Seiko Epson has released a prototype of 2.57-inch color LCD high-resolution 3D display for mobile phones that affords some freedom of viewing position, compared to conventional 3D displays, without using special glasses.

Traditionally, 3D displays present a slightly different image to each eye. Special lenses called “lenticual lenses” are placed in front of the LCD panel in order to each image reaches the correct eye. But, in this way, there is only one viewing point, and this is not enough to mobile displays because it is impossible to control the point of view of the mobile user.

One solution is to capture the object’s image from multiple angles, split it up and display as many images as possible on the panel. So, the more the image is split, the more depth that can be created for the object displayed on the screen, but the less resolution is achieved. This is the problem that Seiko has solved achieved an ultra high resolution of approximately at about 500ppi. Seiko Epson’s solution consists of narrowing the image width that reaches each viewing point and devising special pixel alignment on its LCD display.

Seiko Epson plans to commercialize the display in two years. I don’t know if it will be useful, but I am sure that it will be impressive.

Vía MobileHandsetDesignLine,

Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it can only be transformed from one form to another. NTT Communications Group has beared in mind this law of Physics in the creation of one of its latest invent: a electricity-generating shoes.

People are continuously transforming energy which are going to be wasted, for example when they are walking. The futuristic shoes that NTT is developing, generate electricity when walking. Each step puts pressure on the soles, causing the water to spin a small turbine and generate power, NTT said.

Currently, the shoes generate “a level sufficient to run an iPod mobile music player forever, as long as the wearer keeps walking,” said spokesman Hideomi Tenma, which means 1.2 watts of electricity. But they aspires more, “the company is trying to improve the power-generating capacity to 3 watts, which is the amount of electricity to power a mobile phone,” he said.

NTT wants to launch the produce by 2010, and they are looking into collaborate with shoe makers during the developing. Something essential in order to reach the success in the market, since people are not willing to wear any kind of shoes…

Vía grunchgear, physorg

It´s time to throw away that old fashioned, big and annoying Business Card holders and other storing methods. Forget storing, start digitalizing. B-Scanner allows you to scan and browse all the cards you need, all bundled on a tiny device.

The only drawback is that right now is only a concept… However, shall it come reality, it will sure be saled as doughnuts.

B-Scanner provides the capacity of scanning Business Cards just by introducing them into the scanner slot. It also has searching capabilities thanks to its search wheel and OLED screen.

It seems pretty small for a scanner… but I think it´s possible to build a similar design. Anyway, why to scan the contact data if you can just use RFID ? i bet there´ll be a day when all of us will carry its contact info on RFID, till then B-Scanner it´s the best solution ever tought.

Via Gizmos

Until now, RFID chips, which are used for electronic identifications in animals, products, objects, even people, could be easily cloned. This represented a big problem because it was possible to steal a person’s identity, or replace a real valuable object with a fake.

Currently, Verayo has announced an augmented RFID chip called Vera X512H RFID chip, which is the world’s first unclonable silicon chip. This new RFID chip is based on PUF technology (Physical Unclonable Functions), one of the latest breakthroughs in semiconductor security technology.  PUF-based solutions tap the “physical DNA” intrinsic to silicon crystals at the atomic level, to generate effectively unclonable secret keys that can be extracted electronically from chips attached to branded products. Even the manufacturer of the chips does not know these keys.

No doubt, hackers from everywhere have a new great challenge.

Vía crunchgear.

Thanks to XatakaMovil we’ve got noticed of this interesting trial performed by researchers of Radboud University (Netherlands) at the annual Four Days Marches of Nijmegen. After 2006 edition, with the death of 2 participants and 69 hospitalizations, the University began studying ways to monitor the health of marchers during the event.

The system trialed included several elements:

• RFID Pill for checking body temperature
• Backpack-RFID reader
• Mobile phone

Every volunteer swallowed the pill that sends the measure of temerature every ten seconds to the RFID receiver in his backpack. That data was then transmitted via Bluetooth to a GPS-enabled mobile phone and then to the operation center.

