History of science and technology in Japan the idea to Kihara. The Walkman was commercially released in 1979. Kei cars are a category of small automobiles invented in Japan, including passenger cars, vans, and pickup trucks. They are designed to exploit local tax and insurance relaxations, and in more rural areas are exempted from the requirement to certify that adequate parking is available for the vehicle. The world's first all-electric compact calculator was the Casio Computer Company's Model 14-A, released in 1957. The first electronic desktop calculator with on-board memory was the Casio 001, released in 1965. In 1967, Casio released the AL-1000, the world's first programmable
Digital Compact Cassette and Compact Disc) while Philips decided on a tape format that was compatible with their earlier analog Compact Cassette format. DCC, initially referred to as S-DAT (stationary-head digital audio tape, as opposed to R-DAT—rotary-head digital audio tape), was developed in cooperation with Matsushita, and the first DCC recorders, were introduced at the CES in Chicago in May, 1992 and the consumer electronics show in Amsterdam in September 1992. At that time, not only Philips and Technics (brand of Matsushita) announced DCC recorders but also other brands such as Grundig and Marantz (both related to Philips at the time). More recorders