Word: kyocera
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...heading toward $79 a barrel, the age of the solar panel is dawning at last, and electronics companies from the land of the rising sun are leading the way. Decades of money-losing research and development are finally paying off at Japanese electronics giants like Sharp, Sanyo, Mitsubishi and Kyocera, who together control about 50% of the global market. "The solar units of these companies are already real businesses, and they are only going to become larger parts of their operations," says Yuki Sugi, a Lehman Bros. analyst in Tokyo who covers Sharp and Sanyo...
...Meals have long been served on ceramics?and now they're being used to slice food as well. Knives, vegetable peelers and mandolines with ceramic blades are the new must-haves in the trendiest kitchens. Kyocera of Japan and Boker of Germany make the ghostly white blades with zirconium oxide, which is second in hardness only to diamond. They stay sharp 10 times as long as steel and don't react with food or affect its smell or taste. They are also lightweight, making repetitive chopping less of a strain. The hardness of the blades makes them less flexible, however...
...connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Meals have long been served on ceramics - and now they're being used to slice food as well. Knives, vegetable peelers and mandolines with ceramic blades are the new must-haves in the trendiest kitchens. Kyocera of Japan and Boker of Germany make the ghostly white blades with zirconium oxide, which is second in hardness only to diamond. They stay sharp 10 times as long as steel and don't react with food or affect its smell or taste. They are also lightweight, making repetitive chopping...
Ceramics have long been used to serve meals on. Now they're being used to prepare the food as well. Knives, vegetable peelers and mandolines with ceramic blades are becoming the new must-haves in the trendy kitchen. The ghostly white blades are made by Kyocera of Japan and Boker of Germany with zirconium oxide, which is second in hardness only to diamond. They stay sharp 10 times as long as steel and don't react with food or affect its smell or taste. They are also lightweight, making repetitive chopping less of a strain. The hardness of the blades...
...seen them before: tiny digital cameras that wow your friends when you slip them out of your pocket but don't always stack up when it comes to performance. Kyocera's Finecam SL300R ($399) is different. For starters, it takes less than a second to boot up and be ready to shoot. Once you start snapping, hold down the shoot button to activate the continuous shooting mode, which lets you capture up to three pictures a second--perfect for catching, say, that New Year's Eve toast. The Finecam will keep snapping as long as you hold the button down...