CyberGarage

DHWG : The home page was changed at all. According to the latest presentation at IDF Spring 2004, DHWG will release the first guidelines beta prototypes at H1 2004. The framework will be based on HTTP, UPnP and UPnP DCP AVv1.

NMPR : I could join Intel Developer Network for Digital Home as a personal, the account is created. I am reading the document now, so it is very useful requirements to implement UPnP and UPnP AV devices. I should add some changes to CyberLink and CyberMediaGate according to the requirements.

T-Kernel : It is a hardware platform of ITRON, the source code is opened. I could get the source code after the registration, but I don't have the hardware or the simualtor. I would like to get the cheep platform.

Sony will release new Cocoon update for CSV-EX11/EX9. It will fix a bug about the UPnP AV Media Server that can't send the content list or the movie files correctly. In my home, I couldn't get the long movie files about 5 hours from Cocoon to PC.

Wind River Systems and Red Hat announced a partnership to create a new Linux-based distribution for the embedded application market.

Nokia announced 9500 and Motorola announced MPx too. These will has Wireless LAN access.

Hitachi developed a 3D display system which can be seen from any direction without special glasses.

mythtranscode : I checked the tool to covert the movies to MPEG, but it can't convert because the recorded format is unknown. I can't see TV of mythtv using Logitec QuickCam. I seem that I should use other capture devices.

Intel Developer Network for the Digital Home : Intel announced NMPR, Networked Media Product Requirements. I wonder if I can join to the developer network as personal.

Molino Media Mogul : It is a Windows CE based PVR, will can copy encrypted DVD contents to the HDD. Molino will release it at this year end.

EPIA MII : It has a CF and a PC-CARD slot. It is useful to make compact home servers.

Reserator 1 : It is a big water radiator for CPUs. The height is 592mm :-)

Realtime Ray Tracing : Intel showed the demostration using twenty four Xeon/2.4GHz PCs at IDF 2004.

mythweb : I get the latest codes form the CVS, I could run it. However, I seem that mythweb can not export the recorded movies ...... It is difficult to add the MPEG stream functions to mythweb because it is PHP based program.

MediaWiz Plus : Vertex Link released the new product added a USB connector. The products are popular just a bit in Japan because it can play movies on PCs easily and the network specification is simple and analyzed.

wizd : It is a Unix based sever implementation for the MediaWiz. It can return the skin, the play list and the contents over HTTP. Using such the servers, the MediaWiz can play the contents of some Linux based recorders such as NEC AX and BUFFALO LinkStation.

KURO-BOX : BUFFALO will release the Linux based NAS kit, Network Attached Storage, without the ATA HDD. It is a bulk product of LinkStation. The processor is PowerPC 200MHz, the memory is 64MB. It may be useful as a customizable NAS and embedded Linux because it can suppot the remote login.

BUFFALO will release only MiniPCI IEEE802.11g module too. I want to add the module to my note PCs instead of the PCMCIA cards.

Sony's DVD recorders were hung-up all at once such as RDR-HX10 when it were recording a comedy program using the auto recording around 8:25 PM on February 14.

Pantani, you will be in our heart for ever ;-<

Italy mourns cycling star Pantani
Pantani in suicide link
Pantani death raises questions
Pantani funeral

MythWeb : I want to know that it can exoport recorded movies as MPEG formats over HTTP, but I can't run it yet. I have installed it, but some php errors occurred. I should get the latest source codes from the CVS.

Google AdSense : I added it into this page :-)

Wireless USB Promoter Group : It will be a new high speed wireless specification based on UWB.

Zore : Intel announced a new platform for mobile products. I would like to use wireless connections such as IEEE802.11 on mobile phones.

SEAMLESS DISPLAY : I would like to see the three display system, Horizon 320.

Mitsubishi Electric developed a new reversible LCD for mobile phones.

HI licenses their 3D polygon engine, Mascot Capsule, to Chinese mobile phone company.

I have added new Xcode projects to my latest CyberLink for C++. To run the projects, I disabled the zero-link function, and copied the created framework of the CyberLink to the system directory manually :-)

UPnP Design by Example : I have read it to know how to develop using Intel's UPnP SDK in more detail. It is a C based library and executes UPnP actions using the callback functions. I seem that it is hard to create complex UPnP devices such as Media Server because the library offers only simple UPnP and XML functions. Recently, Intel released new UPnP tools. I seem that It is based on .NET Framework using Microsoft UPnP SDK or thier Java implementation but I don't know in more detail because the APIs and source codes are not opened yet.

