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Green House is releasing a wireless display connection set – “GH-WD-HDMI” – that allows you to play movies or sounds from your notebook PC wirelessly on a big display TV, projector, etc., in early May.

It’s compatible with Ultra Wide Band (UWB) whose transmission rate is maximum 480Mbps and it can play content very smoothly. 480Mbps is faster than wireless LAN 54Mbps or Bluetooth3.0 HS 24Mbps.

HDMI port, analog RGB port, 3.5mm stereo mini jack, and USB port are built-in. By connecting mouse or keyboard to the USB port, you can make a tablet PC work like a desktop PC. (To use both mouse and keyboard at the same time, USB hub is needed.)

Dimensions: Device adapter W30×D85×H150mm, PC adapter W20×D25×H47mm
Weight: Device adapter 162g, PC adapter 8g
Maximum display resolution: HDMI: QWXGA (2048×1152), Analog RGB (1920×1080)
Communication distance: 10m

There’s no shortage of navigation outdoors, and even a little bit of help indoors, but there’s been precious little aid for the blind indoors — leaving them little choice but to move cautiously or get outside help. Fujitsu and Japan’s NICT have crafted a system that gives the sightless a greater level of autonomy inside through ultrawideband-based impulse radio. A grid of UWB radios positioned around a room gauge the distances between each other and transmit the data to a PC, which then talks to the traveler’s Android phone. The device then gives spoken directions based on a 12-o’clock system and far subtler distances than GPS can manage: the positioning is accurate to within a foot. While the indoors navigation is only just getting a demo this week, it’s already being refined to detect objects in the room as well as to help even the fully sighted. If Fujitsu and NICT have their way, buildings ranging from hospitals to malls will have their own turn-by-turn navigation. For some, the freedom of movement could be a life-changer.

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