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Sony and Panasonic to announce OLED HDTV partnership next week? Jun 22nd 2012, 06:50 With Samsung and LG (still) poised to introduce their OLED HDTVs later this year, rumors that Sony and Panasonic will join forces are heating up. Japan's Nikkei is following up its initial report last month with word from the usual unnamed sources that the two are "close" to a deal and could announce a partnership as soon as next week. Both have been busy developing technology for the screens, and according to the report Panasonic may be planning to start mass production in 2015. If this deal happens we'll see if it works out better for Sony than its ill-fated S-LCD tie-up with Samsung, as well as what it could mean for that sweet Crystal LED prototype we saw at CES this year. Sony and Panasonic to announce OLED HDTV partnership next week? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Jun 2012 02:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Reuters  |  Nikkei (registration required)  | Email this | Comments Samsung files patents for robot that mimics human walking and breathing, ratchets up the creepy factor Jun 22nd 2012, 06:14 As much as Samsung is big on robots, it hasn't gone all-out on the idea until a just-published quartet of patent applications. The filings have a robot more directly mimicking a human walk and adjusting the scale to get the appropriate speed without the unnatural, perpetually bent gait of certain peers. To safely get from point A to point B, any path is chopped up into a series of walking motions, and the robot constantly checks against its center of gravity to stay upright as it walks uphill or down. All very clever, but we'd say Samsung is almost too fond of the uncanny valley: one patent has rotating joints coordinate to simulate the chest heaves of human breathing. We don't know if the company will ever put the patents to use; these could be just feverish dreams of one-upping Honda's ASIMO at its own game. But if it does, we could be looking at Samsung-made androids designed like humans rather than for them. Samsung files patents for robot that mimics human walking and breathing, ratchets up the creepy factor originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Jun 2012 02:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  USPTO (1), (2), (3), (4)  | Email this | Comments Sony Xperia Go makes a trip to the FCC, doesn't bring suntan lotion Jun 22nd 2012, 05:36 Sony isn't wasting much time getting regulatory approvals. Just a few weeks after it brought the Xperia Go into the world, it's passing the toughened-up phone through the FCC for Uncle Sam's rubber stamp. Before you get visions of picking one up for Facebook updates on a canoe trip, be aware that it's the international version we're looking at: it can run on GSM and EDGE with US carriers, but the 900MHz and 2,100MHz HSPA bands are meant for 3G in other corners of the world. All the same, it does put the phone on the fast track to its scheduled international release in the summer. There's always importing if you've just got to have some weather-hardened Android 2.3 for a California vacation. Sony Xperia Go makes a trip to the FCC, doesn't bring suntan lotion originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Jun 2012 01:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  FCC  | Email this | Comments

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