New improved Sony’s Bio battery
Sony made its first announcement on development of Bio battery back in August of 2007. This time the newly improved prototype according to Sony doubles the battery output density per unit volume in comparison to its previous prototype which was 2.5mW/cc. The Bio battery works by way of decomposing glucose using an enzyme at the negative electrode and as a result of this generating power by extracting electrons and hydrogen ions from it. Read more
TFT based solar cell by Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi chemical has unveiled its organic based solar cell during the PV Expo in Tokyo. The newly developed solar cell is based on organic semiconductor material that Mitsubishi developed for TFTs back in 2006. The thin film solar cell uses a fullerene derivative for the N-Type material and Mitsubishi’s own developed material “benzoporphyrin (BP)” for the p-type material which was developed for the material of deriver TFTs for OLED and electronic paper. Read more
A new compact GPS unit by Sony
Here is an interesting product by Sony. Sony’s new released GPS unit “GPS-CS3K” is capable of adding GPS positioning information to your digital pictures. The “GPS-CS3K” automatically records positioning information with timestamp (i.e. GPS logfile) into its built-in memory while you are traveling or cycling helping you to sort out your pictures according to their geographical locations with the help of their GPS log file, just in case if you forgot where you took those memorable photos after your trip. Read more
Development of Organic Transistor by Tokyo University
The newly developed organic transistor has been manufactured by using special inkjet technology with sub femtoliter (fl)-class ultra trace droplet control. Using this sort of manufacturing process an organic transistor with a size of 2 micro meter wide Ag source/drain electrode line and with a 1 micro meter channel length can be manufactured. The volume of liquid discharge by nozzle of the inkjet is from 0.5 to 0.7fl and the diameter of each droplet is from 1 to 2 micro meters. The current method is an improvement to the existing inkjet technology capable of producing droplet of diameter sizes of 20 to 50 micro meters capable of several picoliters class droplet controls. Read more
Fuel cell powered speaker and mobile phone charger by Sony
At a glance it looks like a cool looking coffee maker but this exhibited prototype by Sony at FC Expo in Tokyo is Sony’s cordless speaker that is powered by its embedded DMFC (Direct Methanol Fuel Cell). In its cordless speaker Sony has employed four fuel cells and a backup Li-ion battery to compensate for the low power output of DMFC.The 270cc methanol tank which has been artistically placed under the fuel cells has been accompanied by LEDs just under it to illuminate its methanol content in different colors. According to Sony the speaker can be used for a full year without any needs to refill the methanol tank under the assumption that the user will use the speaker for 2 to 3 hours a week on viewing DVDs as an example. The maximum output of this prototyped speaker is 10W but the four DMFCs are capable of powering the speaker for up to 2W and in case where the output exceeds the 2W threshold the Li-ion battery will take care of the rest. As for the audio part, the audio data will be transmitted wirelessly to the speaker. Read more
Emotional analysis system
From the Smile Scanner by Omran to the Human relation calculator by Bandai and now Emotional Analyzer the world’s first eye tracking analysis system. Conventionally by tracking someone’s eyes movement or by measuring how long the eyes stayed in same position we can analyze whether a person is interested in a particular thing or not. But the newly developed Emotional analysis system by Visual Interactive Sensitivity Research Institute (VIS) unlike conventional system analyzes the pupil’s movement of the eyes which we can not control by the individuals. Read more
Human relation calculator by Bandai
We have calculator to help us to balance our check books now we have a calculator to help us with our relationships. The “Human Relationship Calculator” by Bandai is a communication toy that can calculate affinity between you and your partner or friends by just entering your date of birth plus it will provide you with some advice according to the data you have entered in it. This calculator contains information on “Birthday Fortune-telling” which is a special meaning for each day in the year, 365 days to be exact. Read more
World’s smallest and lightest Camera body
If size and lightness in SLR line of cameras matter to you then E-620 is something that you should consider. The E-620 by Olympus has a built-in image stabilizer and comes with free “Angle Live View” as well as “ArtFilters” for enhanced creativity and multiple exposure functionality to name a few. The image stabilization on the E-620 is available on all “FourThirds” lenses featuring compensation up to 4 EVs. The E-620 comes with dual axis variable 2.7-inch LCD display. The E-620 comes with 12.3-megapixel High-Speed Live MOS Sensor and “TruePic III+” an image processing engine. Read more
World’s first photovoltaic power conditioner by OKI
A joint development effort by OKI Power Tech an OKI group company involve in development and manufacturing of power supply units and JFE Electrical & Control Systems resulted in industry’s first photovoltaic power conditioner. This product was developed to address the issue of power conversion inefficiency in insulated applications. This 10kW power conditioner provides a efficient power generation by applying a digital signal processing controller to an insulated DC-DC converter to be used in an outdoor environment with a focus on heat dissipation and maintainability. Read more
Eco-Vending machine by Coca-Cola Japan
The first reference to a vending machine goes back to the work of “Hero of Alexandria” a first century Greek engineer and mathematician. It was a machine that accepted a coin and as a result dispensed a fixed amount of holy water. The first vending machines in Japan were made of wood selling stamps and post cards. The one that were selling sweets came to market in about 80 years ago and the number of vending machine in Japan proliferated when the 100 yen coin was distributed for the first time. There is an estimated 2.4 million drink vending machine in Japan where 980,000 of those belong to Coca-Cola Japan. In April of last year Coca-Cola Japan unveiled it’s newly eco friendly “e-40” an energy efficient HFC-free cashless vending machine. Read more
