Development of New Compact Coupler Complaint with New TransferJet Wireless System by Hitachi Cable
Sony has developed and promoting TransferJet as a short range and high speed wireless transfer technology. The TransferJet system uses a coupler, a transmitting/receiving antenna based on inductive electric wave, instead of an ordinary antenna using the radiated electromagnetic wave, providing advantages of high speeds wireless transfer capability comparable to UWB (Ultra Wide Band) system, along with simplicity of the NFC (Near-Field Communication ) system which has been adopted by Felica, enabling user to transfer data at a rate of up to 560 Mbps by simply bringing two devices with mounted couplers within 3 cm of each other. Read more
Suzuki Exhibits its New Fuel-Cell Powered Scooter and Electric Wheelchair
Suzuki put on display series of energy efficient vehicles during the 41st Tokyo Motor Show. Couple of interesting products that grabbed my attention was the Fuel-cell Powered Scooter and Electric Wheelchair. The newly developed scooter, the Burgman Fuel-cell Scooter is based on Crosscage concept motorcycle where the fuel cell generates electricity through reaction between oxygen and hydrogen. The Burgman scooter comes with a structurally simple, compact and light design and it is air cooled. The new scooter is equipped with a 70MPa hydrogen tank, the highest pressure tank which has been used thus far on a bike allowing a usable riding range. The tank is placed within a robust frame for safety reason. The fuel cell itself was developed by British company Intelligent Energy which is a polymer-electrolyte type fuel-cell. The scooter uses a lithium-ion as its secondary battery. Read more
Super tiny Monolithic Ceramic Capacitor by Murata
Miniaturization of mobile devices and introduction of new advanced functionality on such devices making the available surface board real-estate on them rather scarce, forcing the component manufacturer to come up with a ever smaller form factors component design. One such device is capacitor for mobile devices which have been increasing faced with reduction on their mounting space requirements. But manufacturer of capacitance need to reduce the size of capacitance while maintaining their large capacitance capability. Read more
Development of New Robot Controller by Epson
Seiko Epson made an announcement on development of new robot controller to be used for Epson industrial robots. This is an upgrade to company’s existing model RC180 controller with capability of driving almost all Epson industrial robot automation systems including robots and peripheral equipments as well as multiple manipulators making RC620 to act as a work cell controller resulting in a greater flexibility in building a various range of system. The company is planning to ship the newly robot controller by end of October of 2009. Read more
Joint development of New Electronic Paper Display Controller by Epson and E Ink
Seiko Epson and E Ink Corporation unveiled the jointly developed EDP Controller IC. The newly developed S1D13522 will provide a high performance as well as space saving solution for E Ink’s Vizplex-enabled electronic paper displays. The Epson and E Ink energy saving screen technology which can be found in most major electronic reader devices has been instrumental in rapid growth of the eReader market helping with expansion of mobile applications such as eBook, eNewspapers, tablet PCs, laptop secondary displays, eNotebooks and eDirctionaries. Read more
Development of New compact Core Network System for LTE Wireless Network by NEC
For what has been anticipated to be the next generation of wireless technology LTE is certainly gaining momentum both in terms of popularity among the service providers as well as Telecomm network equipment manufacturers around the globe. Offering a higher transmission bandwidth of around 100mbps in comparison to current wireless technology such as WiMax and such and ease of deployment through upgrading the existing wireless infrastructure is proven to be the only viable alternative for service providers in terms of ROI. In light of this network equipment manufacturers are gearing up their product development roadmap to accommodate the service provider’s ambitious time table of LTE deployment. Read more
Release of New UHF-band RFID Tags by Fujitsu
This follows Fujitsu’s earlier announcement on development of heat-sealable UHF-Band RFID tags for Garment Management back in April. I am assuming this is an upgraded version of the previously announced product. Anyhow, the newly announced flexible UHF-band RFID tags by Fujitsu and Fujitsu Frontech have a high heat resistance characteristics making it the world’s first. It can withstand temperature of 121 degrees Celsius which is necessary during the uniform sterilization process. The new tag is intended to be used in the uniforms of employees at manufacturing plants such as medical supplies and semiconductors with stringent sterilization requirements. Read more
Development of New Temperature-Compensated Crystal Oscillator by Epson Toyocom
Epson Toyocom made an announcement on development of new TCXO (Temperature-Compensated Crystal Oscillator) with an OCXO (oven-controlled crystal oscillator) class frequency/temperature coefficient of ±0.1 × 10-6, helping the network equipment manufacturers with their power and space saving requirements. The new TCXO has been designed to satisfy the high accuracy requirements for frequency/temperature coefficient of ±0.1 × 10-6 or better for reference clocks which are used in ultra-compact cellular base stations for home as well as office use. Read more
Release of New LED AQUOS LCD TVs by SHARP
Sharp today unveiled its new LX series “LED AQUOS” LCD TVs into the Japanese market. The four models namely the 60V-inch, 52V-inch, 46V-inch, and 40V-inch incorporates Sharp’s proprietary UV2A photo alignment technology which was announced by Sharp on September 17th of this year. The new technology will contribute in achieving bright white and extremely deep blacks. At the same time the LED backlight will provide a highly precise control of the light output. Read more
JVC unveils PICSIO a New HD Memory compact Camcorder
Japan Victor Corporation (JVC) made an announcement on development of PICSIO GC-FM1, company’s new HD memory compact camera. By this announcement JVC put itself in the low cost compact camera market dominated by such companies as Sony and others. PICSIO as company calls it is menu-less and effortless compact camera with operation as easy as pushing a button for your desired function. PICSIO has a 1080 full HD recoding capability for HDTV viewing.It comes with a 8 Megapixel 1/3.2 CMOS image sensor with 4x digital zoom capability. Read more
