Toshiba flash Air SD Card

Toshiba showed an SD card offering a Wireless LAN Access Point, called “FlashAir”. By offering this functionality, this SD card provides the advantage of allowing access to the data stored on it, without the need to remove the card or plug a cable to the device. This basic functionality does not require any special driver…

Sony 4K OLED TV

Well everything is in the title, no? OLED for « Organic Light-Emitting Diode ». The OLED technology is full of promises: Lower cost in the future (when mass production will start), Light weight, flexible screen, wider viewing angles, improved brightness, better response time (for a good fluidity in the mouvements)… 4K or Ultra HD, provides an image…

HUD for Head up displays

Like Pioneer, a lot of companies showed their latest HUD system at the ceatec 2013. Initially designed for the military pilots, those features allow the driver to watch the road and get informations directly in front of their field of view. The projected image is collimated which makes the light rays parallel. Because the light…

Wandant a pedometer for pets.

Japan has more and more elderly people and a growing number of single-member households, the number of pets have become increasingly important. This is an important market, people buy strollers, cloths and they spend a lot for the health of their pet. With Wandant, Fujitsu offers the same sensing technologies developed for use in mobile…

Sony launches a smart social camera

It’s an app, dedicated to the Sony Xperia Z1, that allows you to stream video, « live » to your Facebook page. Incorporating « live comments » and « Likes » by friends. « Social live » is all about letting friends share an experience together through technology. Somehow the future of social network. The Xperia Z1 also have an « info-eye » technology, that…

Robovie made to assist elderly people and handicapped

Made by VStone Co Ltd, this robot can help elderly people and handicapped by carrying their shopping bags, guide them through the crowd, help them to stand up from a wheel chair. Originaly launched in 2010, it is composed of an aluminum frame coated with plastic: 90cm tall, 35kg. The robot is made of 15…

La navigation au doigt et à l’oeil

At CEATEC there were also several « head mounted displays », glasses that project informations directly on the lenses. We have heard about the Google glasses, but Docomo offers more. Their glasses also feature augmented reality, you’re able to project onto almost any surface, files stored in the cloud and also access sites where you can surf…

Chapit the home automation robot

This is a universal voice remote control: Chapit is able to understand more than 10 000 words (in japanese). You can use this cute thing to change TV channels, turn on lights or access to internet. Chapit is not new since it was showed in 2007 but it gets a lot of improvements since. If…