Remember that CEATEC JAPAN 2004 Day 5 coverage I was talking about yesterday? Well, sorry, but it looks like that has fallen through. Japanese news sites have all flaked out on me. If there was anything important announced today, rest assured that you’ll see it here on Gizmodo early this coming week.
Still, I think the first four days of CEATEC gave us enough to try and wrap our brains around. Just in case you’ve been MIA for the past few days and missed our second-hand coverage of the event, this entry will also serve as an overview of the convention broken down by what was showed/announced/demonstrated on what particular days.
-Storage: Various HD-DVD and Blu-Ray products, including experimental HD-DVD player, internal Blu-Ray/DVD/CD burning drive for PCs
-Storage: Hitachi showed off those sexy 0.85″ hard drives again
-Audio/Video & Displays: Sharp display of world’s largest (65″) LCD TV
-Audio/Video & Displays: Casio, 2.2″ display with 640 x 480 resolution
-Audio/Video & Displays: Various DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) compatible products
-Audio/Video & Displays: Aiwa portable MP3 player that also acts as headset for Bluetooth phones
-Audio/Video & Displays: Panasonic adapter to display four network webcams on a TV, without use of a PC
-Communications: DoCoMo’s “Phone to PC” TV phone technology
-Communications: Sanyo concept phones
-Other: Assorted fuel cell products
-Other: CARWINGS car and phone integration system with Bluetooth
-Other: USB Random Number Generator
https://gizmodo.com/ceatec-japan-2004-day-1-22759
-Wireless Technologies: Visible Light Communication Consortium demonstration
-Wireless Technologies: Transmit standard video signals via 802.11a/b/g wireless LAN
-Wireless Technologies: Wireless USB exhibit from NEC
-Cell Phones: Sanyo UMTS/GSM Dual Mode phone
-Cell Phones: NEC display of phones for overseas use, including China-only N900
-Cell Phones: Fujitsu concept phones, some folding, some with keyboards
-Cell Phones: Embedding QR codes into images using stenography
-Displays and Cameras: Nucore Technologies “CleanCapture” to offer higher resolution pictures, processor capable of recording HDTV movies using a digital camera
-Displays and Cameras: Sharp 3D LCD with 240 x 320 resolution
-Displays and Cameras: Casio, LCD with integrated fingerprint scanner
-Other: JVC J4 two-legged robot, 200mm tall, operated by Bluetooth
https://gizmodo.com/ceatec-japan-2004-day-2-22856
-Mitsubishi “reverisble LCD” technology
-Human body communication systems demonstrations from Matsushita Electric Works and NTT DoCoMo
-JVC camcorder with SDIO slot to trasmit video via 802.11b
-Power Systems capacitator can supposedly give an operating time of 1 hour 20 minutes by charging a laptop for only 1 minute
https://gizmodo.com/ceatec-japan-2004-day-3-22965
-DVD/hard drive recorder with MiniDV capabilities
-More background on “Visible Light Communications” technology
-Non-Audible Murmur technology from NTT DoCoMo
https://gizmodo.com/ceatec-japan-2004-day-4-23076
So, that about sums up this year’s convention. I hope you enjoyed Gizmodo’s coverage. Thanks to Impress Watch for the pics, because without them I’d have a difficult time explaining what is going on.
