All the stories tagged with CEATEC
CEATEC stands for Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies and is Japan’s largest consumer electronics show. It is regarded as most observers as Japan’s equivalent of the US-based Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The show is a platform for Japanese electronics manufacturer to show their latest products and technologies. Besides the show floor, there are numerous presentations and seminars held during the fair. In 2012, CEATEC is held in Tokyo from Oct 2 to Oct 6
Toshiba Cell-powered TV to be paraded
09/28/2009, Toshiba has plans to show off its first TV that will boast an embedded Cell processor that is capable of handling upscaling and DVR tasks, but unfortunately, won’t be able to play PlayStation 3 games – we think that might [...]
Fujisoft Video-On-Demand for the Wii (live video)
10/03/2008, [CEATEC 2008] It has been reported that the video-on-demand (VOD) service for Wii will start in December (in Japan) and will feature about 500 shows (all genres). Videos will cost between 100 and 400 Wii points. Fujisoft would like to [...]
Bose SoundDock II at CEATEC
10/02/2008, [CEATEC 2008] The Bose SoundDock II digital music system was shown as a “new” item as CEATEC. It’s an introduction without fanfare, as it is “just” an iPod speaker/dock after all. As you might suspect, there’s not a whole lot [...]
Gau Gau pocket solar chargers for mobiles
10/02/2008, [CEATEC 2008] I’ve never seen a solar solution for mobile that is really efficient, and I’m not sure that this one would be, but I have to say that I like the design of these pocket solar chargers we spotted in [...]
Galileo GPS chips ready years before the network becomes operational
10/02/2008, [CEATEC 2008] I haven’t paid attention to the development of Galileo recently (it’s the European, improved, version of GPS) but I thought that it was not due to be (fully) deployed before 2013 or so (this has been delayed several times). [...]
Quick HDD destruction with Digital Streams’ Crushbox
10/02/2008, [CEATEC 2008] Everyone worries about throwing away hard drives full of vital information, but yet very few people take the time to destroy the data (because it’s painfully slow) or the drive (it’s more work than you would think!). Crushbox [...]
Toshiba Super Charge ion Battery (SCiB) for notebooks gets a 90% charge in 10mn!
10/01/2008, [CEATEC 2008] Toshiba was presenting its Super Charge ion Battery (SCiB) for laptops at CEATEC. The technology uses materials that are have better properties than current lithium-ion batteries. Right now, SCiB is used for heavier applications (transportation, industrial), but Toshiba [...]
Pioneer shows 400GB, 16-layers Blu-Ray disc, but there is a catch
10/01/2008, [CEATEC 2008] Everybody loves having more storage space, right? You can just keep dumping your stuff without taking the time to sort things out, which is why the storage business is still going so strong. Having a 400GB optical disc [...]
KDDI Autostereoscopic 3D display for mobile (no glasses required)
10/01/2008, [CEATEC 2008] I spotted this 3D display on the first day, but my initial photos were not good enough, so I decided to go back. The idea is to have a 3D display that can work without glasses (not convenient [...]
Peartree Sophia Mobile Internet Device (Hands-On)
10/01/2008, [CEATEC 2008] I had heard about this mobile internet device (MID) back in April, but all we had then was paper marketing materials. I’m glad to see this MID in the flesh plastic. The device is supposed to have an extension in the back (wired [...]
JVC 2D to 3D real-time video conversion
09/30/2008, [CEATEC 2008] This is a trend: televisions are doing more and more processing and JVC’s 2D to 3D (stereo) conversion is yet another example of what can be done, in real-time, with videos. JVC was showing how it can convert [...]
Fujitsu’s ultimate train simulator is not for kids
09/30/2008, [CEATEC 2008] I don’t know if you remember that PS2 train-simulation game called Train Simulator Real (see video), but this is kind of like that, except that Fujitsu is using 1080p real-world footage instead of 3D graphics. It is meant [...]
Encounter with the M-Cody C10D PMP
09/30/2008, [CEATEC 2008] I don’t remember seeing this device before, so let me do the introductions: The M-Cody C10D is a player that can receive DVB-T digital TV, play video/music files, receive FM radio and even act as a voice recorder [...]
