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A car, also a moving office, the transformed Mercedes-Benz is deemed as one the most extravagant offices around the world. Apart from its elegantly-decorated interior, the car is equipped with Mac mini, Sony 3D TV, Apple iPads, refrigerator, coffee maker, high quality sound system, PS3, iPod touch and other appliances as well, making it the No. 1 luxury combination of high-tech products nowadays. So what should we do on the car, to rest or to work? After all, the car is too comfortable to work in…

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The development of bio-batteries is now pushed to a new level, after electronics giant Sony announced that it has developed a battery powered by paper. The batteries were demonstrated at the Eco-Products exhibition in Tokyo, where they have successfully powered a mini fan to work. Sony’s actually utilizes cellulose enzymes to accomplish this technology: after breaking down the paper, the enzymes were left with sugar that had been created from the cellulose; and then the sugar is processed to create hydrogen ions and electrons. Theoretically, a piece of A4 paper is expected to produce about 18 watts of electricity, equivalent to the electricity power of six AA batteries. But currently the electricity power we get is fewer than that, which is also a drawback of this bio-battery.

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Our ordinary life is constructed with extraordinary stories, and even a chair, a lamp can remind us of some sweet memories. Thus when I get some old things from my friends, I’d like to know his/her story with the furniture or gadgets. Shen Hao Cheng’s Sony Echo is rightly something to record the life story of a secondhand product. It allows the new owner to retrieve significant information conveniently, and may even make emotion produce resonance between people. Kinda like a message recorder that can be passed on from one people to another… Really interesting.

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Till now, the International Funkausstellung Berlin 2011 has brought us many surprising designs and products, and today we’d like to add a new one to the list of innovative electronics. It is Sony’s “Lenticular Sheet”, a thin film that can be places in front of any laptop screens to turn them into glass-free 3D displays. With such a product, 3D fanciers would then enjoy 3D films without needing to wear glasses any more. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Good news for people with hearing disability is that Sony UK is developing a pair of glasses to display subtitles though they’re actually on the screen. Fortunately with advanced technology, the subtitles on glasses won’t seem too pressing but feels like they’re together. The glasses are expected to be launched in UK next year, and we bet many people are looking forward to that just as we do.

So you’ve already gotten 3D television equipment home but still waiting for a TV Serie or another 3D movie to try them? Then congratulations as you can soon watch the world’s first 3D TV series at home. [Read the rest of this entry...]

At TOY Forum 2010, Sony’s bio-battery has drawn many people’s attention. It shows how batteries generate electricity from carbohydrates. Experiments indicate that grape juice is the most efficient drink for the bio-battery to run on and 3ml of Coke could have an electrical propeller keep working for about 1 hour. Named as ‘ENE’ (Entertainment New Energy), the technology will firstly be adopted to power electronic toys. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Looking like a headphone, the stylish product from Sony is actually a wearable MP3 player. With a magnetic device on the end of the earphones, the heart-shape player can be used in the same way as a headphone and you can easily wear it. You could control the player all through different buttons on the right earphone, for example, you can listen to a passage of music and play the whole music with a press to the enter key. When using the rapid-selection function, you may set audition duration from 4 seconds to 15 seconds, all depending on your needs.

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Incredible? It is hard for us to realize how difficult it is to make a screen as thin as a sharp knife. But it is true. If you have a chance to own a screen like this, please take care of your fingers to avoid being cut.

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Twirl N’ Take is a new member of Sony’s odo series. Just give the wheel a spin for about 15 seconds, the juice is enough for one photograph.

NO, it’s not another device from Steven Jobs, it is just shaped like an apple. You might have this kind of trouble: everyone of your family has her/his own preference configuration of the TV,brightness and contrast for example, but if you adjust the setting everytime, it gonna be more trouble! Therefore, you have to accept the same setting. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This is a cute design which will take music with you and your friends. [Read the rest of this entry...]

A 12.1 inch model at 2.88 mm width from Sharp and an 11 inch model at 3 mm from Sony have been launched on CEATEC 2007. The big difference between the two is Sharp continues to use LCD technology while Sony is pushing OLED. With a long history in LCD, Sharp continues to evangelize the future of the technology. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This weird camera looks like a bug eye is develop from a research team of Sony and the University of Alabama. It could make the satellite picture better. It is claimed that this camera could image an area of up to 10 square kilometers from a 7.5 kilometer altitude and the precision of the picture is up to 50 centimeters per pixel from that height.

Can you image your digital player could dance? The new player from Sony might make you surprised. It could dance with the music. Video after the jump [Read the rest of this entry...]