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Monday, July 14, 2003
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Japanese computer maker NEC Corp unveils its concept model of Visual Memory in a Bracelet in Tokyo.

Japanese computer maker NEC Corp unveils its concept model of Visual Memory in a Bracelet in Tokyo. The device has distance sensors that measures the distance from the viewers’ faces to it and will capture pictures according to the viewing angle at which it was held. Users can also browse through the device on its viewer. 

Sharp Corp Corporate Director Yoshiki Sano (L) and Texas Instruments Japan Ltd’s Akikazu Okano show a reference design for GSM/GPRS camera phones at a joint news conference in Tokyo.

Sharp Corp Corporate Director Yoshiki Sano (L) and Texas Instruments Japan Ltd’s Akikazu Okano show a reference design for GSM/GPRS camera phones at a joint news conference in Tokyo. The US chipmaker and Japan’s biggest liquid crystal display maker will start selling software-loaded chips to handset makers at the end of this year.

A Chinese woman chats on her mobile phone in Shanghai.

A Chinese woman chats on her mobile phone in Shanghai. The number of mobile phone subscribers in China rose 1.9 per cent in May to 230 million, the second slowest growth rate in the last year and a half, according to the nation’s Ministry of Information Industry. 

 team of robots stand before the ball prior to the start of their match during the seventh Soccer World Championship for Robots in Padua, northern Italy.

A team of robots stand before the ball prior to the start of their match during the seventh Soccer World Championship for Robots in Padua, northern Italy. Robocup is an international research and education initiative aimed at fostering artificial intelligence and robotics research.

— Reuters