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Photos: Gadgets galore at the Ceatec show

By Bill Detwiler October 4, 2005, 9:00 PM PDT on Twitter billdetwiler

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Photos: Gadgets galore at the Ceatec show

Japan’s Murata Manufacturing unveils the “Murataseisaku-kun” bicyle-riding robot driving on a balancing beam during Asia’s largest electronics trade show Ceatec. The robot, which measures almost 20 inches in height, can drive at different speeds on its bicycle.

Photos: Gadgets galore at the Ceatec show

Japanese electronics giant Sony Chairman and CEO Howard Stringerrndelivers a keynote speech at the annual Ceatec trade show in Tokyo. His company’s Blu-ray format DVD player is in a struggle with Toshiba’s HD-DVD format player.

Photos: Gadgets galore at the Ceatec show

At the 2005 edition of the Ceatec show in Tokyo, the new gadgets are sleek–and sometimes just plain cute. This is Hitachi’s Media Robot, a voice-controlled device that recommends TV shows according to a person’s viewing habits.

Photos: Gadgets galore at the Ceatec show

Gadgetry on display from Toshiba includes a prototype of the Gigabeat music player packed with a direct methanol fuel cell. The company has said that a 300-milliwatt version of the fuel cell could power a hard-drive-based player for approximately 60 hours on a single charge.

Photos: Gadgets galore at the Ceatec show

The fuel cell technology, still in prototype, also fits cell phones. Toshiba expects commercial products to be available in 2007.

Photos: Gadgets galore at the Ceatec show

This concept phone from Mitsubishi, for NTT DoCoMo, has a touch-panel display instead of keys.

Photos: Gadgets galore at the Ceatec show

Panasonic’s P901iTV mobile phone prototype, which runs on the DoCoMo network, can receive “one segment” digital broadcasting.

Photos: Gadgets galore at the Ceatec show

This handset prototype from DoCoMo features a bone-transmitting speaker. Users place the handset, designed like a ring, on a finger to make calls.

Photos: Gadgets galore at the Ceatec show

The battle over the successor to the DVD format is in full swing at Ceatec. On the one side is Blu-ray, supported by a host of companies including Sony. Shown here is a concept version of Sony’s BD-ROM player.

Photos: Gadgets galore at the Ceatec show

Blu-ray is also finding a home in Sony’s Vaio systems.

Photos: Gadgets galore at the Ceatec show

Leading the charge for the rival HD DVD format is Toshiba, whose gear includes a laptop PC with an HD DVD drive.

Photos: Gadgets galore at the Ceatec show

A concept 3D projector from Pioneer comes with a docent named Haruka.

Photos: Gadgets galore at the Ceatec show

Sony’s audio combo plays CDs and mini discs and has a hard drive. Still in prototype, it can store 20,000 songs and forward them to portable audio players directly.

Photos: Gadgets galore at the Ceatec show

Electronic paper on display from Fujitsu.

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