the deal would help to "lay a firm foundation for Samsung to secure a steady supply of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels from diversified sources".

Earlier in the day, shares in Sharp had jumped following reports that such a deal was set to be announced.

Its shares rose as much as 17% to 350 yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, before closing at 341 yen.

Difficult times
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Hon Hai tried to have a strong influence on the way in which Sharp is run, that was a major stumbling block. Samsung has managed to avoid such a deal breaker."

End Quote Gerhard Fasol Eurotechnology Japan

Sharp's fortunes, like that of other Japanese electronics makers, have been hurt by a decline in global demand and falling prices of TVs.

It has forecast a loss of 450bn yen for the year to 31 March 2013.

The firm has announced a series of measures, including cutting 5,000 jobs or just under 10% of its workforce, in an attempt to cut costs.

It has also been looking for potential investors to help with its revival plan. However, some of those deals have been tough to negotiate.

Last year, Sharp agreed a deal to sell a stake of about 10% to Taiwan's Hon Hai for $800m.

The deal was announced in March with the Taiwanese firm agreeing to pay Sharp 550 yen per share.

But Sharp's shares fell as much as 70% in the subsequent months and the deal has yet to be concluded.

Though Sharp shares have recovered some of those losses, they are still trading well below the 550 yen mark and there are concerns that the deal may not happen at all.

There have also been reports that Hon Hai has asked for a seat on Sharp's board of directors in exchange for the investment, something that the Japanese firm is not seen as too keen to accept.

Meanwhile, Samsung has stated that it will have "no involvement in Sharp's business management in any way or form".

Analysts said that the South Korean firm's decision not to ask for a greater say in Sharp's day-to-day operations had played a key role in securing this deal.

"Hon Hai tried to have a strong influence on the way in which Sharp is run, that was a major stumbling block," said Mr Fasol of Eurotechnology Japan.

"Samsung has managed to avoid such a deal breaker."

Late last year, there were also reports of chipmaker Intel being keen to invest as much as 40bn yen in Sharp.


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EU fines Microsoft over web browser

6 March 2013 Last updated at 07:02 ET

Microsoft has been fined 561 million euros ($731m; £484m) for failing to promote a range of web browsers, rather than just Internet Explorer, to users in the European Union (EU).

It introduced a Browser Choice Screen pop-up in March 2010 as part of a settlement following an earlier EU competition investigation.

But the US company dropped the feature in a Windows 7 update in February 2011.

Microsoft said the omission had been the result of a "technical error".

But competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia said the action was unprecedented, adding he wanted to deter any company from the "temptation" of reneging on such a promise.

In theory the watchdog could have fined the firm 10% of its global annual revenue, which would have totalled $7.4bn based on its 2012 report.

"We take full responsibility for the technical error that caused this problem and have apologised for it," a spokesman for Microsoft said following the announcement.

"We provided the Commission with a complete and candid assessment of the situation, and we have taken steps to strengthen our software development and other processes to help avoid this mistake - or anything similar - in the future."

One lawyer said the ruling was also intended to send out a message to others.

"The European Commission is sending a firm signal in this first case of its type that it will not tolerate failure by a company to comply with the commitments it gave to settle an antitrust infringement procedure," said Tony Woodgate from Simmons & Simmons.

Joaquin Almunia

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Joaquin Almunia, vice-president of the European Commission, announced the fine

"These 'commitments decisions' are currently the European Commission's favoured mechanism to close abuse of dominance proceedings, saving enforcement resource and allowing for a speedy resolution."

Browser 'oversight'

The case dates back to 2007 when Opera - a Norwegian web-browser maker - complained Microsoft was stifling competition on PCs by bundling Internet Explorer with its operating system.

Microsoft initially argued that the move benefited users, but after the European Commission issued a preliminary report suggesting the firm had abused its position, the company agreed to offer a choice of browser until at least 2014 to avoid risking a fine.

However, this option was missing from its Windows 7 Service Pack 1 released in 2011 and it continued to be absent for 14 months.

During that time, Microsoft reported it was still complying with the agreement.

After the EU was alerted to the problem, it contacted Microsoft, which subsequently issued an apology suggesting its engineers had accidentally missed the issue.

It also acted to restore the facility. But the move was not enough to prevent an eight-month follow-up investigation by the commission into what punishment was needed.

Warning to others

At a press conference in Brussels, Mr Almunia said Microsoft's lack of compliance represented a "serious breach" and was the first time a firm had failed to meet such a commitment.

He explained that he preferred negotiated settlements, rather than extended legal battles, when tackling competition complaints in the fast moving IT sector.

But he added that Microsoft's willingness to co-operate with the EU's subsequent investigation had acted as a mitigating factor when determining the level of the fine.

"I hope this will make companies think twice before they ever thinking of breaching their international obligations," said the commissioner.

Microsoft's chief executive Steve Ballmer and the former head of its Windows division Steven Sinofsky have already had their most recent bonuses docked, in part because of the browser affair.

Opera told the BBC it was "happy to see that the Commission is enforcing compliance with the commitment, which is critical to ensuring a genuine choice among web browsers for consumers".

