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Shinoda reveals 145-inch plasma display

Brenda Stokes, May 7th 2009 Discuss [0]

Wow! This thing is huge! Shinoda Plasma Corporation has decided to continue to push the plasma format and one up themselves with their latest prototype, that is really rather impressive. Measuring in at 145-inches, this display is actually six separate displays combined to create one big screen. Read The Full Story

Scalable Multitouch display by Moto Labs [Video]

Chris Davies, Apr 29th 2009 Discuss [0]

The same research group responsible for the Android e-ink prototype have returned with a scalable multitouch system, offering the accuracy of the iPhone on a potential scale more akin to Microsoft's Surface. Moto Labs' multitouch display uses capacitive touch, via a grid of tiny wires that recognize points of contact from any number of fingers. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Prototype MacBook Pro hits eBay

Chris Davies, Apr 27th 2009 Discuss [0]

A prototype 2006 Apple MacBook Pro has shown up on eBay, bearing a beta wireless card and green logic board. The laptop is believed to have been constructed to test out the new wireless card, which is labeled as "M35B Dusty Client DVT Wireless Sample". Read The Full Story

Kenwood OLED lamps with integrated speakers

Chris Davies, Apr 27th 2009 Discuss [0]

Kenwood have unveiled a prototype speaker system that doubles as OLED lighting. The system, co-developed by Kenwood and Professor Junti Kido from Yamagata University in Japan, uses 80-percent less power than traditional lighting, as well as being noisier than your typical desk lamp. Read The Full Story

Sanyo unveils HD projector with 23.6-inch short-throw

Brenda Stokes, Apr 14th 2009 Discuss [1]

Sanyo showed off a pretty impressive piece of technology in Japan today with their latest prototype projector. This projector is capable of full HD images at 16:9 and 1080p. But that's not the cool part. What's cool is this projector has a super short-throw. I mean, really short. Read The Full Story

Lime Green PSP in the works?

Steven Grady, Apr 13th 2009 Discuss [0]

If you want to add a little color to your HP MediaSmart mobile viewing experience, you can look into getting a Lime Green PSP to view those completely legal and unlocked DVD rips on the go. Read The Full Story

Animated OLED poster promises cheap, flexible adverts

Chris Davies, Apr 8th 2009 Discuss [0]

An animated poster made up of LEDs and OLEDs could be the next huge billboard frustration, if Dai Nippon Printing have their say. The Japanese firm have built a prototype panel which mimics animation by selectively illuminating different parts of the printed image, in this case the home stadium of the Rakuten Eagles baseball team. Read The Full Story

Lenovo Pocket Yoga is 2 year old concept, no production plans

Chris Davies, Mar 16th 2009 Discuss [1]

The story behind the Lenovo Pocket Yoga has emerged, courtesy of Johnson Li, Director of Lenovo’s Beijing Innovation Center where the first blurry images of the netbook were snapped. Despite what the images released earlier today might suggest, the Pocket Yoga is no new design but in fact a two year old concept. Read The Full Story

Mitsubishi 3D Touch Panel tracks proximity, hover

Chris Davies, Mar 11th 2009 Discuss [0]

Mitsubishi have been demonstrating a "3D Touch Panel" that can recognize both direct contact and finger proximity. Based on a mainstream 5.7-inch 640 x 480 capacitive touch panel, the new proximity tech can sense a finger up to 20mm from the screen surface as well as the speed at which it is moving. Mitsubishi envisage the system being used for mobile devices, with proximity used to control a mouse pointer or possibly bring up a context menu. Read The Full Story

Lenovo leather-clad ultraportable prototype spotted

Chris Davies, Mar 11th 2009 Discuss [0]

Snapped seemingly while being dragged through Lenovo's offices in Beijing, this leather-clad netbook/ultraportable prototype bears a striking resemblance to the Sony VAIO P. Details on the device are scant, and it's not even clear whether the prototype is functional or not. Read The Full Story

iPhone prototypes go on sale: Video demo

Chris Davies, Mar 10th 2009 Discuss [0]

Two devices, supposedly Apple's prototypes of the iPhone, have gone up for sale on eBay. The handsets - only one of which runs - are believed to be manufactured around six months before the launch of the original iPhone; the working device has a beta OS with a plastic matte screen and limited functionality. Demo video after the cut Read The Full Story

Sony demo hybrid fuel-cell concepts

Chris Davies, Feb 25th 2009 Discuss [0]

Sony has been demonstrating a number of fuel-cell concepts, ranging from portable power units to rechargers and even home speaker systems that have their own methanol power-source. Of most interest are the two devices seen here, which may look like retro radios but in fact combine a rechargeable Li-Ion battery with a methanol fuel-cell. Read The Full Story