http://made-in-japan.japan-hiways.com Information and News on Technology, Gadgets and products made in Japan Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:08:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The number of people into Blu-ray may still be small, and the number of people who care about whether their favorite movie uses the AVC or MPEG-2 video codec may be ... More: continued here http://made-in-japan.japan-hiways.com/20080813/the-ultimate-blu-ray-database-blu-ray-statistics/ The Marantz SR6003 is an upcoming receiver which features DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD decoding, 1080p upscaling and a new design. More: continued here Powered by SmartRSS http://made-in-japan.japan-hiways.com/20080813/preview-marantz-sr6003/ He stood overnight in line to get it when the device became available in Japan for the first time. But the 29-year-old computer engineer isn't about to part with his made-in-Japan ... More: continued here http://made-in-japan.japan-hiways.com/20080813/japan-gives-cautious-reception-to-iphone-wireless-msnbccom/ Aim for united front to survive digital evolutionFinancial Times, UK -Aug 5, 2008... would find some more prosaic cost benefits from combining Sony BMG, which will be renamed Sony Music Entertainment, with its Japanese music business. ... More: continued here http://made-in-japan.japan-hiways.com/20080813/aim-for-united-front-to-survive-digital-evolution-financial-times/ A month after saying it had figured out how to squeeze 400GB of data onto a single optical disc, Pioneer says it can do better than that. On Tuesday the company ... More: continued here http://made-in-japan.japan-hiways.com/20080813/pioneer-ups-the-ante-says-500gb-blu-ray-like-disc-possible/ Filed under: RobotsOh Pleo, it's been far too long since we've seen you out and about! Thankfully, we've stumbled upon a handful of Pleo news all at once, so we hope you're ready to catch up with your favorite dinosaur. First up is a pair of useful hacks from GRIP: ... http://made-in-japan.japan-hiways.com/20080813/pleo-roundup-spy-cam-xbee-hacks-dino-visits-the-day-spa/ Filed under: RobotsThe folks at the University of Tokyo have been trying to create more touchy, feely robots for what seems like ages, and they now look to have made some real progress with their so-called "e-skin," which promises to give robots a more human-like sense of touch. To do ... http://made-in-japan.japan-hiways.com/20080813/japanese-researchers-craft-e-skin-to-let-robots-feel/ Filed under: Robots, TransportationThe UK's National Oceanography Center in Southampton is prepping to launch a new autonomous underwater vehicle (also known as a robo-sub, landlubber) capable of exploring undersea volcanoes in the Cayman Trough up to 20,000 feet deep. It'll only run for about a kilometer at a time though, ... http://made-in-japan.japan-hiways.com/20080813/autosub6000-to-explore-deep-undersea-volcanoes-as-only-a-robot-could/ Historically when thinking of Mitsubishi only two models really come to mind. The reliable workhorse that is the Shogun which although often seen on the school run is also the preferred choice for dis... More: continued here http://made-in-japan.japan-hiways.com/20080813/mitsubishi-dealers-come-of-age/ Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. is supplying China with 25 LED Astrovision screens for the Beijing Olympics. Each of these giant screens comprises hundreds of LED units and offers three times higher ... More: continued here Powered by SmartRSS http://made-in-japan.japan-hiways.com/20080813/tiny-leds-power-olympics-supersized-screens/