NEC phones to be made from Cashew Nut Shells?

Yes, it is odd that NEC is thinking about doing this, but NEC is seriously considering using some sort of bio-plastic that involves cellulose and cardanol, which has cashew nut shells as a primary building block. Granted, it would take about 3 years for this to get off the ground, and I'm not certain ...

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NEC improves its facial recognition technology

I don't know much about facial recognition technology, but according to my source: In a benchmark test [PDF] conducted by the US Department of Homeland Security, the technology boasted 92% accuracy from a 1.6 million person criminal database, and 95% accuracy from a 1.8 million person database consisting of visa applicants. NEC was rated the best ...

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NEC NP115 Projector

NP115 is the name of the new NEC projector that was recently presented, and is suppose to start shipping this month - July 2010 - with a price tag of $600. Specification-wise the NEC NP115 provides DLP technology with a native SVGA resolution of 800x600, as well as 2500 lumens of brightness and a high contrast ...

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NEC’s new 3D enabled projector, the NP216J-3D

Welcome to the NEC 3D projector, the NP216J-3D. Yes, there are a lot of 3D things on the market, and this one has 1,024 x 768 resolution, 2,500 lumens brightness, a contrast ratio of 2,000:1, and an internal 7W mono speaker. This projector supports NVIDIA 3D Vision, but not for 3D Blu-rays. ...

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NEC 3D Projector Financing Incentives for Theaters Revealed

The buzz today is that 3DTV is coming by 2013. Well this is one of the reasons why people are going to be enticed on 3D displays even more. To help ring up the growing demand for advanced 3D display, NEC is giving theater owners a break by offering financial incentives until December 31, 2009. ...

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NEC launches 7 projectors: NP610J and others

During the past week NEC finally released 7 new projectors into the marketplace, which we hope will reach the US stores one of this days. Anyhow, five of the projectors have a few features in common, such as a 7W speaker, ethernet connection, and 0.6w of consumption in standby mode. The only main difference is the ...

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Cyberlink YouCam Bundled with NEC LaVie Light Netbooks

People who purchase the latest laptop from NEC, the LaVie Light BL300/310/350 netbooks are in for an added bonus as Cyberlink has reportedly bundled the Cyberlink YouCam software, offering new NEC laptop owners an array of fun through with the use of their webcams. “YouCam for NEC” was customized and developed based on CyberLink’s YouCam ...

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NEC Reveals Processors Ready for 12 Megapixel Camera Phone

Samsung is the first cell phone maker that will launch a 12 megapixel camera phone. And it must be NEC the company that must have made that happen. NEC has revealed a linear shift-invariant or LSI chip which will let your cell phone take 12 megapixel photos. The CE143 chip will also be able to ...

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Nec Eye Favor with Face Recognition Available in Tokyo

Are you passionate about new technology? How about a large camera neatly arranged in a mall with high face recognition capabilities? Would that make your day? Nec has a new system filled with Face Recognition applications. The Eye Flavor is a 46 inch LCD that can get your face expression, analyze it and display the best ...

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