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HONG KONG: an electric motorbike that sounds like a galloping horse? Whatever NXT?
Interesting discussions with the guys from NXT here at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair: it seems every time I meet with them they have some new and exciting developments of their various technologies, and this trip is no exception.There's ...
CEATEC Japan 2009: high wind in Makuhari, more robots and a video wrap-up of our show coverage
Bit of a strange day here at CEATEC Japan 2009, and indeed a bit of a scary one in Japan as a whole: Typhoon Melor, predicted to be the biggest the country had experienced for a decade, hit Japan just before dawn, bringing torrential rain and ...
CEATEC Japan 2009: Sharp eyes the eco-future, and finds new uses for the TV
The Sharp focus here at CEATEC is on a greener world, and the main platform of its stand is a demonstration of a Solar DC Eco-House concept: a house with an independent power supply, virtually zero carbon dioxide emissions and of course lots of ...
CEATEC 2009: Is Sony betting the farm on bringing 3D home in 2010?
Like Panasonic, Sony is going big on 3D TV here at CEATEC Japan 2009, with a punchy stage presentation drawing heavily on group companies' music, movies and more.It has a 3D theatre in the depths of the stand and the frankly rather cramped booths ...
CEATEC 2009: Panasonic's 3D seminar lacks depth but comes up with all the standard answers
(Caution: the following may cause dizziness)Like it or not, 3D TV is coming, and soon. The CEATEC 2009 show has 3D firmly on the front-burner – a burner 30% more energy efficient than last year's, of course... – with even those companies not ...
CEATEC Japan 2009, Hitachi: if you want to know how much energy you're saving, look away now...
Spent a good chunk of the morning on the Hitachi stand here at CEATEC, looking around at a raft of new technology the company has to give us better pictures, 3D pictures and of course significant energy savings. It's kinda familiar stuff by ...
CEATEC Japan 2009: Panasonic goes big on 3D TV and green credentials
If Toshiba's stand here at CEATEC is all about its Cell Regza technology, Panasonic is pinning its colours on a 3D future for TV, and a greener future for consumer electronics. But it isn't without a taste of even bigger and better things to ...
CEATEC Japan 2009: Yamaha finds a new use for your iPhone, makes a table a piano and gives a robot a voice
Just to remind you that there's more to Yamaha than just home cinema receivers and Air Wired iPod docks, the company's putting its music division to the fore here at CEATEC.But that doesn't mean technology is taking a back seat: building on its ...
CEATEC Japan 2009: Toshiba's Cell Regza in pictures and video
More on the Toshiba Cell Regza technology, which we covered in news yesterday; it's the sole focus of the huge Toshiba stand here at CEATEC Japan 2009, which opened this morning. We took a closer look at what the technology can do, saw the ...
Oppo BDP-831: all the universal player you could ever need?
UPDATE: AS OF 27.10.09, OPPO HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE EUROPEAN LAUNCH OF THE BDP-831 HAS BEEN 'POSTPONED INDEFINITELY'Not so long ago, buying a do-it-all disc player was simple: you picked up a ‘universal’ DVD machine, also able to play Super Audio ...
