Masayuki Higuchi did not have high expectations of the Oita International Wheelchair Marathon last October, but found he was the only Japanese athlete able to live with the fierce pace that split the leading group.
Toshiba today announced the launch of a line-up of four 2.5-inch enterprise HDDs with a 10,500 RPM rotation speed. The new drives include the AL13SEB900, which offers a 900GB[1] capacity, the industry's highest class[2]. Volume shipment will start in August.
Sports photographers can achieve their best-ever shooting performance this summer with the new XQD™ S Series memory card from Sony.
The high-speed memory card also offers the capacity and reliability that’s demanded by professional photo journalists covering sports and other tough shooting assignments.
Tamron , a leading manufacturer of optical equipment, announced the introduction of the SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD (Model A007), the world's first*1 full-size high-speed standard zoom lens equipped with VC (Vibration Compensation) image stabilization and USD (Ultrasonic Silent Drive)*2 , with resolution at the top of its class. The lens will be available for Canon, Nikon and Sony mounts. It is scheduled to be released first in Japan on June 2, 2012.
TDK has announced the development of high speed mSATA type Solid-Sate Drive (SSD) achieving 170 MB/s read and 70 MB/s write speeds. The new SMG3B series which support 3Gbps serial ATA measures only 30 mm x 50 mm and offers storage capacities of up to 64 GB. The new series uses TDK original SSD controller GBDriver RS3, which features powerful error correction expandable to 44-bit ECC.
Renesas announced two new Industrial Ethernet controllers that include support for multiple communication protocols, helping system designers reduce their bill of materials and enable more efficient machine operation. Samples of the first products in the series are scheduled to be available in the end of 2012, and will support CC-Link IE, EtherCAT, and EtherNet/IP with support for further standards to follow at a later date.
Tamron , a leading manufacturer of optical equipment, announced the development of the SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD (Model A007), a full-size high-speed standard zoom lens equipped with VC (Vibration Compensation) image stabilization and USD (Ultrasonic Silent Drive), with resolution at the top of its class.
Nissan R35 GT-R ( The Hulk ) modified by Severn Valley Motorsport , an U.K tuning car company, recently set a world record of reaching 218mph speed.
This amazing car features more than 1,200 Horse Power . Let's take a look and the specs and mods bellow and of course at the VIDEO .
Toshiba has announced the launch of a new class of high performance SDHC class memory cards compliant with UHS-I, which is the ultra high speed interface in SD memory card standard ver. 3.0 capable of delivering data at a rate from 25 to 104MB per second.
The newly launched EXCERIA™ comes in three different series Type 1, 2 and HD.
SPEED member Uehara Takako (29) is getting married. Newspapers report that she will tie the knot with a member of hip-hop group ET-KING, though further details will be announced later today.
Elecom announced today in Japan the release of a brand new USB 3.0 stick , namely MF-BSU3 .
This one is capable of reaching transfer speeds of 60 MB/s when connected in USB 3.0 mode .
Sony Corporation ("Sony") today announced the commercialization of "CXD3271GW" LSI, for use in the close proximity wireless transfer technology TransferJet™. This LSI realizes a 350Mbps transmission speed*1 and the industry's highest receiving sensitivity*2, while also contributing to reduced power consumption, reduced parts count and smaller sizing of the sets, all to enhance its suitability for mobile devices such as smartphones.
Yui Sakai won the women's 1,000 meters in the World Cup short track season despite finishing sixth in the last meet on Sunday. The 24-year-old Sakai is the first Japanese to win a title on the World Cup circuit, the Japan Skating Federation said. "It's not something I was aiming for so I'm a little surprised myself," said Sakai, who had come in fourth a day earlier.
The Shinkansen (???, new trunk line) is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways Group companies. Starting with the T?kaid? Shinkansen (515.4 km) in 1964, the network has expanded to currently consist of 2,387.7 km (1,483.6 mi) of lines with maximum speeds of 240–320 km/h (150–200 mph), 283.5 km (176.2 mi) of Mini-shinkansen lines with a maximum speed of 130 km/h (81 mph), and 10.3 km (6.4 mi) of spur lines with Shinkansen services. The network presently links most major cities on the islands of Honshu and Kyushu, with construction of a link to the northern island of Hokkaido underway.