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Sharp shows plant making 10th generation panels (AP)

Sharp shows plant making 10th generation panels

Technology / Business

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Huge sheets of glass are guided by robotic arms, sliding and turning in a towering germ-free plant, the world's first making giant "10th generation" panels for flat screen TVs.


Sony CEO Howard Stringer speaks to reporters

Sony to enter car battery market: Stringer

Technology / Energy

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Sony Corp. will tap the rechargeable car battery market amid a growing focus on electric cars and green auto technology, chief executive Howard Stringer said Thursday.


Gift Guide: A focus on HD video, at many prices (AP)

Gift Guide: A focus on HD video, at many prices

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It's easier than ever to shoot high-definition video. You can do it with traditional-style camcorders, of course, but also with cameras that also are designed to take still photos - from high-end "digital ...


EU drops Qualcomm antitrust probe

Technology / Business

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- European Union antitrust regulators on Tuesday dropped a monopoly abuse probe into wireless chip maker Qualcomm Inc. after mobile phone companies withdrew complaints about high royalty fees.


The Gorillapod SLR-Zoom flexible tripod

Gadgets: Digital photo gift ideas

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Once again it's that shopping time of year and if digital photography is on your shopping list, here is a roundup of accessories to kick off the season.


Building the smart home wirelessly

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Like the paperless office, the smart home has been a long time coming, but a report published in the International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology, suggests that radio tags coupled with mobile communications device ...


Active Shutter 3D Technology for HDTV

Active Shutter 3D Technology for HDTV

Technology / Hi Tech

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (14) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sony and Panasonic have recently announced a new technology, called "active shutter" for producing the experience of 3D on high definition TVs. The first models are expected to be available ...


Humanoid robot

Japanese Robot/Humanoid Innovations Update: Mankind's Best New Friend is Getting Better (Videos)

Electronics / Robotics

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The combined efforts of the University of Tokyo with private sector partners and the Information and Robot Technology Research Technology Initiative have moved one-step closer to creating ...


Going plasmonic in search of faster computing, communications

Going plasmonic in search of faster computing, communications

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of European researchers has demonstrated some of the first commercially viable plasmonic devices, paving the way for a new era of high-speed communications and computing in which electronic ...


A Samsung 1.19-inch thick, 55-inch LED 8000 edge-lit television

SKorean TV giants tout differing technologies

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 2

The world's top two makers of flat-panel televisions are stressing the energy-saving virtues of different display technologies in their race to dominate a huge global market.


Panasonic Develops High Energy Lithium-ion Battery Module  with High Reliability

Panasonic Develops High Energy Lithium-ion Battery Module with High Reliability

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Panasonic Corp. has developed a 1.5 kWh battery module from 18650-type (18 mm in diameter x 65 mm in length) lithium-ion battery cells, which are widely used in laptop computers, to provide energy storage ...


A bed-shaped robot which can transform from a bed (top) to a wheel chair (bottom)

Panasonic develops bed that turns into wheelchair

Technology / Hi Tech

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Japan's Panasonic Corp. has developed a "Robotic Bed" that can transform into a wheelchair to make life easier for elderly and disabled people, it announced Friday.


Flip UltraHD

HD camcorders shoot great video but it's not easy to watch

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

If you want to buy a high-definition camcorder, no problem -- you have a range of options.


Crowded theaters build momentum for 3-D at home (AP)

Crowded theaters build momentum for 3-D at home

Technology / Hi Tech

created Oct 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" in theaters this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling as if they're surrounded by a spaghetti ...


Intel, Microsoft, Dell band together for WiGig

Technology / Telecom

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- Wi-Fi, WiMax, WirelessHD, WHDI and now ... WiGig?