IBM released Autonomic Computing Toolkit to create systems that can manage themselves. I have been create some redundancy systems in work, It may be useful. Apple released Xgrid 1.0 Technology Preview. It may be useful too.

Dual Display Gaming Bigs Up : I would like to get a seamless multi-display system to play DARIUS at home. I have been created the multi-display system for DARIUS and DARIUS2 using three 15" CRT monitors. I managed to clear only DARIUS2 that uses two monitors, but it is difficult to play because of the frames X-<

WS-Discovery : It may expand some internal network specification such as UPnP to the Internet like Apple's Rendezvous.

SEGA PASSPORT : It is a new e-money card included Sony's FeliCa to play in their game center.

NEXX released a hardware encorder board from MPEG2 to MPEG4.

I changed front gears of my commute bicycle from 50 to 52 in order to ride fast tomorrow. However the frame of Bianchi is strong to me, but fun :-)

Nintendo released FAMICOM MINI with the major old games such as Xevious and Star Soldiger. I used mainly SEGA game machines from SG-1000, but I used to play Star Soldiger at a junior high school student.

Hitachi announced a new processor core based on SuperH for next generation mobile phones. The performance is 4500 MIPS/W, 2.8 GFLOPS and 36M Polygons/s. They said "Using the processor, Linux based mobile phones runs as fast as the special operating system based ones such as ITRON". Hitachi released new mobile phones using SuperH, W21H, today. However I seem that the mobile phones doesn't use the new processor yet. The new processor will be released from this Q1.

Sony exhibited IPv6 based TV phone system using PS2 at the IPv6 Business Summit 2004 in Japan. Some IPv6 based home server were exhibited such as Emit Home of Matsushita Electric Works too.

NTT and NTT advanced technology will release a new solar battery for mobile devices, Pocket Energy, at May.

Intel's Florence is interesting as mobile computers in home.

Improbably, Marco Pantani, the truly great climber died at the age of 34 years. I knew his death this morning in Japansese newspaper when I had breakfast. I happened do maintenance of his replica model of Bianchi, at 1998, yesterday to ride for my commute, and I ride the bicyble today ......

Pantani's career in pictures
Pantani found dead
Pantani death still unclear
Indurain mourns Pantani
Armstrong salutes Pantani

I have released CyberMediaGate that is a reference implementation of UPnP AV Media Server using CyberLink for Java. I have released the project as a project of the CyberLink, because SourceForge didn't reply about the project registration yet.

The Japanese government, Ministry of Public Management, announced that they will launche the study group to create a new common protocol for the present protocols such as ECHONET and DHWG to connect all digital home devices each other.

NTT announced Info-Mica. It is very small readonly media like stamp using hologram, but the storage is big, 1GB, and cheap about $1.

Toshiba released new LCD TVs. It has three digital tuners of satellite and ground broadcasting, and can get the EPG data from the Internet and send it to their recorders such as D-VHS, HDD and DVD.

I have changed the tires and the pedal positions of my commuter bicycle because the spokes are broken yesterday. Although the tires are a little bit slippy, but I can run powerfully today :-)

UOPF, Ubiquitous Open Platform Forum, was established to expand network consumer electronics market in Japan. They will release the specification until this spring.

Sharp released new Galileo that is a network HDD recorder. It has a 160GB HDD and a wireless adaptor of IEEE802.11b/g, you can get the MPEG4 movies and photos from the Internet using latest Zaurus such as SL-C860, C760 and C750.

VIA released a new fanless CPU, Eden. The CPU clock is upgraded to 1GHz.

Sony release a new network walkman, NW-MS77DR. It has a 256MB flash memory, and can record ATRAC3plus and ATRAC3 music directly.

Mazda announced that they will offer their telematics service using G-BOOK from next year. G-BOOK is a telematics service of Toyota, the service has been started from 2002.

The fire broke out at Akihabara. Recently, some big computer shops are closed and replaced to animation shops at Akihabara.

