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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...]

This is a high efficient sugar battery from sony. It could provide juice for some portable devices. Video after the jump [Read the rest of this entry...]

With trend of eco-friendly which is very popular in digital design area, Sony have unveiled a few concept digital product without using any extra energy.

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A transparent column with blue light? What is it used for?

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This named VR/3-D controller makes you to play game just by your hand, I mean, it’s like a glove. It would allow you to grasp objects within a game and feed back the touch with special sensors. Additionally, it’s just fit for SONY PS3 [Read the rest of this entry...]