Hasta La Gadget!

Home cleaning robot “COCOROBO (RX-V90)” will be out from Sharp in late June.

“COCOROBO” measures the dimensions of a room with an ultrasonic sensor, and it’s able to boost the suction power up when detecting an area with lots of dust and trash. It can run for a maximum of 100 minutes straight and clean up to a 3LDK sized (3 bedrooms, 1 living room, 1 dining area and kitchen) – roughly 43-tatami mat room/62㎡ room.

There are 2 other features that make “COCOROBO” become something more life-like: an artificial intelligence “COCORO Engine” that changes its feeling according to the size of a room or cleaning situation making it change its action, its lights and the words it says, and “Voice-recognition capability” that enables you to control it by voice.

Price: Open price
Model: RX-V90
Size: 304 x 304 x 99mm
Weight: 2.6kg
Charging time: 4 hours
Accessories: Remote control, charging stand, cleaning brush, replacement side brush 1 set (2 brushes), bumper cushion

Elecom is releasing new power-saving wireless mouse “IR LED Mouse (M-IR06DR series)” in late June. “IR LED” adopted for the mouse can lower the drive voltage and run at low energy.

6 colors are available: Black, red and blue in a black-based color and green, pink and white in a white-based color. In particular, the pink and white models have a pretty face design on them.

Price: ¥2,635 (including tax)
Size: 59 x 99.8 x 39 mm
Weight: 52g

Sony is releasing 2 new Handycam models for serious sports or outdoor activities. The models are dustproof, shockproof, 10m waterproof and -10℃ low-temperature resistant.

Release date is June 21.

They feature the CMOS image sensor “Exmor R”, image processor “BIONZ”, high-performance “G lens”, and “Optical image stabilizer (active mode)”.

“HDR-GWP88V”
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It has a slim body that weights only 210g. It also has a cool “Projector” function, so you can project movies you recorded on a screen or wall and enjoy watching them without having to connect the unit to a PC or TV. If you set “HDR-GWP88V” 5m away from the wall or screen, it will project to a 100 inch screen. If the distance is closer than 5m, it is capable of projecting to a well-lighted wall or area. It incorporates a stand to keep the body positioned when it’s used as a projector.

The interesting “Omakase Auto” function distinguishes between 99 different scenes including under-water mode and takes clear bright movies. Other good functions include “Smile Shutter” that detects smiles and catches the moment that the subject is smiling, and “Photo Simultaneous Record” that takes photos while taking a movie.

Estimated price: 60,000 yen
Color: black

“HDR-GW66V”
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The body is lighter than “HDR-GWP88V”: 188g. And just like “HDR-GWP88V”, “HDR-GW66V” has useful functions to help your filming such as “Omakase Auto”, “Smile Shutter” and “Photo Simultaneous Record”.

Estimated price: 45,000 yen
Colors: white and blue

From Panasonic’s “Let’s note” series, the new convertible PC “AX3 series” will be out on June 21. It has Intel Core i7 processor CPU and full HD IPS panel (1920 x 1080 dot) built-in.

Strong and light magnesium alloy is used as a material for the body and the “AX3″ weights only 1.14kg. It features a touch panel display which can be rotated in a 360-degree circle and make it a tablet style. It is the first convertible “Let’s note” PC.

Price: Open price
OS:  Windows 8 Pro 64 bit
Colors: black, silver
Memory: 4GB
SSD: 128GB
Display: 11.6 inch full HD (1920 x 1080)

Sony is releasing dustproof, rainproof “Digital recording binoculars” (2 models: DEV-50V, DEV-30) on June 21.

You can view images, as if they were traditional binoculars, but can also record moving, magnified images while viewing them.

The 2 models have different magnification ability: 0.8 – 25 magnification for DEV-50V, 0.8 – 15 magnification for DEV-30. Magnification can be smoothly adjusted while you are using them.

High-performance “G lens”, CMOS image sensor “Exmor R” (5.43 million pixels), image processor “BIONZ”, “Auto focus (AF) function” and “Optical image stabilizer (active mode)” are built-in, making it possible to record images as you watch them.

The price for “DEV-50V” will be about ¥170,000 and “DEV-30″ will be about ¥130,000.