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The first electronic recording system in Olympic history was Epson Seiko's Printing Timer at the1964 Tokyo games

The first electronic recording system in Olympic history was Epson Seiko’s Printing Timer at the1964 Tokyo games

Epson celebrated fifty years since bringing miniaturised printing to the world for the first time at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The printing timer became the first electronic recording system in the Olympics, changing the course of history. Twenty-five years later, Epson’s 3LCD technology revolutionised the projector market, delivering vibrant and clear images to audiences.

Mukesh Bector, Regional Sales Manager, Epson East Africa, says, “We are very proud of our heritage and reputation for leading the way in global innovation. We strive to make Epson’s products better, by investing in research and development so that we can create technologies to provide our customers with unique value. Our commitment is to bring into being something that no one imagined would exist, that answers a fundamental need that has not been met and represents a significant step forward in our customers’ lives.”

In the printing market, the printing timer was followed by the launch of the EP-101 in 1968, the world’s first and smallest digital printer that gave the company its name. In 1994, the company introduced the first high-resolution colour inkjet printer – the Epson Stylus Colour – making high-resolution printing in the home possible for the first time.

For 25 years, Epson’s 3LCD technology has been used in its projectors. It delivers an equally high White and Colour Light Output (CLO) with up to three times brighter colours than 1-chip DLP projectors with similar quoted lumens . It was in 1989 when the VPJ-700, Epson’s first compact, full-colour, liquid crystal video projector brought LCD technology to life, providing brighter clearer projected images. This innovative technology helped to create ‘the presentation culture’ that has become essential in business today.

With sensing as a third pillar technology, Epson’s commitment towards innovation has lead the company to make a step towards new growing markets, developing a complete range of wearable technologies. This involved the launch of its second edition of smart glasses, the Moverio BT-200 available since June, that unlock the potential of augmented reality. Also the new Runsense GPS sports monitors and Pulsense heart rate activity monitors aim to revolutionise activity monitoring providing a new approach to achieving a healthy lifestyle, fitness and well-being and will be launched in September in selected markets.