Asahi Kasei, NTT Solmare Collaborate on Diet Analysis Service.Tokyo, Japan, Mar 7, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - Asahi Kasei and NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform Solmare jointly announced yesterday that the companies will offer Packet Zero-de-Diet Analysis, a new feature for NTT Solmare's Packet Zero service for mobile phones, on a trial basis from March 7 to late April. The trial service requires users to take photos of their meals with a mobile phone camera and send the images to a nutrition analysis system operated by Asahi Kasei. A nutritional specialist will observe the images, analyze the content of meals and send advice to users. Provided through Packet Zero, the broadband data service for mobile phones operated by NTT Solmare, the trial services will not require packet communication fees. To take advantage of the diet analysis service, users must have an infrared-equipped mobile phone, a Packet Zero Station infrared An invisible band of radiation at the lower end of the visible light spectrum. With wavelengths from 750 nm to 1 mm, infrared starts at the end of the microwave spectrum and ends at the beginning of visible light. transmission adapter A device that allows one system to connect to and work with another. An adapter is often a simple circuit that converts one set of signals to another; however, the term often refers to devices which are more accurately called "controllers. (priced at 14,490 yen - approx. US $122), and broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is high speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over modem. Dial-up modems are generally only capable of a maximum bitrate of 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and require the full use of a . Copyright [c] 2006 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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