The founder of electronics maker Kyocera spent decades in the technology industry and served as chairman of one of Japan's top telecommunications companies.

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Toyota has given a taste of self-drive car safety technology ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next week.

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The focus is on the joint development of electrical drive technology, power electronics and charging technology as well as the integration of those systems into Volvo C30 Electric vehicles.

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At the nexus of the consumer electronics-technology convergence sits Cisco, which makes many of the routers, switches, and other Internet protocol networking products that carry Internet content to the home.

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