However, one industry watcher suggested there were still unresolved issues,

"While it's highly likely that it was a technical mistake that broke the browser choice facility the fact that it remained broken for 14 months raises significant questions about Microsoft's ability and willingness to comply with the voluntary agreement with the EU," said Chris Green, principal analyst at the consultants Davies Murphy Group Europe.

"At the same time the situation also raises concerns over the EU's ability to actually monitor the outcomes of antitrust agreements."


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Murdoch group offers school tablet

6 March 2013 Last updated at 08:11 ET

A new tablet for schools has been unveiled by Rupert Murdoch's education group Amplify, reigniting the debate about how children will learn in future.

The $299 (£198) Android device includes learning programs for pupils as well as tools for teachers, allowing them to monitor progress and attendance.

The preloaded software includes content such as the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

The wi-fi enabled tablet, aimed at the US market, faces stiff competition.

Remote control

News Corp's education unit, along with firms such as Apple and Pearson, is betting on a technology-led educational future and is digitising traditional textbooks and redesigning them for children who have grown up using multimedia devices.

Both parents and teachers will be able to access the educational data collected on the tablets.

For parents it will mean they can see how their child is progressing while teachers will be able to create instant chatrooms for class discussions, keep an eye on who is using tablets for playing games rather than working and take over all the screens in the classroom if necessary.

A slightly more expensive tablet with access to 4G - costing $349 - has been designed for children working from home. The preloaded curriculum will cost $99 for a two-year subscription.

While education experts believe that tablet-led education is likely to become the norm in classrooms, not everyone thinks proprietary systems will be the best way forward.

'Daft' idea

"Everyone wants to offer proprietary software that will lock education into their system and that just isn't going to happen," said Prof Stephen Heppell, a digital education expert at Bournemouth University.

"The rhetoric in schools now is about bringing your own device. If you have a child with a cutting-edge iPad why say, 'You can't bring that, you have to use this under-powered device we provide'?

"It is as daft as having identical haircuts."

US-based research group The Pew Internet Research Center has suggested that the gulf between children with access to smartphones and tablets and those without is getting larger.

Prof Heppell said his research indicated that there was no need to provide one device for every pupil.

"Tablets mean children collaborate better," he explained.

"With a laptop there is one driver and the others are passengers but tablets can be shared between a group of children."

For him the real reason to replace textbooks with tablets in the classroom is that such devices can be used to create, rather than just consume, content.

"I've seen really young kids shooting and editing movies in a way that five years ago would have got them a GCSE," he said.

In the UK, the Essa Academy in Bolton has already taken the radical decision to provide all pupils and teachers with iPads.

It says this has helped students and cut costs, including reducing the schools £80,000 photocopying bill to just £15,000 a year.

The Amplify tablet will be officially unveiled at the South By Southwest conference in Austin, Texas.


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Volvo unveils cyclist alert system

6 March 2013 Last updated at 11:20 ET

Volvo has announced it is releasing a cyclist detection facility which should prevent fatal accidents.

The auto firm says vehicles fitted with the system will be able to detect threats including a cyclist suddenly swerving out into a car's path.

It said that if a collision risk was detected an alarm would sound and the car's breaks would be fully deployed.

However, safety campaigners say the tech is no replacement for caution behind the wheel.

The Chinese-owned company introduced the feature at the Geneva Motor Show.

No upgrades

The technology is an enhanced version of Volvo's pedestrian detection system which it launched in 2010.

Like the earlier release the innovation uses a radar in the car's grille and a camera located between its windscreen and back view mirror to detect collision threats.

The code which acts as the brains for the equipment has been rewritten to add the new feature, and its added complexity has meant a more powerful processor is now needed.

As a consequence Volvo cars fitted with prior versions of the product cannot simply install a software upgrade.

The firm added that the new system also needed to be installed while cars were being built in the factory - meaning it would have to be ordered up front - and it would be limited to seven out of 11 models in the company's current line-up.

Motorists wanting the feature face an added bill of at least £1,850 to buy it as a part of a package of added features.

Horse alerts

A Volvo Car UK spokesman told the BBC that the firm's engineers were now working on a fresh version as part of its 2020 programme which would also detect animals.

They have already spent an evening at a safari park where they laid out dried foot to attract the creatures which they filmed to study their various behaviours.

"The aim is to avoid collisions with horses and deer for example," said Chris Mullord. "But there's no firm release date yet."

This is not the firm's only effort to protect people outside its vehicles from accidents. In May it will release its first car fitted with an airbag beneath its bonnet which will inflate if sensors in the front bumper detect they have come into contact with a cyclist or pedestrian.

The airbag covers approximately a third of the windscreen and is designed to minimise injury to the victim's head.

According to the UK's Department for Transport, 6,040 pedestrians, 3,270 cyclists and 5,440 motorcyclists were killed or seriously injured on the UK's roads between October 2011 and September 2012.

It said the figures for each category had increased by between 4-8% over the previous year.

British Cycling - the UK's governing body for cycling - said it appreciated Volvo's efforts, but added that they only addressed part of the problem.

"While we obviously welcome any safety measures that can be built into vehicles, people shouldn't be relying on technology to keep them and other road users safe," said a spokeswoman.

"What would make much more of a difference is making cyclist awareness a mandatory part of the driving test. British Cycling will continue to campaign for this as well as the establishment of a prominent, national cyclist awareness campaign similar to that we've seen for motorcyclists."


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