I want to release UPnP Media Server using CyberLink for Java, but SourceForge doesn't approve the project yet ....

I have installed MythTV to my development machine, and I am checking the database and the recorded contents. The contents are stored as the original, nuv, format to the local disk, so It is difficult to get the contents as major movie formats such as MPEG2 and MPEG4.

Bandai released 3D flash animation contents of their characters to Docomo's mobile phones such as 505i, 505iS using Wink3D. Wink3D creates the 3D animations to swing each layer separately.

Nanao, they are good company about computer and arcade game displays, released EIZO FORIS.TV to enter consumer TV marketplace in Japan.

OpenTV announced that Matsushita will use OpenTV's HTML and BML browser to their TVs and setup boxes such as VIERA. Access announced that thier browser, NetFront will be use in new Sony's CLIE, PEG-TH55.

Corega released a cheap network camera, CG-WLNC11MN, using IEEE 802.11b. It has a VGA camera, can send 20 JPEG frames each second using some major protocols such as HTTP, FTP and SMTP.

Bandai Networks released a 3D network game of GANDAM only for Docomo's new mobile phones, FOMA. It is a big Java applet for FOMA, the user can customize their mobile suit and join the missions with the other netowork users.

I have upgrated my PowerBook to MacOSX Panther yet. The Expose is very useful because I have to open many windows to development such as program projects, browsers and consoles :-)

I am rebuilding source files of CyberLink for C++ using Xcode instead of Project Builder. I seem that Xcode is a little bit faster than Project Builder. It is useful for multi plathome development that Xcode or Panther should add the stripped resource fork infomation to the resource files of the project automaticaly. I made the all projects for Xcode, I could compile the library and samples with no problem, but the sample can't open the framework of CyberLink. I find out that the framework is not created to the specified directory. Although I think that the zero-link may be the cause, but I don't know why yet.

Although I would buy a new crank of 2004 Dura-Ace to my commuter bycycle, it was sold out in Japan x-<

Bridgestone and Nakano Iron Works released a new concept bicycle without the air leaks using AIR HUB. It pumps the tires automatically by the rotating movement.

Cybird ported old arcade games such as R-Type and Raiden to Docomo's mobile phpne. I have the arcade motherboard of R-Type, but I haven't cleard the game yet.

To my gladness, I arrived in 38 minutes from my home to my company by bicycle today. It is the fastest record in the outward way. I arrived in 37 minutes to my home. It is the fastest record in the homeward way, too :-)

Buffalo released LinkTheater that is a DVD player and can play multimedia contents on PC and LinkStation that is their network storage. According to the product manual, I seem that the product does not support UPnP AV protocols. It uses only Windows based file sharing system to find the contents. Nagase released the same product, TRANSGEAR DVX-500, as the LinkTheader, but the product have to install their media server software into PCs to share the contents.

I use SATIS of INAX in the toilet in my house ....... To my surprise, the latest model of this year can play MP3 musics using the SD card memory slot to relax in the toilet X-)

Hardware Hacking seems to be interesting :-)

I have finished a great portion of development about UPnP Media Server using CyberLink for Java, and I am applying for to project to SourceForge. From now on, I have to write the documentation ....

I know recently discussion about X3D and C++ interface in VRML Mailing List. I would like to add more X3D supports, but I have neither time nor passion about X3D X-<

NEC will release a card type mobile phone like EXILIM to the China market from this month. In Japan, Fusion of a mobile phone and a digital camera is in fashion. PalmSource plans to release a revamped operating system for lower-priced devices such as mobile phones.

Sony released a new CLIE, PEG-TH55, that is a Handheld Engine based Palm device. It inlucdes a wireless LAN device, IEEE802.11b, to connect to the Internet directly. Although I bought two CLIEs until now, I don't use at all recently. I would like to buy Linux Zaurus to check the J2ME Personal Profile environment.

Toshiba will release a Internet upgrade for their TV products to connect to the Internet. Sony will release some upgrades for PSX soon such as MP3 and TIFF support.

HP and Dell have joined the Blu-ray Disc Founders. Sony released a bule-ray disc recorder and the auto changer. It can record on a 12cm disk to 23.3GB.

PenShot is a interesting pen. It has a VGA degital camera and a 8MB USB flash memory.