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Little Seiko: Japanese company develops creepy kindergarten girl robot
CrunchGear —
... The company said it produced four prototypes and is willing to lend Seiko-chan out to elementary and middle schools for educational purposes. Next week, the general public (including me) has the chance to see the robot showcased at the CEATEC 2008 tech exhibition in Chiba near Tokyo. ...
Sharp builds the world’s first mobile phone with built-in car key
CrunchGear —
... be built into a mobile phone, which is produced by Sharp and, at this point, unfortunately Japan-only. The Japanese car company’s key system is already used in over 950,000 vehicles but now, drivers can wirelessly enter, exit and start their Nissans with the (yet to be named) Sharp phone.
Reportedly, the device is a world first and will be sold on the Japanese market by Nippon’s biggest cell phone carrier, NTT Docomo. The phone will be exhibited at CEATEC Japan 2008, a tech exhibition that starts September 30 near Tokyo.
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Panasonic develops the world’s first 3D full HD plasma home theater system
CrunchGear —
... [JP] it has created the world’s first full HD plasma home theater system capable of displaying 3D images. The company also said the technology will be showcased to the general public next week at the CEATEC 2008 exhibition. ...
CEATEC 2008: Murata Girl unicycle robot in action (video)
CrunchGear —
The CEATEC 2008 tech/electronics exhibition started today in Chiba (near Tokyo) and as to be expected, the Murata Girl, aka creepy kindergarten robot Little Seiko, turned out to be the biggest crowd pleaser.
Today marks the first time Murata, the Tokyo-based company behind the robot, demonstrated its newest product to a larger audience (Japanese video news portal DigInfo kindly provided CrunchGear with their video first).
CEATEC 2008: Hitachi showcases superthin LCD TV
CrunchGear —
At CEATEC 2008, Hitachi is displaying a full HD LCD TV whose thinnest part is just 15mm thick. The 37-inch screen is the successor model of a 32-inch TV (thickness: 19mm) the company showcased at last year’s exhibition.
At this point, the new TV with a response time of 6ms and a color reproduction range standing at 152% of the HDTV specifications is just a prototype (as are many CEATEC products). But Hitachi actually plans to commercialize its new TV as early as next year.
World’s Thinnest 37-inch HDTV from Hitachi
TechFresh, Consumer Electronics Guide —
... We didn’t go to CEATEC 2008, but those who did spotted this 15mm thin 37-inch HDTV from Hitachi. While details are blurry, this 1,920 x 1,080 panel comes with a nicely designed stand and rumored to be in production sometime in 2009. Kinda makes our bedroom LCD TV look fat and overweight heh. [ ...
Ceatec 2008, Yamaha propone un concept-phones
P@ssioneMobile —
... in diretta live al Ceatec di Tokio hanno effettuato una galleria immagini di un concept phone ”musicale” di Yamaha… ...
CEATEC 2008: Toshiba presents the world’s first 16 GB microSDHC memory card
CrunchGear —
... is currently showcasing a prototype of a 16-Gbyte microSDHC memory card at the CEATEC 2008, doubling the maximum capacity of currently available products. ...
CEATEC 2008: Toshiba plans to sell fuel cell/lithium-ion battery-powered mobile phone by next March
CrunchGear —
I am not sure if this is a good idea or not but Toshiba announced at CEATEC 2008 it will soon start incorporating fuel cells in a number of its products, i.e. digital cameras and notebooks.
The company currently presents a hybrid prototype of the W55T [JP], a cell phone that is powered by a methanol fuel cell (cartridge capacity: 50ml) charging a secondary lithium-ion battery. The phone, which is already available without the fuel cell feature, will go on sale in Japan in March 2009 at the latest.
DoCoMo handset takes cue from magician assistant, sepearates in two
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... Probably the coolest thing out of CEATEC is this new, fully-functional separating phone from DoCoMo and Fujitsu. By communicating via Bluetooth, you can pull this phone apart and keep talking on one end while doing business on the other. Magnets make it highly reconfigurable and provide some very imaginative possibilities. The touchscreen seems sharp enough in action and handles video just fine, but details (beyond it running Symbian S60) are hard to come by. Like all of the fun oriental toys, don’t expect this one overseas anytime soon. ...
CEATEC 2008: More impressions, pictures, booth babes
CrunchGear —
... It’s the third of five days at CEATEC 2008, Asia’s biggest exhibition for consumer electronics (think Asia’s CES), and I must say it’s better than last year. ...
CEATEC 2008: Docomo’s (awesome) detachable cell phone up and close (2 videos)
CrunchGear —
At this year’s CEATEC, Little Seiko, the kindergarten girl robot, is the unbeatable fan favorite, but NTT Docomo’s (Japan’s biggest telecommunications company) detachable handset is surely one of the top 5 products of the exhibition. A lot of attendees queued 35 minutes to try the Fujitsu cell phone out themselves, including me. And let me tell you, the thing is awesome.
I blogged about this before but now we have much better videos. The professional video above (with more ...
CEATEC 2008: Panasonic’s futuristic OSD/touchpad remote control (video)
CrunchGear —
At the CEATEC 2008, Panasonic drew a huge crowd with its so-called EZ Touch Remote, a remote control that consists of two touchpads separated by a small keyboard.
The device superimposes an almost screen-size image of itself on the TV. Users can choose and press buttons by keeping their eyes on the TV, following a “virtual thumb” on the screen.
Cool (yet potentially useless?) stuff, but the Panasonic staff didn’t say if the remote is ever going to be mass produced.
CEATEC 2008: Panasonic’s LifeWall, the coolest product of the exhibition (3 videos)
CrunchGear —
... I know it’s very esoteric and all, but I (and tons of other CEATEC 2008 attendees) really loved Panasonic’s super-futuristic LiveWall prototype. ...
Panasonic Plasma LifeWall - “You-know-me-TV” and “Stay-with-me-TV”
D' Technology Weblog —
... At CEATEC 2008 Panasonic’s dispalyed their super-futuristic LiveWall prototype called “LifeWall” — the World’s larget flat-panel display with 150” and 4096×2160 native resolution. It allows you to operate virtually everything with its powerful life-size images and advanced high definition quality. ...
CEATEC 2008: The two coolest robots of the show besides Little Seiko (2 videos)
CrunchGear —
... was not only the coolest robot of this year’s CEATEC (that ended Saturday) but one of the biggest fan favorites overall. But as the CEATEC is a Japanese exhibition, there was a number of other companies that showcased robots. ...
CEATEC 2008: NTT Docomo’s next-generation cell phone prototypes (photo gallery)
CrunchGear —
Japan’s biggest cell phone carrier NTT Docomo had one of the coolest booths at this year’s CEATEC (which ended last Saturday), showcasing a lot of spectacular new stuff.
These are their cell phone concepts, some of which even might make it to the mass market one day. Watch a video of their microprojector cell-phone hybrid here and a see this post for more information on their cell phone/car key prototype made for Nissan (both are not pictured here).
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