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Sharp Cocorobo robot vacuum cleaner updated – smaller model and updated app functions

By DigInfo TV - [26/11/2012 - 01:31] - 0 - Robot

Sharp have updated their Cocorobo line of intelligent robot vacuum cleaners, with a new smaller model, as well as a Cocorobo Navi function, which allows the robot to be controlled when the user is outside the home. Cocorobo Navi can be[...]

Sharp Cocorobo robot vacuum cleaner updated – smaller model and updated app functions

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iPhone App Makes Map Navigation Easier to Visualize

By DigInfo TV - [21/11/2012 - 05:04] - 0 - Software

Crossfader has developed Version 1.4 of AR-MAPS, an iPhone app that supports augmented reality (AR) on maps. AR is one of visualization solutions. This map application represents the ground on the bottom half of the screen, showing a m[...]

iPhone App Makes Map Navigation Easier to Visualize

Via Crossfader

Fujifilm ultra-wide 99x telephoto zoom lens for broadcast

By DigInfo TV - [19/11/2012 - 03:02] - 0 - Camcorder

In December, Fujifilm will release a 99x zoom lens that also achieves a wide-angle focal length of 8.4 mm, the top specification for a broadcast telephoto lens. For this lens, Fujifilm has upgraded its optical shake compensation, to fu[...]

Fujifilm ultra-wide 99x telephoto zoom lens for broadcast

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Brain Computer Interface used to control the movement and actions of an android robot

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [14/11/2012 - 05:46] - 0 - Press Conference Robot

Researchers at the CRNS-AIST Joint Robotics Laboratory, are working on ways to control robots via thought alone. “Basically we would like to create devices which would allow people to feel embodied, in the body of a humanoid robo[...]

Brain Computer Interface used to control the movement and actions of an android robot

Via CNRS-AIST

Write and play your own sheet music with the Gocen

By DigInfo TV - [12/11/2012 - 07:52] - 0 - Music Instruments

The Gocen is a device which scans and plays handwritten sheet music in real time. It is being developed by a group at the Tokyo Metropolitan University led by Assistant Professor Tetsuaki Baba. “First, the system looks at the sta[...]

Write and play your own sheet music with the Gocen

Via Tokyo Metropolitan University

Pimp your EOS M with Japan Hobby latest front fascia stickers

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [12/11/2012 - 05:59] - 0 - Accessories

Not sure if we should advise anyone in getting of of these front fascia stickers for Canon EOS M, but if you are willing to ruin your good looking EOS M the company Japan Hobby launched a pair of arguably nice set of fascia stickers fo[...]

Pimp your EOS M with Japan Hobby latest front fascia stickers

Via Japan Hobby

Japan Display develops paper-like low-power color LCD which can display video

By DigInfo TV - [5/11/2012 - 08:26] - 0 - Displays

Japan Display has developed a paper-like low-power color reflective LCD, which can display video. “Ordinary liquid crystal displays have a backlight, and produce the picture by using a liquid crystal shutter. But this panel doesn[...]

Japan Display develops paper-like low-power color LCD which can display video

Via Japan Display

Japan Display showcases the latest in mobile display technology

By DigInfo TV - [5/11/2012 - 03:29] - 0 - Displays

Japan Display has presented three prototype displays, titled “Innovation Vehicles”, which combining the latest mobile display technologies from Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi. “Japan Display was established in April, by t[...]

Japan Display showcases the latest in mobile display technology

Via Japan Display

The DTS-USB Tube is back and now come fully compatible with all headphones

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [5/11/2012 - 02:32] - 0 - Audio Systems

Back in 2012 the Japanese company Umazon introduced the X-TUBE AS301DTS USB dongle that gave DTS 5.1Ch support to any low hands PCs without breaking the bank. Two years later, this X-TUBE DTS comes in a new version the 400-ADUSB001 tha[...]

The DTS-USB Tube is back and now come fully compatible with all headphones

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Thanko’s new Air Gesture mouse let you control your PC “Minority Report” style

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [5/11/2012 - 02:17] - 0 - Peripherals

I have to admit it but since I saw teh movie Minority Report I can’t wait on having the chance to control my PC with my fingers as smoothly as in this movie! Sure we are not there yet, but Thanko launched last Friday in Japan a n[...]

Thanko’s new Air Gesture mouse let you control your PC “Minority Report” style

Via Thanko

Pinch interface connects the displays of multiple devices simultaneously

By DigInfo TV - [2/11/2012 - 03:53] - 0 - Displays

Pinch is an interface which connects the displays from multiple touch devices together. It is currently under development by a research group at the Tokyo University of Technology. When the user places a thumb and index finger on two a[...]