“Based on their height, weight and age, the system was able to alert the volunteer if their core body temperature had reached a dangerous level,” in words of Martijn Bakkers, branch manager of healthcare at Progress Software, the firm that provided the event processing technology, based on CEP (complex event processing).

And, what is more important, thanks to the mix of real-time time processing, location aware and push services, in case a volunteer were at risk he could have been notified to have a rest or rehydrate. In fact, not only the participant at risk, but that ones in her vicinity and the medical team.

This is a fantastic example of how near field communications, mobility and real-time messaging technologies can be combined to provide useful services that can make our life easier and more safe.

Via XatakaMovil
Link RFIDUpdate HQInc

OpenMoko Freerunner came out past July 4th, after some months waiting for this new release of the most open cellphone in the market. We have talked about it a couple of times.

As Neo 1973, the target of Neo Freerunner is mainly developers and hackers more than mainstream users.

It includes some very interesting features:

• AGPS
• WIFI
• 3axis Motion Sensors
• 2,8” touch screen VGA (640×480)

… but lacks some others like 3G and camera.

Anyway, the release seems to have been succesful since OpenMoko’s web store has sold out the GSM 900 model. OpenMoko also has a handful of distributors, but no data about availability is provided.

Link OpenMoko

Past April 17, Orange started tests of their new Read&Go device, involving 150 users that will have free access to the service for 2 months.

Read&Go service follows the same scheme of Amazon’s Kindle. It makes use of e-paper for a more comfortable reading of books and newspapers and wireless technologies for providing contents. In this case, Orange seems to bet on adding WiFi support to 3G technologies – opposing Amazon support of only Sprint’s EVDO network.

Five mainstream French daily newspapers have team up with Orange for provinding contents: Le Monde, Le Parisien, Les Echos, L’Equipe, Télérama… Of course, information will be houly updated.

Users will also initially get 30 preloaded books, stored on the reader’s 1GB of internal memory.

We have no data about commercial plans for Read&Go, but I think it’s time for such a device/service to hit European market.

Via blogWimax
Link Boursier.com

Via Ajit Jaokar’s Open Gardens blog, a very recommendable one, we have known about one of the ongoing developments in OMA, that seems to be quite interesting.

It’s none other than a ‘Smart card web server’.

According to OMA documentation, as OpenGardens says, “SCWS is a Web server running in the SIM card ((U)SIM, R-UIM, CSIM) that implements a network operator’s services and is portable across handsets. It provides static and dynamic web pages and allows transactions between the card and an HTTP based application running in the handset – for example a Web browser. (…) It also enables the deployment of secure services with standard Web technology by leveraging inherent smart card security features.”

For sure, carriers are very interested in this kind of stuff, as they have a lot of control over SIM cards. So, this could be used as a new way for homogenize the branding and the user experience regardless of device manufacturers.

Via OpenGardens

Standards usually are as controversial as needed. This time the European Union has announced that is working with a industry consortium, including Nokia , in order to give a push to the new mobile TV standard: DVB-H.

This standard will be the only one for mobile television because the EU wants to avoid any possible techology fragmentation that could end in the loss of any competitive advantage. Right now, almost eighteen european countries are testing it, while some others are studying whether start doing it.

Anyway, this standard has been rejected by some countries like Germany, Britain or Netherland who see it as a unnecessary mandatory requirement. So far, this rejection has failed because it lacks the two thirds of the votes needed.

Read the oficial press release here.

If you are a techie, one of the funniest things you can do in Internet is watch vision videos. In that way, one of our best SevenClick followers has sent us a great Intel Ultra Mobile vision video. Titled “Ultra Mobile: It lets me be me”, the video shows us how mobile technology is going to complete and make easiest (not change) our way of life.

Pay attention because you will discover some devices and technologies very similar to another ones that today are available.

• Nike+
• iPhone and multi-touch screens
• Media Center
• …

Enjoy it! Thanks Santiago N.