Zi Corporation, a leading provider of intelligent interface solutions, today announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with Nintendo Co., Ltd. Under the agreement, Nintendo DS developers can employ Zi’s Decuma® handwriting recognition technology while creating software for the Nintendo DS handheld video game system. Nintendo DS is the first handheld gaming platform to…

Worldgate Korea have announced the SA-8 speakers resembling spaceship. The SA-8 have SRS and can be connected to PS2, DVD players and so on. It can also be connected to sub woofer. It measures 220 x 158 x 187mm and weighs around 2.03 Kg.

The doggy cell phone, announced over a year ago, is still unavailable but lonely dogs and cats can still be comforted by your voice when you’re away with a PeTalk Voice Pal. The phone-shaped device stores a 10-second message for your pet that will play back at set intervals until you arrive home. The pet…

Acoustic Energy is the first WiFi Internet radio capable of accessing over 10,000 radio stations from across the planet. The UK-designed gadget is capable of accessing over 99 per cent of radio stations from across the world. It costs £199 and automatically connects to a local WiFi network to grab the channels using Reciva’s Internet…

MySoldius has announced the release of the Soldius1, the world’s first portable solar power source for iPods and mobile phones. They seem to be marketing it mainly to the iPod market, but adapters are available for more than 250 models of mobile phones. With the extra demands on our batteries due to the photo and…

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., Japans top telephone company, says it is developing the technology to perhaps make video games more realistic. But more sinister applications also come to mind. A special headset is placed on the cranium by my hosts during a recent. It sends a very low voltage electric current from the back…

Anyone who’s ever lusted after a Porsche Carrera or a Wustof cooking knife knows that German design achieves a kind of beauty through solid functionality. Kitchen and bathroom fixture company Hansgrohe have placed themselves squarely in this tradition with Axor Uno 2, a series of faucets that are kind of like the BMWs of tap…

Micron unveiled a new imaging chip today specifically designed for use in automotive digital video systems. The chip is targeted at automotive applications such as side- and rearview cameras that help drivers park or avoid children in their blind zone, and cockpit cameras that identify a car’s authorized drivers — and take a video image…

Kobelco Construction Machinery Co. has developed what it claims to be the world’s tallest demolition machine (in handout photo) with an arm able to reach a point 65 meters above the base. Kobelco said it has applied for the machine to be registered in the Guinness Book of World Records, saying it is 15 meters…

Paper facemasks are typically worn in hazardous working conditions where a large amount of dust particles, bacteria or contaminants are present in the ambient air. However, people with breathing difficulties, such as asthma, struggle to suck air through the paper mask while exhaled air tends to leak past the edges of the mask along the…