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NTT Docomo has demonstrated HEVC, also known as H.265, a new international video compression standard.

HEVC, is the next generation after H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, which is currently in widespread use. Compared with that …

Cappa is a small hydropower generator designed to be used in natural water flows such as rivers and waterways.

Developed by Ibasei, this system uses a special housing which can increase and then recover the energy…

This prototype stage lighting control panel features a touch display which can be used to easily adjust the color and brightness of LED lights. It was presented by Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation at InterBEE 2012.

Colors can be selected using a software palette and color picker, and multiple lights can be controlled in sequence by swiping the lighting icons.

“This system is for full-color LED studio lighting, with a very large number of control channels. So, we’re using this lighting control panel, to make the system easy to understand.”

“You use this system by setting and recording colors, which are then reproduced.”

In this demonstration, the system controls the LED studio lights, newly developed by Toshiba Lighting.

“In a conventional system, the studio lights are halogen lights. This system is really compact so it fits in the space occupied by a halogen light. Studio lights tend to collect dust, so if fans are used to cool the lights, they might get clogged with dust and stop working. But these lights are cool naturally, so the system can even be used in places where dust is a concern.”

“This panel is just a prototype model. We’d like to release a type that makes color LED lighting easier to use, by combining it with a conventional control panel.”

Technos has introduced the Super5000K 7K Model neuro-visual sensor. This is the world’s highest precision visual inspection system, and can detect spots 0.05mm in size at a distance of 2m, with a 1.4m field of visi…

In December, Fujifilm will release a 99x zoom lens that also achieves a wide-angle focal length of 8.4 mm, the top specification for a broadcast telephoto lens.

For this lens, Fujifilm has upgraded its optical sha…

NEC has released StarPixel, an image codec that achieves a compression ratio similar to JPEG2000, while keeping the image processing load below that of JPEG. NEC developed StarPixel using its own image conversion a…

NEC has developed a marketing service that utilizes facial recognition technology to estimates the age and gender of customers, and accumulates the data, along with the dates and times that customers visit stores. …

Kurabo and Gifu Plastic Industry have co-developed the TECCELL-FB, a fiber-reinforced honeycomb material that’s lightweight, impact-resistant, and recyclable.

“The surface material is NEOMATEX, a brand developed …

Fuji Electric has released the Food Radiation Testing System. The system can quickly and accurately measure radioactive cesium levels simply by placing items on a conveyor belt.

For 30 kg sacks of rice, measuremen…

The Baggage Tray System (BTS) is an airport baggage handling system developed by Daifuku. Unlike a conventional conveyor belt, this system puts baggage items on trays, one at a time.

The BTS achieves a top speed o…