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Panasonic's BQ1 Series Electronic Blackboard for Schools

Panasonic will increase its share of the domestic market for 60-inch and larger electronic blackboards to 30% (4,000 units) in fiscal 2008, up 10 percentage points from fiscal 2006, using 4K high-definition touch-screen LCD displays. The estimated market price is 600,000 yen (excluding consumption tax) for the 65-inch model and 1,400,000 yen for the 75-inch model. A new "comparison mode" that can display up to nine screens has been added so that multiple opinions can be shown on the display and shared in group learning. Up to four teaching materials can be displayed so that digital textbooks can be used effectively. It has acquired "Color Universal Design Certification" for its color scheme, which is distinguishable even by people with color blindness. Sharp (36%), Panasonic (25%), and NEC (16%) hold the largest share of the domestic market for commercial displays. (Photo taken on January 17, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

RPA Technologies Opens Training Facility for Digital Technology Developers

RPA Technologies (Minato-ku, Tokyo) has established the "Surprise Center Fukuoka" in Fukuoka City's Hakata Ward to train developers of digital technology. RPA Technologies (Minato-ku, Tokyo) has established the "Surprise Center Fukuoka" in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City, as a training center for digital laborers (virtual workers) with a focus on RPA (software robot automation) introduction training. It will set up short-term programs that assume actual business operations, and provide support for beginners with no programming knowledge in a small-group school format. It will also be used as a place to gather users, share know-how, and experience advanced technology. On November 13, 2019, the company will open the Bikkuri Center Fukuoka in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City. Center Fukuoka, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

MicroHILS in Integration Technology

Integration Technology (Wako City, Saitama Prefecture) will release MicroHILS, a small-scale hardware-in-the-loop simulation (HILS) that allows ECU (electronic control unit) testing in a virtual environment without using a real vehicle, by September. While expensive HILS that test entire cars and engines are the mainstream, this product meets the needs of small-scale testing such as door mirror and window opening and closing. The product will be marketed to Tier 1 (first tier subcontractor) manufacturers in the automotive field. The MicroHILS is a set of hardware and software and is compatible with in-vehicle networks (CAN). The MicroHILS is a set of hardware and software, compatible with in-vehicle networks (CAN), and uses the open-source microcomputer Arduino for the hardware and the numerical calculation software Matlab/Simulink from MassWorks (Massachusetts, U.S.) for the software, some of which was developed in-house. Credit: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

AI tech to detect oral disease

A woman opens her mouth during a demonstration of a trial model of a smartphone application to detect oral disease on Feb. 21, 2019, in Tokyo. Tohoku University and NTT Docomo Inc. said the same day that they will co-develop an artificial-intelligence technology that can detect periodontal and other oral diseases by analyzing images taken by smartphones. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Microsoft Windows 8

REDMOND, United States - Microsoft Co. CEO Steve Ballmer speaks during an event in Redmond, Washington, on Oct. 30, 2012. The U.S. information technology giant launched its Windows 8 operating software for personal computers and tablet devices on Oct. 25.

Fujitsu launches new supercomputer using 'K' technology

TOKYO, Japan - A woman stands next to the PRIMEHPC FX10, a new supercomputer of Fujitsu Ltd., during the product's unveiling event in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2011. The company said it has adapted technology from its supercomputer ''K'' -- currently the world's fastest -- into the commercial model aimed at companies and research institutes requiring high-level computing capabilities. (Kyodo)

Panasonic's tablet computers for corporate users

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the 7.0-inch (L) and 10.1-inch display models of Panasonic Corp.'s new BizPad tablet computers for corporate users to be sold from late December 2011. The consumer electronics giant said on Oct. 12, 2011, that the new tablet computers will run on Google Inc.'s Android 3.2 operating system and will not break even if the 7.0-inch model is dropped from a height of 120 centimeters and the 10.1-inch model from a height of 80 centimeters because of their shockproof structures. (Kyodo)

CORRECTED Microsoft's Windows 8

ANAHEIM, United States - CORRECTING DESCRIPTION OF DEVICE An executive of Microsoft Corp. holds a tablet computer loaded with its operating system Windows 8 in Anaheim, California, on Sept. 13, 2011. The OS allows customers to use their personal computers like tablets with the new touch-sensitive screen function. (Kyodo)

Microsoft's Windows 8

ANAHEIM, United States - An executive of Microsoft Corp. holds a touch controller for its operating system Windows 8 in Anaheim, California, on Sept. 13, 2011. The OS allows customers to use their personal computers like tablets with the new touch-sensitive screen function. (Kyodo)

NEC's LaVie Touch tablet computer

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds NEC Personal Computers Ltd.'s tablet computer LaVie Touch in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2011. The company announced the same day that it plans to release the Windows 7-based tablet computer on Oct. 6. It said the device can also be used as a conventional personal computer with a wireless keyboard and mouse when connected to a dedicated unit. (Kyodo)

Microsoft unveils technology allowing remote PC access

TOKYO, Japan - A woman in a model kitchen demonstrates a touch-sensitive screen incorporating wireless Smart Display technology, unveiled Jan. 14 by the Japanese unit of U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. The know-how enables remote access to personal computers. (Kyodo)

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