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
Sony shows TransferJet 2, but who’s using the first one anyway?
10/07/2010, [CEATEC 2010] Sony is demonstrating its second-generation TransferJet components that are almost twice as fast as the first generation (up to 350Mbps). TransferJet is a wireless technology that enables uber-fast data transfers between two devices that are in close proximity [...]
SMK demonstrates egg-shaped air mouse
10/07/2010, [CEATEC 2010] Presented by some media as a TV remote, SMK’s egg is in fact a simple air-mouse that is comparable to current products offered by Logitech of Gyration – at least in function. This is not a product, and [...]
We tried the Toshiba GL1 glasses-less 3DTV for you: greatness and challenges
10/06/2010, [CEATEC 2010] Toshiba has caught CEATEC by storm, creating a continuous 2-hr wait line around its booth with attendees lining-up to see one thing: the GL1 series of glasses-less 3D televisions. Three models were on display: 12″, 20″ (products) and [...]
Yamaha 1mm Thin Light Flexible Speaker
10/05/2010, [CEATEC 2010] This speaker was being presented by Yamaha’s R&D department. It is only 1mm thick and is covered by a display banner on the photo. It’s light too: that banner weighs less than 500g, so it would be fairly [...]
Docomo AR walker demo
10/05/2010, [CEATEC 2010] AR, or Augmented Reality is a very fashionable trend these days. If you’re not familiar with AR, the goal is to supplement (“augment”) reality (often as seen through a live video feed) with additional information about a location, [...]
Nissan Solar Tree Concept
10/05/2010, [CEATEC 2010] The Nissan Solar Tree is a concept that is part of the larger 2030 zero-emission city that Nissan and many major industrial companies in Japan are participating to. The idea is to create the next-generation city design based [...]
Fujitsu dual-screen touch smartphone
10/05/2010, [CEATEC 2010] If a dual-monitor setup can improve our productivity with computers (it’s pretty much proven), could it make our smartphones better too? Maybe. Fujitsu has been playing with a dual-display touch phone that aims to make your experience better [...]
CEATEC Day 1 Round Up
10/05/2010, [CEATEC 2010] We’ve scoured the showfloor on the first day of CEATEC, and while it isn’t as explosive as CES, there are still several new technologies that caught our attention. To make life easier for you instead of going through [...]
Docomo Tai Heart tells you if you’re really in love
10/05/2010, [CEATEC 2010] it’s hard to go to Japan without reporting about bizarre (but fun!) tech concepts: Docomo’s Tai Heart (not sure what that means) is a small device that you can use while talking to your recent date on the [...]
Panasonic has Kinect-like system for digital signage
10/05/2010, [CEATEC 2010] In a discrete part of the CEATEC show, Panasonic was showing its D-Imager (D for “depth”, we guess), a system that can detect and react to the presence of people. Thanks to its depth and color cameras, it [...]
KDDI free viewpoint turns 2D video into interactive 3D
10/05/2010, [CEATEC 2010] KDDI has an interesting 2D to 3D demo in their booth. This time, we’re not talking about stereo 3D, but about 3D graphics that is almost video game like (almost). With a single, or several cameras, KDDI can [...]
Panasonic Lumix GH2 with 3D lens, hands-on
10/04/2010, [CEATEC 2010] The Panasonic GH2 is a great little camera, but Panasonic was demonstrating a 3D lens at the Ceatec show. The lens has two smaller lens, and while it’s not clear what the sensor actually “sees”, what we know [...]
Android Sharp IS03 with Retina Display, hands-on
10/04/2010, [CEATEC 2010] Sharp was exposing its IS03 Android phone that has the particularity of using an IPS 960×640 display, also known as “Retina Display” on the iPhone 4. The telephone itself looks like an iPhone 3GS, except that it seems [...]
