Sanyo Develops Smallest HD Display: 7.1 Inches
Sanyo has developed what they claim to be the world’ smallest high definition (1920×1080) display. Coming in at 7.1 inches, the display, which is an LCD, is designed and optimized for mobile devices. To that end, the display’s innards are designed to keep power consumption as low as possible. In other small display news, Sanyo…
Do-It-All Designer Toilet Cleans Up By Itself
If you thought Japanese toilets were already the stuff of legend, then think again and check out Matsushita’s latest work of art the designer-made, self-cleaning, near-silent, iPod-loving audio crapper. https://gizmodo.com/wikipedia-japanese-toilets-31682 The Naoto Fukazawa-designed CH1001M will set you back ¥388,500 (US$3,253) but it’s clearly worth twice that. For starters, what other bathroom appliance is made of…
No Atlantic Crossing for the Radio-Controlled Spirit of St. Louis Replica
The real Spirit of St. Louis that Charles Lindbergh used to scoot across the Atlantic in 1927 may be hanging in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, but that’s no reason not to covet the 80th anniversary (yeah, they’re on the ball here) radio-controlled model from Toys “R” Us-Japan. Admittedly, it’s more…
Identity-Crisis MP3 Player Thinks It’s a Cellphone
The onboard memory in Cowon’s new iAUDIO F2 audio player may max out at a piddly 2GB, but wow – don’t it look just like a cellphone? Gimmick-hungry gadget fans in Japan may be in for a shock, however, as the F2 has more than just its looks going for it. Aside from the usual…
Sony Bean-Counters Tremble as own Vaio Batteries Come Home to Roost
It was kinda inevitable that Sony would end up recalling its own Vaio batteries, which is precisely what’s just happened in Japan, but it’s a bit more of a surprise to hear that the company is going to fess up to the dirty great hole the Batterygate fiasco is sure to blow in its bottom…