Tokyo Friendfinder
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Brethalyzer phone keeps watchful eye on Japan’s truck drivers
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Big tech companies like NTT DoCoMo come up with dozens of unusual applications for their gear every year, but most tend to end up consigned to glossy brochures that describe some anodyne ‘perfect’ future. One bizzaro contraption that is apparently out in the wild is Big D’s FOMA-based Videophone Alcohol Check System - as the above photo shows, it’s in use on at least one truck round these parts.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Future DoCoMo phones to include health-monitoring hardware
During a busy week for Japan’s largest cellphone company, NTT DoCoMo, it has emerged that the firm has plans to use the nation’s ubiquitous phones as interactive health monitors.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
DoCoMo’s 904i series phones might not be pretty but they sure are loaded
The announcement of new mobile phones in Japan is done like most everything else in that most efficient of nations – with precise timing. NTT DoCoMo’s latest wave of handsets was unveiled as expected this afternoon and it includes plenty of innovative technology, from motion sensors to IC credit cards.
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