Shrinking gadgets

Article Abstract:

Electronics miniaturization is a continuing trend, as evidenced by a 1991 trade show in Japan. Sony Corp showed a digital tape recorder about the size of a cigarette pack, and Bose Corp displayed small stereo loudspeakers. Tiny television sets and other products were exhibited.

Product information, Exhibitions, Electronics industry, Miniature electronic equipment, Microelectronics

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Flat TV: hang-on-the-wall monitors - predicted for years - are finally available in Japan for specialized applications

Article Abstract:

Sharp Corp has developed television monitors that are only three inches thick, making it literally possible to hang a monitor on the wall. It is expected that the first application of such television sets will be for corporate displays of art, products or business activities.

Product introduction, Television equipment industry, Flat panel displays, Sharp Corp. (Osaka, Japan)

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The birth of the blues

Article Abstract:

A lone Japanese researcher, Shuji Nakamura, working at Nichia Chemical Industries, has beaten heavily funded research teams to the development of a blue semiconductor laser.

Product development, Japan, Chemical industry, Lasers, Semiconductor lasers, Nichia Chemical Industries

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