Fujitsu’s new Raku-Raku Phone 7 will be available in Japan beginning July 23, 2010, through sales partner NTT DoCoMo. The new Fujitsu Raku-Raku (meaning easy-to-use” in Japanese) Phone 7 is designed to invent the World Wide Web more accessible to senior citizens by introducing a one-touch access button to the i-mode mobile Net system. Users additionally have access to a special website with carefully selected travel and gourmet knowledge tailored to the needs of senior citizens. that service is jointly offered with Nifty Corporation for no monthly fee.

Other new features of the Fujitsu Raku-Raku Phone 7 include the upgraded smart camera with 8.1-megapixel resolution, GSM) for universal roaming, and advanced human-sensing applications. The Naoko Takahashi’s Walking Clinic application featuring Japan’s Olympic gold medalist and former marathon runner, Ms. Naoko Takahashi, is designed to help senior citizens enjoy walking and stay fit. The Fujitsu Raku-Raku Phone 7 includes a range of services and features that work with senior citizens, helping them move from basic use to full enjoyment of mobile phones.

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Fujifilm today announced the world’s smallest 18x zoom camera in the shape of FinePix S2800HD. Fujifilm FinePix S2800HD camera sports an impressive 28mm – 504mm high precision Fujinon optical zoom lens. that range allows you to capture the action, even when you’re at a considerable distance away; from the most cinematic of landscapes to the wildest of wildlife - the FinePix S2800HD has the ability to take it all in its stride. With its mechanically stabilized 1/2 3”, 14 megapixel CCD sensor, and high ISO sensitivity settings, Fujifilm’s Dual Image Stabilization technology combines to reduce the blurring effects of both hand-shake and subject movement to supply superb pictures.

The FinePix S2800HD is HD enabled and can therefore play-back both stills (1080p) and movies (720p) in superb HD quality. Images seem crisp and even more true to life, a perfect way to share memories - and show off a little! Additionally, the FinePix S2800HD features a mini HDMI port so it’s quick and easy to connect to a HD ready TV via a mini HDMI cable. Fujifilm FinePix S2800HD camera with 23 MB Internal memory is powered by easily available 4 x AA batteries. The camera measures 110 × 74 × 82 mm and weigh approximately 341g (no batt).

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The new Panasonic DMC-FZ100, top-of-the-line of LUMIX popular FZ series packs a effective optical zoom-24x and creative options including manual operation, adding full-HD movie recording capability. The newly developed LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT lens in the DMC-FZ100 extends its optical zoom range from 27mm to 25mm at wide end and the zoom capability from 18x to 24x to be even more versatile compared with the DMC-FZ35. plus the newly developed 14.1-megapixel MOS sensor lets the FZ100 record high quality 1,920 x 1,080 full-HD movie as smooth as 60i (NTSC) / 50i (PAL). The 3.0-inch free-angle Intelligent LCD has now 460,000-dot high resolution to dramatically, improve visibility during recording and playback. The battery life is additionally as supreme as approx. 410 pictures shooting thanks to the high energy efficient MOS sensor and image processing LSI, the Venus Engine FHD.


Together with a host of options, the unlimited expression of not only photo but additionally of movie is now easily available with FZ100. The high speed MOS sensor realizes the industry’s fastest level of burst shooting in 14.1-megapixel full resolution at 11 fps with mechanical shutter and even 60 fps in 3.5-megapixel recording mode. It plus enables the camera to record high speed movie at 220 fps in QVGA size, to capture the motion of a subject the naked eyes cannot see.

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Professor Hiroyuki Yokoyama of Tohoku University and Sony have succeeded in jointly developing a blue-violet ultrafast pulsed semiconductor laser with dramatically improved peak laser beam output levels that are 100 times that of the world’s current highest levels. that newly-developed ultra high-output, ultrafast pulsed semiconductor laser light source is capable of using a nonlinear optical process known as two-photon absorption, which occurs only as a outcome of high intensity optical pulses. When light from the laser beam is concentrated on the lens, it makes chemical and thermal changes in the vicinity of the lens focus spot which is narrower than even the diameter of the focus spot of the lens itself.

