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World Service,09 Aug 2005,22 mins

Making air travel safer

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QinetiQ unveils its Tarsier system - which checks airport runways for debris. Following the Concorde disaster, which was allegedly caused by debris on the runway, radar-enabled technology which can check an entire runway has been developed by a UK company. Also in the programme gaming gets more personal at the Sygraph technology where virtual technology that Identifies the sources of oil spills has also been launched. Presenter: Gareth Mitchell.

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