Canon shows Cross Media Station for charging, downloading
updated 05:30 pm EDT, Wed October 13, 2010
Canon prototype to download, charge cameras
At the Canon Expo last month, the company showed off a new prototype device called the Cross Media Station. The hardware lets users simultaneously download images or videos from and charge a camera placed on top of it. The device can also share photos and videos with other users, with facial recognition that can group together images that contain the same person.
The station will support up to three cameras at the same time, and it's more than likely that the data transfer technology used is TransferJet, which Canon supports. The photos can be shown off on an HDMI-connected HDTV while the cameras are on the station. The cameras will need some sort of adapter, as integrating the technology into every product would likely prove to be too costly.
The Cross Media Station may be out in the market in two or three years. [via TrustedReviews]
