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Vincent Padois, head tutor at the Pierre and Marie Curie University who teaches robotics and is babysitting the Paris ICub, makes a demonstration with ICub robot, a ?hybrid embodied cognitive system for a humanoid robot" about 1 metre (3.2 feet) high, at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris September 4, 2009. Six versions of ICub exist in laboratories across Europe, where scientists are painstakingly tweaking its electronic brain to make it capable of learning, just like a human child and hoping it will learn how to adapt its behaviour to changing circumstances, offering new insights into the development of human consciousness. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

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    Sony to spend $200 mln on advanced panel technology

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    A model poses with Sony's ultra-thin OLED displays at the CEATEC technology trade show in Chiba, Japan October 2, 2007. Sony Corp said on Tuesday it will spend 22 billion yen ($203.5 million) to develop technology to make medium to large organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels. REUTERS/Michael Caronna

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese consumer electronics maker Sony Corp (6758.T) said on Tuesday it will spend 22 billion yen ($203.5 million) to develop technology to make medium to large organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels.

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    Sony launched the world's first TV using such panels in November at a price of 200,000 yen.

    OLED displays use organic, or carbon-containing, compounds that emit light when electricity is applied. Unlike liquid crystal display panels they do not need backlighting, making OLED TVs slimmer and more energy-efficient.

    Just 3 mm thick, the new TV consumes 40 percent less power than a comparable LCD set and is suitable for watching fast-moving images such as sports programs because of its quick response time. It also offers bright colors and a wide viewing angle.

    But it is technologically difficult at the moment to make large OLED panels. Sony's existing OLED TV has an 11-inch screen, or roughly as large as two CD cases put side by side.

    Shares in Sony, which competes with Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) and Sharp Corp (6753.T) in LCD TVs, ended Tuesday trade up 2.2 percent at 5,010 yen, outperforming the Tokyo stock market's electrical machinery index .IELEC.T, which gained 1.1 percent.

    (Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka, Editing by Michael Watson)
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