Pinch interface connects the displays of multiple devices simultaneously

Via http://www.teu.ac.jp/english/

Paper Computing technology the first step to paper-based Google Docs

By DigInfo TV - [31/10/2012 - 08:16] - 0 - Networking

At the University of Tokyo, the Naemura Group is developing paper computing technology, which can automatically erase, copy and print hand-drawn sketches on paper. As well as using a camera and computer, this system uses a laser and UV[...]

Paper Computing technology the first step to paper-based Google Docs

Via University of Tokyo

SE-208DB, Samsung latest external DVD player

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [24/10/2012 - 08:20] - 0 - Storage

Well guess what? There is still a market for external ODDs! And to make sure that they will sell a good chuck of them Samsung announced today in Korea its latest and colorful SE-208DB, a new external DVD Writer. What’s new here? [...]

SE-208DB, Samsung latest external DVD player

Via Samsung

Panasonic develops a prototype dry head spa robot

By DigInfo TV - [24/10/2012 - 06:55] - 0 - Healthcare Robot

Panasonic has developed a prototype dry head spa robot, which in the future could be attached to a desk or bath. It uses robot hand technology previously developed for use in their hair washing robot. “For kneading the scalp whil[...]

Panasonic develops a prototype dry head spa robot

Via Panasonic

World’s first all rubber speaker made from artificial muscles is thin, soft and bassy

By DigInfo TV - [19/10/2012 - 12:11] - 1 - Audio Systems

Tokai Rubber Industries has developed the world’s first all-rubber speaker. This speaker utilizes Smart Rubber, which conducts electricity and can freely expand or contract, to generate sound. Previously, the company developed fl[...]

World’s first all rubber speaker made from artificial muscles is thin, soft and bassy

Via Tokai Rubber Industries

Robotic wheelchair from Chiba Tech turns wheels into legs and climbs over steps

By DigInfo TV - [16/10/2012 - 09:07] - 0 - Robot

At the Chiba Institute of Technology, a group led by Shuro Nakajima has developed a robot wheelchair that can climb over steps. This robot can make a variety of movements, using its four-wheel drive and five axes. Normally, it rolls al[...]

Robotic wheelchair from Chiba Tech turns wheels into legs and climbs over steps

Via Chiba Institute of Technology

[Hands-On] AR app from docomo translates menus and signs in real time

By DigInfo TV - [11/10/2012 - 01:50] - 3 - Phones Software

On October 11, NTT Docomo will start the Utsushite Honyaku service, which instantly translates foreign-language restaurant menus when you point a smartphone’s camera at them. Utsushite Honyaku is a commercial version of a service[...]

[Hands-On] AR app from docomo translates menus and signs in real time

Via NTT Docomo

[Hands-On] Docomo Hands-Free Videophone for futuristic glasses-type HMD devices

By DigInfo TV - [10/10/2012 - 02:00] - 0 - Phones

NTT Docomo has developed the Hands-Free Videophone, which enables video calls without having to hold the camera. This is part of docomo’s research on creating future glasses-type devices. The Hands-Free Videophone captures the us[...]

[Hands-On] Docomo Hands-Free Videophone for futuristic glasses-type HMD devices

Via NTT Docomo

Toyota Partner Robot provides everyday assistance for people with disabilities

By DigInfo TV - [4/10/2012 - 10:28] - 0 - Press Conference Robot

Toyota has developed the Partner Robot, to provide everyday assistance for people with disabilities. This robot has a compact, cylindrical body, so it can turn round in small spaces, as well as folding arms, which can do tasks such as [...]

Toyota Partner Robot provides everyday assistance for people with disabilities

Via Toyota

[CEATEC 2012] Sharp outs first 4K IGZO Display prototypes

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [2/10/2012 - 04:27] - 1 - Displays

Sharp unveiled at IFA 2012 a new series of high-resolution and low power display technology named IGZO, and today at CEATEC, Sharp went one step further by introducing two new 32” IGZO screens with one featuring a touchscreen and anoth[...]

[CEATEC 2012] Sharp outs first 4K IGZO Display prototypes

Via Sharp

[CEATEC 2012] Docomo introduces Grip UI, a new way to “hold” your phone

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [2/10/2012 - 02:46] - 0 - Phones

Here you an interesting concept that once turn real becomes almost a complete, behold the Grip UI from Docomo. The theory, and reality, is that it is rather difficult to use your smartphone in a confined environment like a train for ex[...]

[CEATEC 2012] Docomo introduces Grip UI, a new way to “hold” your phone

Via NTT Docomo

[CEATEC 2012] KDDI presents a new palm authentication app for Smartphones

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [2/10/2012 - 02:14] - 0 - Phones Security

KDDI’s booth was rather uneventful this year and has not much to show, unless maybe this very cool new palm authentication app for Smartphones. Unlike Fujitsu Palm Reader technology, KDDI’s palm authentication app will actu[...]