Samsung CX305T

Samsung just presented in Korea the CX305T, their latest “large” screen. For the cherry on top, the gorgeous HYH is showing the screen. So, we’ve got a 30” screen with a 2560x1600 resolution, a 1000:1 ratio for contrast, a 400cd/m2 brightness, and a 6ms response time, in a nice design. Of course, all this screen space has a price, and you'll have to shell out about 1,267.00 euros to get this monitor.

Ubiko

UBIX, a Japanese company, offers a new robot named Ubiko. Its purpose is to replace humans for such tasks as welcoming clients, promote products on site, etc. This autonomous robot is controlled by voice and is able to quickly respond with its very annoying synthesized voice (got to the Ubiko website, you’ll understand what I mean). Heck, a few stores in the Shizuoka prefecture will even have an Ubiko in their staff.Don’t worry, you won’t be replaced anytime soon by an Ubiko… At a 700.00 euros for 2 hours rental price, you still have plenty of work time ahead of you!

The Macro PC

The Epson Endeavor ST100 is a PC available in BTO measuring only 75x185x195mm and weighing 2.3kg. It can receive for example a 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo T6700, an ATI Radeon Xpress 200M, 2GB of RAM, a 160GB 5400rpm SATA hard disk, and a DL DVD burner, for a price of 1,590.00 euros

LCD screens for mobile products

Seoul, Nov 21 2006 (Korea Newswire)-- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world’s largest provider of thin-film transistor, liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels announced today that it has developed the thinnest reported LCD panel, one no thicker than a credit card at 0.82mm, which is 0.07mm thinner than the panel previously reported to be the world’s slimmest. The company also announced that it has developed a new mobile technology, which it is calling, “i-Lens”, for integrating the entire panel assembly, including a protective layer, into a single, thinner module that is more shock-resistant and easier to read than conventional panels.Executive Vice President Yun Jin-hyuk, in charge of the Mobile Display Team within the Samsung Electronics LCD Business division, said,” Samsung’s R&D initiatives, including LCD module thickness reduction and reinforced shock resistance, will enable our customers to develop truly differentiated and more reliable, ultra-thin mobile products.”To achieve the slimmer package size, Samsung’s Mobile Display Team redesigned the light guide plate subassembly and the glass substrate, which accounted for most of the LCD module’s thickness.Samsung has further contributed to the trend toward slimmer phones with its new i-Lens technology. The result is a thinner, highly integrated LCD module that protects the mobile phone’s main display better than previous designs, making it more resistant to damage from shock and vibration. In deploying Samsung’s i-Lens technology, manufacturers can trim 1.4 to 2.4mm from the thickness of a mobile phone.Today, a typical mobile phone screen leaves a 2 to 3mm space above the panel before attaching a reinforced plastic sheet to protect the LCD module. In Samsung’s new i-Lens process, a shock-resistant protective sheet is fastened directly to the LCD module, thereby eliminating the space between it and the panel surface. With i-Lens, the thickness of the LCD module is reduced to a mere 0.82mm, while resolving the sunlight reflection problem inherent in the use of reinforced plastic. As a result, the panel is much easier to view outdoors.The new LCD screen is available in 2.1 inch-diagonal and 2.2-inch-diagonal screen sizes. It features qVGA (240 x 320 pixels) resolution, 300nit brightness and a 500:1 contrast ratio. Mass production is scheduled to begin in the second half of 2007.