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I’ve put up a tutorial explaining how to put music and new motions on the Sony Rolly… In English!
Hit up http://myrolly.net and enjoy! (yes, the site’s still ugly… I need to work on that!)
Best,
-Auri
I’ve started converting the Rolly Manual to English…
Oh yeah!
Check out my progress: http://myrolly.net
I’ve started posting the photos I shot while on the show floor… more will be coming as I transfer them from my various cameras…
Either click the photo album link (CEATEC 2007 Show Floor) or click here…
Shown at
CEATEC, this is a demonstration of a flexible loudspeaker technology.
As thin as a couple sheets of paper, the full audio spectrum can be
realized. Combined with flexible display technologies, such as ePaper,
you could have a multimedia experience that could be rolled up and
distributed. Similar to the interactive newspapers shown in the Harry
Potter and Minority Report movies.
CEATEC, this is a demonstration of a flexible loudspeaker technology.
As thin as a couple sheets of paper, the full audio spectrum can be
realized. Combined with flexible display technologies, such as ePaper,
you could have a multimedia experience that could be rolled up and
distributed. Similar to the interactive newspapers shown in the Harry
Potter and Minority Report movies.
Another cool technology emerging from CEATEC 2007:
1 LTD’s directional audio speakers used a mesh of 8 to 20
little speakers and Regaza’s audiovisuak processor solution to effectively transmit audio to specific locations in a room.
This enables many applications, from multilingual audio based on where a person
is sitting in a room, to automotive possibilities where passengers can clearly
listen to only their audio tracks, while the driver only hears traffic and GPS
instructions. Given an effectively optimized room or environment, there are
incredible possibilities for audio targeting solutions.
Fuel Cell Powered Devices – Unlimted Renewable Energy for Consumer Electronics Devices
Posted: October 3, 2007 in UncategorizedToshiba displayed a *working* media player running on Methanol fuel cells. This is quite the breakthrough – unlimited, renewable, affordable, clean energy for consumer electronics devices. Imagine running low on power for your laptop. Just add a few squirts of methanol into a port and bam, get more power. In combination with rechargeable batteries, it could become the next big thing. Toshiba has shown concept mock-ups/prototypes in the past, but this is the first time they’ve shown something that actually works.
Below is a photo of Hidei (right). I met him at Stabucks here in Makuhari. He’s from INDIANAPOLIS. He was born in Indy, then moved to Japan due to his father being hired by a Japanese company. He was certainly wowed by the Pike Place Starbucks card – you can only buy it at the original Starbucks. The entire store came over to see.
FYI – Starbucks Cards are a uniquely American phenomenon. Yours won’t work here.
They gave me some free espresso – cool!
Well, you would think it would be different, and you’d be right.
A few notes on eating Italian food in Japan – at least, based on my experience at ONE restaurant…
- Refills are not free. Iced tea is $4, and it has ice… That refill? Another $4!
- The pizza was very good. I ordered a "half and half," where I could choose what I wanted on each half. One half was potato and mayonaise with some Japanese herbs and spices, the other half – a margarita pizza… basil, mozzarellllllla, and tomato.
- There was no pepper at the table. Bummer with the Caesar salad.
- There were no plate settings. There’s a basket with spoons and forks. I’d actually liked to have tried eating the salad with chopsticks.
- The tiramisu tasted like Eckeridge Farms frozen stuff, but it was good.
- The tables next to me ordered pasta. They used Tabasco Sauce on their pasta… Japanese pepper, maybe?
- Pizza: $14, Drinks (iced tea + refill): $8, Tiramisu: $4. Caesar Salad: $8. Yowsa!
- This was the only Italian place I found in a one-mile radius.
- There were a number of Indian places, but not a single Chinese restaurant.
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