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Sony Stop Making OLED TV’s – Will Still Sell Them to Westerners

by Jay Garrett on February 16, 2010

Were you thinking that the televisual future was in the hands of OLED screens?

Sony thinks not and is halting its OLED TV production in Japan and will be ending sales once its existing stock runs out.

Sales will continue, however, in America and Europe.

Apparently the Sony XEL-1 11in OLED TV just wasn’t popular enough in Japan even with a monthly production capacity of just 2000 units.

Sony spokesperson, Shinji Obana, said: “We see the demand for the model has run its course in Japan but we will continue sales overseas and research and development activities in OLED.”

So, is it that Europeans and Americans are more easily pleased or more susceptible to the pull of new tech?

Have Sony got something bigger, better and brighter hidden up their sleeves?

Could the goggleboxes future be shaped by things like the CellTV?

Let me know below :)

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Coolest Barcodes Ever – Yeah, I said Cool Barcodes

by Jay Garrett on November 16, 2009

Japanese_barcodesBarcodes.

Nothing unusual or interesting.

Stripy necessities in this tech world.

But not to a small group of people that believe beauty is in every little bit of our existence – even those flat zebras.

There’s actually a whole gallery of amazing barcodes created by Japanese artists.

Not sure what I’d rather wear now – these designs or the QR Patches.

You really need to check them out here.

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Clockman – Wake up and be Freaked Out

November 16, 2009 Click to read more →
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Personally I’d prefer not to start the day being freaked out.
But – if you’re different, why not wake up to Clockman?
Clockman is a new model from Japanese toy-maker Takara Tomy.
This clock thing can speak, its eyes and mouth can move and more oddly has a “blood type”!
There are four different versions of the clock, and [...]

Samsung Hybrid Portable AMOLED Desktop

October 28, 2009 Click to read more →
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Sometimes there’s proof that beauty doesn’t have to be practical.
Look at most Super-models
What we have here, thanks to Akihabara News, is a rather gorgeous Samsung Desktop prototype.
The most attractive part of this set-up has to be that stunning AMOLED screen that happens to sport a resolution of 1366 x 768. As it [...]

Sony Steroescpic 3D Prototype Live in Tokyo – Video: No Glasses Required

October 22, 2009 Click to read more →
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The moment made famous by R2D2 slinging out a 3D image of a certain Princess is getting closer to reality.
This Sony prototype is now on show in the flesh in Tokyo.
Check out the vid below and you’ll probably be pleasantly surprised by the 96 by 128 pixel res – apparently when seeing it first-hand the [...]

Come Touch My Wood, Put it Against Your Face Then Make a Call

September 28, 2009 Click to read more →
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Japan is the home of cool tech – that’s pretty much a given.
Japanese network DoCoMo has come up with some rather funky things in its time and its latest range is no exception.
We’ve seen laptops made from bamboo and the such but no-one seems to have tackled the mobile phone.
DoCoMo is getting all green by [...]

Chanel Fiole – Possibly The Most Fashionable Car Ever

August 21, 2009 Click to read more →
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Some people see cars as a fashion statement.
Others buy into the heritage of a certain marque.
If you’re looking for a ride that mixes futuristic design with the name of high fashion then look no further!
Designed by Jinyoung Jo, a car student designer from South Korea this is the Chanel Fiole.
Jo said that she was [...]

Ninomiya-Kun Will Read Your Real Books and Tell You Bedtime Stories – Book Bot

June 12, 2009 Click to read more →
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Here’s another clever robot that looks like a real 1950’s droid
Ninomiya-kun doesn’t read e-books – that’s too easy!!
This reading robot handles those old-skool paper and ink numbers.
Nino stands at 1m tall and weighs 25kg and was showcased yesterday for the first time at a robot show in Southern Japan. The robot was jointly [...]