Once in while there comes a moment in human history when fabled science fiction meets reality or rather reality goes up to meet what was once science fiction. Such moments are few far between but when they do occur they remain etched in our minds and in our civilizations as landmarks that shaped the next era in scientific development. When the dream of H.G.Wells of stepping on the Moon became a reality, it was when we dared to translate the dreams in to reality. It seems modern science will soon create a real vision of the Terminator that was envisioned by James Cameroon in the late 70’s!

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Touch screens were quite the rage for sometime but the excitement about them has almost died down. Something extra was needed to bring them back into the limelight. Teraokaseiko Co. Ltd. has displayed a  touch panel display that can be sued from either side of the panel. The double-sided touch screen was made by attaching a resistive touch panel to either side of a transparent inorganic EL panel that had been developed by Teraokaseiko. The double-faced touch panel was part of the exhibitions at the Sign & Display Show taking place at the Tokyo Big Sight (Aug 28 to Aug 30, 2008).

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Animal USB Drives will be coming out with 10 dissimilar wooden animal USB drives. These USB Drives is available 5 dissimilar animal shapes, and they come in maple or walnut.

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After a long period the Panasonic has released its latest P706ie 3G mobile phone. The Panasonic’s experts are included some interesting features. According to press release this Panasonic P706ie mobile is launch in Japan market and it is available in 15th August in market during NTT DoCoMo.

This new 3G phone is equipped with 3 inches display screen, 2 mega pixel web cam camera with auto focus function. The Panasonic P706ie 3G supports up to 8GB micro SDHC card slot and global roaming service also. Now all new mobile phones have like similar features but this is Panasonic mobile which has reputation in electronic market. The Panasonic electronic company is regularly introduce its gadgets in market.

The P706ie’s measure is 109 x 49 x 16mm and its weight is 106kg, the Panasonic will launch it in three different colors such as Lavender, Silver and Black. You must like its latest design in flap model.

[Via AVING]

Like every country, Japan is also bearing the rashness of criminals. But unlike other countries, it is going a bit trendy to fight against criminals and all thanks to Aya Tsukioka, fashion designer. The innovative creation of flab skirt disguises women as a vending machine when the flap is donned. I think nothing can be weird than this but then my doubts are erased as we sitting at a distance don’t realize what Japanese women are going through and in such a crisis-situation, it difficult to open a kit to counter attack. So, the best way is to use your skirt.

Via The Age

Long-hour sitting on computer and countless typing hours has been seen as one big solution till date and something that has no solution. But it becomes worse when a physically deformed person is expected to fight with his own self by forcing himself to sit and deliver the required results within his limited office hours. The painful act of typing can now become easier by the latest offering of a new touchless keyboard unveiled by a Japanese company called Actbrise.

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To have access over this keyboard, a sensor needs to be installed on his/her head (or body) and touch less keyboard needs to be plugged to the computer or over the PC screen. The very position would allow you to transmit the movements of your head onto the keyboard and you can start typing your text and can even use a mouse to roam between windows or documents…The easy working of the keyword is a blessing for the physically impaired people and would cost 1800€ !

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Japan’s electronics giant Sanyo unveils the world’s smallest and lightest 720p high-definition digital camcorder “Xacti DMX-HD700″, packed with 7.1 mega-pixel CCD and a 6.3 - 31.7mm/F3.5 - 4.7 zoom lens to store 3-hour high high-definition movie on a card sized SD memory card. The pocket-sized camcorder weighing 189g would hit the Tokyo market on 19 October.

Price: $600

Via Gizmodo

Rumors do turn into reality. This has been lately proved by Sony’s official launch of the ROLLY, a unique robotic toy. The multi-functional wireless electronic device can be played as per your requirements and desires. With built-in 1GB memory, the ROLLY functionality varies from an audio player to a Bluetooth device.

Now this powerful gadget can make you dance on its beats for maximum 5hrs as the battery life is limited to it when the music is played from its internal memory. But the life of battery is low (4h 30m) if the music is tormented to the ROLLY through a Bluetooth computer connection.

This egg-shaped digital music player would be available on sale from 29 September at $354 (40,000 yen; euro258), Weighing 300 gram (11 ounce), this white thingamajig offers many colorful functionalities.

While sitting on a palm, its sensors can distinguish between its swings. The churning of its players in the clockwise and anti-clockwise direction keeps a check over its volume. Its sound can be turned off by rolling to-and-fro on the floor. Must-say, it’s a geeky way to welcome your guests.

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Toshiba has plans to unveil world’s first 32 GB SDHC Memory Card SH-HC032GT4 that was displayed at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2007. The official launch of the product is expected by January 2008.

Capable of writing speed of more than 6MB per second, this new card meets Class 4 in the “SD Speed Class” and is compatible with all the devices due to the SDHC specification. The card will surely receive its deserving amount of warmth and respect by the geeks as it is attuned with the much-used 10 Megapixels and entry-level DSLRs.

Toshiba, Japan electronic giant would be selling the new 16 GB SDHC Memory Card SD-HC016GT4 by October 2007. Whereas, 32GB SDHC card and 16GB SDHC card will very-soon be available at the expected retail price of $695 (80,000 Yen) and $348 (40,000 Yen) respectively.

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