Toyota Showing Their New Tour Guide Robot

Tokyo, Aug 22, 2007: Once again Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) came up with their excellencies. TMC announced today that they has developed a tour guide robot that will escort visitors around the various displays of Toyota Kaikan Exhibition Hall in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan from August 27.


This new Toyota Partner Robot are wheeled model type. Designed specially to guiding visitors and providing explanations of exhibits.

This robot are able to autonomous motion, allowing the robot to move toward a destination while avoiding obstacles. It's jointed fingers, allowing the robot to sign autographs and able to verbal communication which allowing the robot to interact with visitors. The image recognition technology embedded allowing the robot to recognize visitors' nametags and direct    its explanations to them directly.

Looking to Toyota's achievement track record in robotic research from several back years, we should find they're developing in three type of robot: walking, rolling & mountable.

The best of all, Toyota focused to developing partner robots to function as personal assistants for humans that will support people in their daily lives and to help create a healthy and comfortable society in the future.

Link: Now you can see Toyota Partner Robot in action

JetFlash 220: Stop That Data Theft

New & Handy Fingerprint USB Flash Drive – JetFlash™ 220

The needs to use of high capacity compact and mobile storage devices has become commonplace, making data more portable than ever. On the other hand, data safety isues such as stolen identities, trade secrets and other high tech crimes has also steadily risen.

Inline with the scenarios, Transcend Information, Inc. has introduces their new JetFlash 220 biometrics and fingerprint recognition technology as the best solution to fight back against data theft. JetFlash 220 features a unique sensor strip which allows users to access protected data by simply scanning their fingerprint.

Their fingerprint scanning technology makes it easy to safely store personal files and sensitive office documents. Furthermore it's also allows users to automatically log on to any website for which they have a registered account.

JetFlash 220 come up with elegant design available in 8GB(Ruby Red), 4GB(Royal Blue), and 2GB(Sunburst Orange) capacities. They are fully USB 2.0 compliant for high speed data transfer with advanced fingerprint recognition technology.

These handy product are easy to install (plug and play) and enhanced with AES 256-bit encryption technology as to protect files on your computer, accessing your Internet Explorer Favorites, and website auto-login. However the auto-login feature are usefull to Microsoft® Internet Explorer only!

The manufacturer claims they're use only name-brand high speed NAND flash chips and top-quality components. And to be noticed, Transcend Fingerprint USB Flash Drive – JetFlash™ 220 Drive carries a two-year warranty too!

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It's a car. It's anti drunk car. I...

It's a car. It's anti drunk car. It's Nissan! Japan's third-largest carmaker, Nissan, unveiled new technology designed which believed to reduce road deaths.

The system includes a hi-sensitivity alcohol odor sensor at the transmission shift knob, driver and passangers seats and a camera to monitors the driver's face. The sensors is able to detect the presence of alcohol in the perspiration of the driver's palm as we attempts to start driving. While the sensors at the seats are designed to detect the presence of alcohol odor in the vehicle cabin. The car will be immobilized and a 'drunk' alert to be issued out. Nissan says the technology is still being developed, but to be remember they has already launched and is developing several initiatives to help prevent drunk driving.