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unicycle robot by murata has much better balance than me
technabob — ... If you happen to be attending the CEATEC show in Japan from October 6th through 10th, you’ll be able to see Seiko-chan up close and personal. Other than getting bloggers like me to write about them, I can’t think of too many practical uses for a balancing unicycle ‘bot, can you? ...

CrunchGear meetup in Tokyo: October 4
CrunchGear — ... Great news, everybody! I’ll be in Tokyo, Japan next week for CEATEC. Let’s have a meetup! A successful meetup requires good people, good conversation, and good beer. I think we can manage all three, don’t you? ...

Sony presents professional 3D camera that shoots video at 240fps
CrunchGear — Sony seems to put a lot of emphasis on 3D, as far as the future direction of their TV and optical media divisions is concerned. The company has now shown a first picture of a powerful 3D camera for professional use [JP] that will be presented to the general public during next week’s CEATEC 2009 electronics exhibition in Japan. Details are scarce at this point, but the CMOS camera will have two lenses and be able to shoot video at up to 240fps. Sony says this will come in especially handy when it comes to recording sports event. The ...

TDK develops disc capable of holding 320GB
CrunchGear — ... has something pretty interesting in store for next week’s CEATEC 2009 electronics exhibition in Japan. The company plans to showcase a write-once optical disc that boasts a capacity of 320GB distributed over ten layers holding 32GB each (as opposed to a Blu-ray disc that can store up to 25GB per layer). ...

Next week: DVICE does Japan
DVICE Atom Feed — ... Coming up next week is CEATEC Japan, a big-ass trade show in Tokyo that always has tons of cutting-edge tech on display. This year we're extra excited about it, though, because we're going to be live on the scene, raking up tons of hands-on coverage. We'll also be trolling around Tokyo and Osaka, looking for any cool toys we can get our clumsy gaijin hands on. Watch this space for news from the Land of the Rising Sun starting Tuesday (really early), with even-more-current updates on our ...

CEATEC 2009 Consumer Electronics Trade Show in Japan This Week
About.com Home Theater — ... This year's CEATEC show is being held this week from October 6 - October 10, 2009. This is were it all starts for products coming out of Asia. Most products on display at CEATEC sometimes take a while to make it to the U.S. market. However, some products that appear at CEATEC many never reach U.S. shores, but enjoy a healthy life in other parts of the World. For details about what is in store at this year's show check out the Official CEATEC Website. Blog Photo Courtesy of CEATEC

CEATEC: Yamaha HRP-4C robot adds singing to its arsenal
DVICE Atom Feed — ... week's CEATEC conference in Tokyo revealed Yamaha's updated version of its HRP-4C robot. In addition to a new, more anime-friendly look the robot now sings requests sent to it via iPhone. So in addition to stealing the jobs of human catwalk queens, the Yamaha robot can get started on putting all those auto-tuned human pop artists on the unemployment line. You can see the haunting and creepy video of the HRP-4C robot singing in Japanese here. Via CEATEC

Yamaha transforms supermodel HRP-4C robot into a singer
Gizmo Watch — ... first did this one to catwalk over the ramp and now, just recently, Yamaha’s updated the HRP-4C to sing requests sent to it via iPhone. Seen spellbinding visitors beyond the word impressive at the CEATEC conference in Tokyo, check out the video below to enjoy the renditions of the popular songs in Japanese. ...

CEATEC gets Sharp to show off NetWalker, its smartphone-netbook combo
Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women — ... The NetWalker showed up at CEATEC Japan and promises to cater to those ambiguous minds which are eternally undecided between using a chic touchscreen or sticking to the old-fashioned convenience of a tactile keyboard. The device comes bundled with 4GB memory, microSD slot, optical pointer, a USB port, WiFi and a robust battery life of 10 hours. It runs on Ubuntu and offers all the conveniences of a standard netbook in addition to being a portable electronic dictionary and e-book reader. ...