It is anticipated that application of these properties will be possible in a wide range of fields such as three-dimensional (3D) nano-fabrication of inorganic/organic materials in the order of nanometers, and next-generation large-capacity optical disc storage. Sony tested the principles for applying that technology in next-generation large-capacity optical disc-storage by creating void marks with a diameter of approximately 300 nanometers at intervals of 3 micrometers on the interior of plastic material, and successfully read these marks with the laser beam.

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Panasonic today announced the long-awaited DMC-LX5 - a successor to the DMC-LX3, acclaimed worldwide by photography enthusiasts. The premium compact camera is fully re-designed in the lens from its predecessor with changes in the CCD and the image processing engine, and with further improvements and upgrades to the camera, ensuring the new LX5 produces high picture quality and creative images.

The newly developed, super bright, F2.0 ultra wide angle 24mm LEICA DC VARIO-SUMMICRON lens minimizes distortion for stunning, true-to-life images with outstanding resolution and detail. The 3.0-inch large 460,000-dot high resolution Intelligent LCD is additionally redesigned by adopting High CRI (Color Rendering Index) backlight LED to greatly increase the color reproduction, offering remarkable visibility both in shooting and playing back images in any conditions from a dark night to under dazzling sunlight. Despite the high performance and the maintained size of the camera body, the battery life is extended to shoot 400 pictures (CIPA) per a restricted charge.

For movie recording, the DMC-LX5 is now compatible with lengthy moment high quality HD movie recording in AVCHD Lite, in addition to the conventional motion JPEG format. As a pocket camera of professionals and high amateurs, or an advanced camera of step-up users, the DMC-LX5 promises none-the-like picture quality and creativity backed up by crystallization of Panasonic’s state-of-the-art optical and digital technologies. Leading the expressive possibility of compact cameras to even higher dimension, the DMC-LX5 starts its history that will surely be passed into legend.

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Canon today announced the addition of two new CanoScan LiDE Color Image Scanners – the LiDE 210 and LiDE 110 scanners. The Canon CanoScan LiDE 210 and LiDE 110 scanners are not only affordable and compact but easy to use as well. With a maximum color resolution of 4800 x 4800 dpi (optical)1 for the LiDE210 and 2400 x 4800 dpi (optical) 1 for the LiDE110 scanner, users can be confident that the end outcome of scans will be of high quality. The Auto Document Fix helps maintain readability of urgent documents by sharpening and blackening the text, and Auto Scan Mode, which automatically adjusts settings by detecting the type of original being scanned, manufacture either of these scanners a must-have to satisfy one’s scanning needs.

These color image scanners offer an Advanced Z-lid Expansion Top, which raises up to 20 millimeters for easy scanning of thick items such as a child’s notebook or a page in a personal scrapbook . These sleek and compact scanners, with the LiDE 210 being the thinnest Canon scanner to moment, offer consumers affordable, high-speed scanning options without sacrificing overall image quality, making archiving photos or scanning an vital document to be e-mailed extremely easy. The estimated selling price for both of these Energy Star Compliant color image scanners is $89.992 for the LiDE210 and $59.992 for the LiDE110

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Honda announced plans to start real-world demonstration analyzing before the end of that year of next-generation electric personal mobility products, including electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles, electric scooters and electric carts. The demonstration program will be conducted jointly with Kumamoto and Saitama prefectures in Japan. Honda’s electromotive technologies for motorcycles, automobiles and capability products, together with data and communication technologies, a solar-powered energy station and other technologies will be utilized under the real-world urban transportation environment to address the following two agendas:
1. Verification of the effectiveness of next-generation personal mobility products with electromotive technologies, specifically electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles, electric scooters and electric carts, along with utilization of sustainable energy such as solar ability for the realization of a low-carbon society in the future.

2. Study of how future personal mobility and the urban transportation system should be designed to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life (QOL*) of local residents.
Honda is planning to conduct that demonstration first in Japan and next in regions outside Japan such as the U.S., mostly in the area of automobiles. In the U.S., starting by the end of that year, Honda will start demonstration checking of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles with participants including Stanford University, Google and the City of Torrance, California under the Advanced Technology Demonstration Program.

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