[EV Expo] Meguru, the first EV rickshaw
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [21/1/2011 - 01:51] - 
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Today at EV Expo 2011 we had the chance to stumble upon Meguru, the first ever EV (electric vehicle) rickshaw. Based on the Japanese traditional rickshaw design using bamboo and washi paper the Meguru comes with a compact eclectic engi[...]
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A battery that charges by moving around
By Akihabara News Team - [6/12/2010 - 03:45] - 0 - Environment
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Researchers at Kanazawa University in Japan created a battery, the size of a 1-yen coin, made of a very special alloy, that allows it to be many times more effective than any vibration-based energy generating device currently existing.[...]
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Apocket B1100 is a new ultra slim and light Battery for your iPhone 4
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [3/12/2010 - 03:24] - 0 - Accessories
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OTAS, a Japanese company, has a new “Ultra-slim” and light battery for iPhone 4 in its catalog with the Apocket B1100. By just adding 15mm and 51g to your iPhone, you will now improve its battery by 50% (According to OTAS), thanks to i[...]
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Toshiba plan to conquer Southeast Asian Nation with a Battery Powered TV
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [30/11/2010 - 09:46] - 1 - Home Entertainment
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Only targeted to ASEAN countries, including Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, Toshiba latest “Power TV” series, available in three different flavors with the PB1 (24”), PC1 (32”) and PS1 (40”),. Th[...]
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Elecom introduces a new series of external batteries for Smartphones
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [16/11/2010 - 05:07] - 1 - Accessories
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Another product from Elecom today and this time we have a pocket battery strictly designed to recharge your smartphone. With a 1600mAh internal battery capacity you will be able to fully recharge your smartphone on the go. This new bat[...]
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Panasonic Announces $30 Million Investment in Tesla Motors
By Akihabara News Team - [4/11/2010 - 11:10] - 0 - Science
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Panasonic Corporation and Tesla Motors announced today that the former has made a 30 million USD investment in Tesla Motors, a Silicon Valley designer and manufacturer of electric vehicles. Tesla will switch to exclusively using Panaso[...]
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Sanyo’s “eneloop” goes glittery for 5th anniversary
By Akihabara News Team - [26/10/2010 - 03:00] - 0 - Kawaii Misc
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To celebrate the 5th anniversary of its AA and AAA-size “eneloop” rechargeable battery packs, Sanyo has announced the release of a 8-color glitter limited edition. It’ll be available on November 14th in Japan in 8 colors: purple,[...]
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SolidMicro’s New iPad Battery/Case
By Akihabara News Team - [18/10/2010 - 05:36] - 0 - Tablet-PDA
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SolidMicro Co have announced a new large-capacity iPad case-cum-external battery to be available for preorder starting today. It’s a full cover that protects the iPad from scratches and some drops, has a 6000mAh battery (2.4 time[...]
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Elecom AN ECOL Stylish rechargeable batteries now also in AAA Flavor.
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [3/8/2010 - 03:52] - 1 - Accessories
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Introduced in September 2009, the AN ECOL, Elcom stylish approach to rechargeable batteries, are now also available in AAA size… So if Eneloop batteries are not fancy enough for you, now you know that in Japan we have at least an[...]
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Wireless Power Transmission one step closer to you thanks to Murata
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [5/7/2010 - 05:19] - 2 - Wireless
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If Wireless Power Transmission is not something new, we are yet however able to see devices supporting this technology on a daily basis. However, thanks to company like Murata, this will soon become a reality. Indeed, Murata announced [...]
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Microsoft InstaLoad: New Polarity-Free Battery Installation Technology
By Akihabara News Team - [2/7/2010 - 04:38] - 0 - Storage
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InstaLoad is a patented battery contact design by Microsoft allowing users not to bother about the the +/- directions of the batteries while inserting them into a device. It is compatible with cylindrical form factor batteries of diffe[...]
