Nintendo announces the 3DS LL or 3DS XL!

Here you are, the 2nd Generation 3DS is not a “lite” version of the actual one, but rather its “larger” sister, behold the 3DS XL or LL in Japan.
Announce for a Worldwide launch at the end of July this new 3DS XL/LL comes with a new 3D 4.88” (800×240) screen and a a 4.18” secondary display offering a 90% increase of display real-estate! Bluetooth (Bluetooth Keyboard) But also a bulkier device with a size of 156x93x22 for 336g and an improve battery life of up to 6h30 while playing 3DS …

Instantaneous Deodorizer by Kanto Gakuin University, Useful for Diaper Changing

In an industrial-academic project with a chemical engineering research group at Kanto Gakuin University, Ando has developed Nurscal, a system for removing the odor that arises when changing diapers.
“This system uses activated charcoal to absorb odors. This material is called mesopore activated charcoal. The activated charcoal sold by retailers is the micropore type; that has very small pores, and it can only absorb a certain substance; it could be ammonia or formaldehyde. But this …

NICT presents the Daedalus a New Cyber-attack alert system

NICT has developed Daedalus, a cyber-attack alert system.
Daedalus renders attacks on networks visible in real time. The sphere in the center represents the Internet, and the circles moving around it represent networks under observation. The state of an attack is shown using 3D graphics, and can be viewed from any perspective.
“We previously created a system called nicter for observing cyber-attacks. We also built an observation network in Japan, called the Darknet Observation Network, to …

i-SODOG from Tomy is a robot pet dog controlled via smartphone, can communicate with its friends

Tomy has announced an interactive robot dog, called i-SODOG, that works with a smartphone.
This is a follow-up to the i-SOBOT, a bipedal robot released in 2007. i-SODOG is intended for customers of all ages.
“Of course, this robot moves autonomously. It has sensors in its back and head, and two microphones, and it can recognize about 50 spoken words. i-SODOG can also dance, and do regular dog actions, like shaking hands and sitting on command.”
i-SODOG comes with a special-purpose …

Canon announces update on its CanonMR (Mixed Reality) AR technology

Canon has been working on its augmented reality named CanonMR or Mixed Reality for sometimes now and yesterday the company announced yet another update on its MR technology and schedule to open it to professional at the end of june.
Thanks to a pair of mounted display and connected to a PS Move like stick and a computer you will be able to actively interact with base mockups and their virtual representation. 
Nothing really new here since other company like Asahi Kasei and their VirDSE MR are …