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[CEATEC 2012] So you are absolutely, positively in love with your furkid, and you go with him/her everywhere, shunning places that are not pet-friendly in the process while knowing the location of all the parks in the neighborhood. Perhaps you will like what Fujitsu has in store for the masses – a special “Animal Medical Care Cloud Service”. Basically, your pooch will wear a collar that has a device attached to it which will gather all sorts of real-time information on your dog’s activity, knowing whether it is walking or running.

Relying on FeLiCa technology, the pet’s owner will then download the data to a compatible smartphone, where the smartphone in turn synchronizes itself to the Animal Medical Care Cloud Service which will ensure your pet’s health information is updated all the time, and will be made available to vets who are also in on the cloud. This service costs around $50 to $100 a year, but at least you can be sure that you can change vets without having to go through tales of your pet’s medical history all over again with the new vet, and during emergencies, the medical history can be pulled out to know what can be done, and what is to be avoided. Sounds nifty, but will it take off in the US if it ever arrives here? Check out another shot of the Fujitsu device on a faux dog after the jump.

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Sharp announced yesterday the mass production of a new IGZO based SC-Silicon full HD 5″ display in Japan, and today we finally had the chance to see this wonder in the flesh, and oh my! This gonna make some cry! I always had the utmost respect for Sharp when it comes to Display and its imaging technology and this new 5″ screen is no excpetion! Colors are stunning, confortable view angle and will fit perfectly in most Tablet or Smartphone with touch capacity! Yep I am in love and I …

[CEATEC 2012] They say that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and when it comes to data security in the digital world, you can more or less classify using traditional passwords as archaic. Biometric security has been around for some time already, but even so that is not 100% foolproof. Well, KDDI might be on to something here with their palm authentication app which runs on smartphones, which is an alternative to facial recognition software and most probably more secure than a fingerprint reader. What makes it even better is this – since it comes with a flash built in, you need not worry about using it in the dark, which is a different case for the face unlock.

Right now, it remains a prototype, so there are no guarantees that this will ever hit the mass market. Still, one can always keep one’s fingers crossed and believe, right? Check out one more shot of the KDDI palm authentication app after the break.

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[CEATEC 2012] Earlier this morning, we talked about Sharp cranking up production of the 5” Full HD LCD panel that will most probably see action in portable devices like smartphones, phablets and perhaps even portable media players. Well, we are at CEATEC’s showfloor and managed to capture some shots of this tiny wonder, where the crux of the matter is not so much the pixel density of the 5” LCD display, but rather, the amount of juice required to run it which is relatively low compared to other 5” displays that are in the market. Hey, anything to prolong the battery life of your current device, right? We sure as heck hope to see future devices that carry this display offer a degree of power savings that hopefully will not be used for other power-hungry chipsets which would more or less defeat the purpose of this display in the first place. It is just a matter of waiting now.

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Toyota may have already taken the time at Ceatec to announce its new Smart INSECT electric vehicle, but it wasn’t stopping there. The company also revealed a new version of the COMS golf cart, and looking at the images below, it seems to have a lot in common with the Smart INSECT, at least from an aesthetic perspective. One of the main differences that you’ll immediately notice is that the COMS doesn’t come with doors, which is a pretty good way of distinguishing the two.

For the most part, however, the COMS and the Smart INSECT look like they could be twins, or at least closely related. This new version of the COMS golf cart looks quite similar to previous versions as well, so we’re seeing Toyota stick with the overall insect theme. As far as golf carts go, the COMS is pretty sexy, and it comes with some decent specs to boot.

According to this chart we were given at Ceatec, the COMS can drive about 50 kilometers on a full charge. That means you won’t be getting a ton of mileage out of a charge, but driving around a golf course is a lot different than commuting to and from work each day. The battery in the new COMS will take about six hours to fully charge, and the COMS is capable of driving as fast as 60 kilometers per hours, which isn’t too bad all things considered.

Oh, and in case there was any confusion, this new version of the COMS can only fit one person. Keep in mind that a lot of the details will be coming at a later date, so we’re just going to have to wait for those to arrive before we find out more. For now, however, we’ll just imagine racing around the golf course in one of these bad boys.

Toyota unleashes new COMS golf cart is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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