“What is the value of a television? Can that be changed?” This is a report about the three exciting days where challengers faced these vague questions. From November 10 to 12, a hackathon event targeting TVs “Future AQUOS Hackathon in SHARP Tech-Day,” was held at SHARP Tech-Day, a large-scale independent event held by the company […]

Sharp is holding its first ever independent large scale technology exhibition event SHARP Tech-Day from today, November 10 to 12 at TOKYO Big Site East Hall 8. This event commemorates the companies 111th anniversary this year. Under the theme “Be a Game Changer – Game-changing technologies transforming our future –,“ SHARP Tech-Day is held together […]

Sharp started its documents business in 1972 to meet the demands for copying at offices, and last year it celebrated its 50th anniversary in business. Over that time, MFPs have evolved from analog to digital, monochrome to color, and telephone lines to Ethernet and cloud / external collaboration. Based on the technology and know-how accumulated […]

Sharp Corporation exhibited at CEATEC 2023*1 , Japan’s largest IT and electronics exhibition, held at Makuhari Messe (Mihama-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture) from October 17 to 20 (Tuesday to Friday). *1 CEATEC is one of the largest IT and electronics exhibitions in Japan, hosted by JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association) and held […]

Today I would like to introduce shooting the stars in the sky using SHARP’s smartphone AQUOS R8 pro, the latest flagship model smartphone released in Japan this July. The camera used in AQUOS R8 pro is supervised by Leica Camera AG. Equipped with a 1-inch image sensor that boasts an overwhelming amount of light collection […]

On August 7, Sharp held “SHARP Tech-Forum” at the Tokyo International Forum on the theme of semiconductors, which have recently been the focus of great interest in the industrial world. This event took place as a preliminary event to the “SHARP Tech Day” (to be held on November 11 this year) celebrating the 111th anniversary […]

On April 17, Sharp held an event commemorating its 111th anniversary at its Makuhari Office (Mihama-Ku, Chiba). About 500 stakeholders, including members of the Hayakawa family, the founding family of our company, members of the House of Representatives, ambassadors to Japan from various countries, local governments we have business ties, and business partners who have […]

In the previous issue, we introduced the features of “Click Display” and the background of its development. In this issue, we will introduce the mechanism of pressure detection and responses of visitors to our exhibit at CES2023, a technology trade show held in the U.S. Continuing from the previous interview, we spoke with Yuki and […]

Displays for smartphones and home appliances are generally equipped with touch panels that allow users to input data by touching the screen with their fingers. In recent automobiles, touch panel equipped displays with flat designs have also begun to be introduced in center consoles, where audio, air conditioning, and car navigation systems are operated. Touch […]

Image of the LC-LH used as an electronic shelf label(LC-LH is on the far left, which doesn’t have a display) Sharp has developed LC-LH indoor photovoltaic device. It has high power generation efficiency even under weak indoor light, and by utilizing the equipment and manufacturing know-how of existing LCD display factories, it is possible to […]