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Hitachi Creates Projected Capacitive Touchscreen That Supports Fingers, Pens, and Insulating Materials

Evan Selleck, Aug 31st 2010 Discuss [2]

Hitachi has grown to be one of those companies that's focusing a lot on technology of the future lately, and we don't have a problem with that at all. Especially when they're making movies like Minority Report come to life. This time around, though, they've managed to create the same kind of touch panel that devices like the iPad and iPhone use, but with a bit of a twist. Read The Full Story

Hitachi Brings Minority Report to Life

Evan Selleck, Jul 28th 2010 Discuss [1]

Motion controlled computers aren't as fresh or new as they were a year ago, but that doesn't mean that when we see cool technology being demonstrated, we still don't get a bit weak in the knees. This time around, we get a brief glimpse into the future, thanks to Hitachi and their new motion-controlled interface. There are a few moments in the demo that doesn't seem to translate well between user and system, but in the end it looks like a great way for us to navigate our User Interfaces in the future. Read The Full Story

Hitachi LifeStudio HDDs auto-gobble your media, offer dockable USB sync stick

Chris Davies, Jul 7th 2010 Discuss [0]

Hitachi has outed its latest external hard-drive range, the Hitachi LifeStudio family, and seeing as how you need to sex-up storage if you're going to differentiate yourself these days, the new HDDs get automatic content management and nifty little dockable USB memory sticks. Plug in a LifeStudio drive and it can automatically pull out the photos, video, music and documents and organize them on its own storage - it can also do the same with Facebook, Flickr and Picasa web galleries - then present them on a "3D wall" UI for easier browsing. As for the detachable USB key, on the LifeStudio Plus drives there's a dockable 4GB memory stick that users can set up with specific files from the main unit that they want to be able to take out and about with them. The USB key always has the latest versions, and when you return it automatically syncs back any changes you've made. Read The Full Story

Hitachi unveils 2010 line of LED and CCFL HDTVs

Shane McGlaun, Jun 29th 2010 Discuss [0]

Hitachi has been making HDTVs for a long time and many of its offerings are very good. The company has announced its new 2010 line of HDTVs with new LED backlit models and CCFL models as well. The new LED TVs are very thin at under 2-inches thick. Read The Full Story

Hitachi EMIEW 2 Gets Upgraded Voice Recognition and Driving Performance [Video]

Evan Selleck, Jun 21st 2010 Discuss [1]

We love when robots of yester-year get upgraded to today's standards. Especially when you think about the competition out there, upgrades are the only way to go. When it comes to the Hitachi EMIEW 2, it's been quite awhile since we've heard anything about the little guy. Thankfully, Hitachi didn't forget about it, and they've managed to plug the red 'bot with some much-needed upgrades, bringing the object of the future into the 21st century. Read The Full Story

Hitachi Travelstar Z7K320 7mm-thick 320GB HDD slips out

Chris Davies, Jun 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

Hitachi have unveiled their latest 2.5-inch hard-drive [Japanese pdf link], and it's the slimmest to-date. The Hitachi Travelstar Z7K320 is a mere 7mm thick and packs up to 320GB of storage on a 7,200rpm platter; there's also a Z5K320 version with a 5,400rpm platter. The drives could be used in super-slim notebooks, offering greater capacity at relatively lower prices than SSD memory. Read The Full Story

Hitachi develops method of doubling battery life

Shane McGlaun, Apr 7th 2010 Discuss [0]

Batteries are key to just about every one of the most beloved gadgets we all carry. We have batteries inside our phones, iPads, MP3 players, laptops, and a myriad of other gadgets. Rechargeable batteries are also prolific in electric and hybrid cars so any new process that promises twice the life for a rechargeable battery is a major victory. We typically think about run time when it comes to rechargeable batteries, but how long the batteries last is important as well. Read The Full Story

Nintendo 3DS could use Hitachi microlens 3D display?

Chris Davies, Mar 23rd 2010 Discuss [0]

Just how does Nintendo plan on offering glasses-free 3D on the upcoming Nintendo 3DS handheld? Since the company already sources its DSi LCD panels from Hitachi, one good guess is that they'll use that firm's so-called interactive autostereoscopic display technology. Already seen in the KDDI Hitachi WOOO phone last year, the system uses a microlens array of tiny convex lenses lined up in columns across the underlying LCD panel. Because the gamer's eyes look at the display from slightly different angles, different pixels can show slightly different content suited to each eye, creating a parallax effect. Read The Full Story

Hitachi adds 11 new plasma and LCD sets to TV line

Shane McGlaun, Mar 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

The economy is starting to come back a little in many parts of the world, which means that electronics companies are flooding the market with new gear in hopes of grabbing a bit of the loot consumers have back in their wallets. Hitachi Japan has announced 11 new TVs with both plasma and LCD models. Read The Full Story

Hitachi pulls wraps off new 2TB SimpleDrive, SimpleTech Pro Drive, and SimpleTech Duo Pro Drive

Shane McGlaun, Nov 17th 2009 Discuss [0]

Hitachi has unveiled a new line of external storage solutions with 2TB capacity. One of the new solutions has a 4TB storage capacity. All of the new external storage models use the Hitachi Deskstar 2TB 7K2000 2TB HDD. Hitachi is also offering the drive in an internal hard drive kit for desktop computers. Read The Full Story

US DOJ subpoenas Hitachi, Toshiba, and Sony in antitrust investigation

Shane McGlaun, Oct 27th 2009 Discuss [0]

Antitrust investigations and allegations of price fixing are nothing new from Hitachi and Toshiba. Both firms were embroiled in the LCD price fixing scandal that resulted in some Japanese executives getting prison terms and the companies received massive fines. The US DOJ has now issued new subpoenas to Hitachi, Toshiba, and Sony in a new anti-trust investigation that centers on the optical drive units of each company. Read The Full Story

Hitachi unveils Ultrastar 15K600 and C15K147 HDDs

Shane McGlaun, Oct 13th 2009 Discuss [0]

Hitachi has revealed a pair of new and very fast hard drives for the enterprise user. The new drives include the Ultrastar 15K600 and the Ultrastar C15K147. Both of the new hard drives spin at 15,000 RPM and have a MTBF rating of 1.6 million hours. Read The Full Story