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keyless entry
Sharp Builds Wireless Electronic Car Keys into a Phone, Finally
In collaboration with Nissan and NTT Docomo, a Japanese mobile operator, Sharp has developed what they claim is the first mobile phone that also functions as a keyless entry and ignition device for cars. Rather than building a new system from the ground up, Sharp has simply opted to include Nissan's existing Intelligent Key technology in a phone. The system will function like any of the many other wireless keyfobs on the market today, authorizing the driver to enter, exit and start his or her car without ever poking any keys around. More »
cellphones
Smart Battery Will Warn You Before Your Cellphone Explodes
A new “intelligent” lithium-ion battery is supposed to prevent explosions and fire accidents by sending constant updates on its own health. Developed by researchers at NTT DoCoMo, the battery uses a 8-bit microcomputer “brain” to monitor its condition and relay the information to the cellphone user. More »
japan
Telerobotic Shopper Lets You Hit the Malls Using a Cellphone
Japan, the land of using technology to solve problems we didn't know we had, has come out with a new robot that will let people shop at malls without ever leaving their home. Robot developer tmsuk revealed a telerobotic shopper that can be controlled using NTT DoCoMo's cellphone technology. More »
10:00 AM on Sat Jul 12 2008
By Elaine Chow
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8 comments
Latest by schrodingers_cat: I see the positive implications for the physically disabled. But, as for the rest of us -- do we more »
prototypes
NTT DoCoMo Developing Crazy, Eye-controlled Gadget Prototypes
The AP's look into the NTT DoCoMo R&D labs shows the Japanese electronics company is working on some really strange stuff, including music players you control with your eyes, and cellphones that require your fingers for more than just dialing (think Inspector Gadget). More »
5:20 PM on Thu Jun 26 2008
By Adrian Covert
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6 comments
Latest by MikeTy: Those Japs are crazy! they have the weirdest gadgets (like the toilet you guys reported!) I can see the finger-cellular making more »
cellphones
NTT Turning Cellphones Into Smellphones
Phones with little scented tissues in them are just soooo 2007. In two days, NTT Communications will start testing something bigger and weirder. It's a freestanding $195 device, possibly due out March of next year, that holds 16 cartridges of base scents, like an inkjet printer's basic colors, that mix up more elaborate odors when they receive instructions from a cellphone. The system will accept smell messages via e-mail from the owner who wants an aromatic return from a hard day's work, or a loved one who just wants to say I HEART—or FART—You. OK, maybe intestinal gas isn't at the top of the list now, but you know when modders get involved, anything can and will happen. [Reuters; NTT Release]
10:00 AM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Wilson Rothman
1,470 views,
17 comments
Latest by Curves: I actually thought of a good use for this....when a guy calls a lady up for a date, waft the more »
wireless
Super 3G Successfully Tested (at 250Mbps)
NTT DoCoMo has just announced that they've successfully field tested a Super 3G wireless network that reached downlink speeds of 250Mbps (the technology's theoretical maximums are a 300Mbps downlink and a 75Mbps uplink, so 250 down ain't too bad). Unfortunately, given that DoCoMo doesn't plan on having the technology finalized until 2009, the world won't be basking in 300ish Mbps mobile bliss just yet. Oh, but EDGE still sucks. [nttdocomo]
10:02 AM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Mark Wilson
45,881 views,
107 comments
Latest by theweird1ne: @Set to evil: Sadly, they took away the image, this makes me cry *boooo* more »
japan
NTT DoCoMo Considering Android Phone
For Google's Android platform to succeed, it could use a helping hand from cellphone-crazed Japan. NTT DoCoMo is Japan's largest wireless provider, and in addition to being a logo on Android's Open Handset Alliance, the company has started discussions to get the Linux-based platform on some percentage of their phones. Whether or not such discussions imply that DoCoMo will side with Android over competing platforms in the long term is still unknown, but it's an important play for Android all the same. (Note, this picture is not the DoCoMo phone). [infoworld]
10:29 AM on Thu Jan 24 2008
By Mark Wilson
3,261 views,
5 comments
Latest by lsallen: Funny, there is a ad in the sidebar for a Motorola Q and they look so similar... :-) more »
wireless
Nokia Successfully Tests 100Mbps Wireless Data Network
Today Nokia said that in technical trials, the target of 100Mbps download speed and 50Mbps upload speed for its next-gen cellular data network "can be met," and promised initial deployment by 2010. Americans probably won't see it until later, since the 3GPP LTE (don't ask) initiative has more momentum across the Atlantic. The founding members are all Euros, though some Asian companies just joined in, including LG Electronics, NTT DoCoMo and Samsung. Still, it's grounds for excitement, since those superfast wireless data rates will get here sooner or later. (FYI: The phone pictured is Nokia's concept Aeon, and no, that's not a real 100Mbps antenna.) [Gadget Lab]
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