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CEATEC Japan 2009: high wind in Makuhari, more robots and a video wrap-up of our show coverage

Andrew Everard 08 October 2009 14:09
Bit of a strange day here at CEATEC Japan 2009, and indeed a bit of a scary one in Japan as a whole: Typhoon Melor, predicted to be the biggest the country had experienced for a decade, hit Japan just before dawn, bringing torrential rain and winds pushing

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CEATEC Japan 2009: Sharp eyes the eco-future, and finds new uses for the TV

Andrew Everard 08 October 2009 11:10
The Sharp focus here at CEATEC is on a greener world, and the main platform of its stand is a demonstration of a Solar DC Eco-House concept: a house with an independent power supply, virtually zero carbon dioxide emissions and of course lots of Sharp

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CEATEC Japan 2009, Hitachi: if you want to know how much energy you're saving, look away now...

Andrew Everard 07 October 2009 11:55
Spent a good chunk of the morning on the Hitachi stand here at CEATEC, looking around at a raft of new technology the company has to give us better pictures, 3D pictures and of course significant energy savings. It's kinda familiar stuff by now: the big

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CEATEC Japan 2009: Panasonic goes big on 3D TV and green credentials

Andrew Everard 07 October 2009 00:28
If Toshiba's stand here at CEATEC is all about its Cell Regza technology, Panasonic is pinning its colours on a 3D future for TV, and a greener future for consumer electronics. But it isn't without a taste of even bigger and better things to come: it's

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CEATEC Japan 2009: Yamaha finds a new use for your iPhone, makes a table a piano and gives a robot a voice

Andrew Everard 06 October 2009 14:56
Just to remind you that there's more to Yamaha than just home cinema receivers and Air Wired iPod docks, the company's putting its music division to the fore here at CEATEC. But that doesn't mean technology is taking a back seat: building on its experience

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CEATEC Japan 2009: Toshiba's Cell Regza in pictures and video

Andrew Everard 06 October 2009 10:32
More on the Toshiba Cell Regza technology, which we covered in news yesterday; it's the sole focus of the huge Toshiba stand here at CEATEC Japan 2009, which opened this morning. We took a closer look at what the technology can do, saw the impressive

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The tech behind Panasonic's Full HD 3D TV

Andrew Everard 29 September 2009 14:24
Panasonic will use the CEATEC Japan 2009 show, opening next week, to show its prototype 50in Full HD 3D plasma TV, which sees high-definition 3D coming down in size to more domestically acceptable screens. Used with high-precision active shutter glasses,

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