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Sanyo to power Yokohama EV race car for 2010 Pikes Peak
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [3/6/2010 - 04:48] - 0 - Environment
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Sanyo announced today that their are powering Yokohama EV (Electric Vehicle) race car with their batteries for 2010 Pikes Peak. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is the ultimate climbing race where any participants have to run on[...]
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Solar-Powered Battery with 29 different adapters
By Akihabara News Team - [17/5/2010 - 06:19] - 0 - Accessories
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Here we have a convenient and environmentally-friendly solution: a 20,000mAh battery which can be charged through solar power and comes with 29 different adapters in the package. In order to fit our needs as much as possible, 19 out of[...]
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Sanyo Li-Ion batteries to power Suzuki “Swift Plug-in Hybrid” Cars
By Akihabara News Team - [13/5/2010 - 06:23] - 0 - Environment Storage
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It has been less than 3 weeks that we talked about the Guinness Record achievement of the Sanyo Li-Ion Batteries-charged Electric Car “Mira EV” and today Sanyo announced their new partnership with Suzuki to supply lithium-[...]
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Thanko announce their new Bracelet Battery as well as Game piracy
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [7/5/2010 - 02:33] - 0 - Accessories
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Note to self… When promoting your new universal battery charger for mobile devices and portable gaming console… Try to avoid shooting promotion pictures with a Nintendo DS running an R4. Anyway, back to the topic… Thanko decided to upg[...]
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3 portable batteries with solar mode from Green-House
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [27/4/2010 - 05:47] - 1 - Accessories
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Green-House just unleash 3 new portable batteries mainly designed for Japanese mobile phones and their proprietary connectors, that’s however includes both the iPod/iPhone one and a mini USB. Depending of your model of choice you will [...]
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Sanyo Li-Ion batteries powered Electric Car to Guiness Record
By Akihabara News Team - [21/4/2010 - 05:08] - 0 - Environment
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Announced today, Sanyo boast the Electrical Vehicle “Mira EV”,which achieved the Guinness Record for the “Longest Distance Travel by an Electric Vehicle on a Single Charge”, has been powered by Sanyo lithium-ion[...]
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Green-House new pocket LED flashlight is your Mobile phone best friend
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [15/2/2010 - 11:29] - 0 - Accessories
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Unfortunately ONLY compatible with a limited number of Japanese handset and excluding iPhone, Windows Mobile and Android devices by default, the new GH-BTK-31LK is a compact LED (20x20x85mm) powered by a AA battery not only save your a[...]
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Sanyo new Slick Eneloop Stick Booster hitting Japan this December
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [11/11/2009 - 02:47] - 0 - Misc
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Simply put, the Eneloop Stick Booster is just a simple tube like a battery charger allowing you to store 2 AA Eneloop batteries and then to use the overall setting to charge on the go any USB powered devices like you DAP, Phone or Port[...]
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Spice-up your life with Sanyo’s latest colorful Eneloop batteries
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [5/11/2009 - 03:27] - 2 - Misc
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What a nice idea from Sanyo to brighten-up our lives a little with their latest Eneloop Tone.I am pretty sure that by now you must have already been familiar with Sanyo’s amazing rechargeable batteries, the Eneloop, capable of ch[...]
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2nd Gen Eneloop Batteries Available Now
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [7/10/2009 - 09:51] - 0 - Misc
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Yesterday Sanyo did the unthinkable by organizing a press conference the same day as CEATEC… As you may have guessed by now, this was far from being a hit, however, what Sanyo announced IS pretty impressive. Behold 2nd generation Enelo[...]
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I-O Data’s New Compact USB Wireless Router for the Geek in You
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [27/8/2009 - 03:05] - 2 - Pc
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Let’s imagine you want to start your own LAN Party in middle of nowhere and have a bunch or laptops laying around. Where you are the wireless LAN router MADE for you, the DCR-G54/U, is a regular BG router with 2 Ethernet ports that can[...]
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