Dilus is an electronic teddy bear by Brazilian industrial designer Bruno Oro de Abreu. This concept bear does more that mollycoddle ill kids; it has a holographic display that kids can use to surf the Internet, play games, attend remote classes, and make friends with other Dilus-using kids. It can display 2D and 3D images and has a customizable polymer body that can be changed according to design preference. The designer was inspired by cancer inflicted children who were...

If Smith is the most common surname in the USA then 'Sato' is the most common and widely used family name in Japan. Solid Alliance has designed a USB drive exclusively for all the Sato's in the land of the rising sun. Everyone craves for exclusivity and so do the Japanese when it comes to family names. With a capacity of 1GB the drive sells for $30 in Japan. Source...

Motorola's upcoming PEBL-U8 is a clamshell phone with a 2.2-inch display with 320x240 (QVGA) resolution, and support for 262,000 colors. A concealed hidden CLI display on the outside panel displays less detailed info. The phone supports VOD and MOD download services, and access to 3G data networks peaks downloads to 7.2Mbps. Specs include support for MP3, 3.5mm headphone jack, GPS functionality, 2-megapixel cam. Users will be able to sync with users' credit cards to make payments, and function as...

English Artist Ian Cook has an interesting tool to come up with his masterpieces. He uses the most unconventional medium- Remote Control Cars and old tires. Putting his talent to test, you can catch him doing his stuff at the British International Motor Show at the Chevrolet stand. Called "Popbang Color", Ian has painted a Chevrolet Lacetti World Touring Car, Camaro Convertible and Beat concept cars. Ian used remote control cars driven through acrylic paints, with further detail added...

Daimler was not so forthcoming about their EV Smart till it didn't pass around a hundred tests or so, and apparently since the car has done sufficiently well in those tests, the car will be on the roads by 2010. This tit-bit was announced by none other than the company CEO Dieter Zetsche. Hopefully this announcement has nothing to do with the fact that the Chevy Volt is scheduled to come out in 2010 as well. Little else is...

Samsung Innov8 is quite capable of replacing your digicam. It features an auto-panorama mode; a bright flash; smile, blink, and face detection; wide dynamic range capturing abilities; and a video recorder that captures clips at 30 frames per second. Tricks you to believe that you have got a camera; right! Specs also include FM radio, WiFi, a large display with an accelerometer, an optical mouse, 3.5mm headset jack, stereo Bluetooth, 16GB of internal memory, a microSD card slot, a...

We have come across the jet-powered scooter, minivan, bike, and wings and even taken a crap in a toilet, but this is the first time we are coming across a Jet Powered Wheelchair; even if it's a farce. As Allegro puts it here are the specs: * 0-300 mph in 4.2 seconds * Run-flat high pressure tires * Rear airfoil for added stability * Wind sock included * Curb feelers for easy parking * Makes a great gift *...

Lamps have always been perched in one dingy corner of the room and are subjected to providing light to the rest of the house. Moving a lamp around the house is normally thought to be a stupid thing to do but when the need arises it causes a lot of inconvenience with wires all over the place. The Flying UFO lamp we have here has something that most other lamps don’t – a remote controlled facility that can light...

Sanyo has developed the 'N-WR01S' a non contact charger for the Wiimote which makes charging as easy as placing the Wiimote on a cradle. Scheduled to hit stores in Japan by August it consists of a rechargeable battery pack that replaces the batteries and battery compartment cover on an existing Wii remote control, and a charging cradle and AC adapter. Coils of wire in the battery pack and charging cradle transfer electricity when bought in contact. The charger completely...

The Lightning GT electric vehicle has been unveiled at the London Motor Show. The details pencil-in a carbon fiber body that makes it light. The car can hit 0 to 60 in 4 seconds flat. It is powered by four in-wheel electric motors to produce the equivalent of 700 horsepower. The car will also sport all the fancy stuff expected out of a luxury coupe, including leather, air conditioning and satellite navigation. Although no pricing has been revealed, Lightning...

Bored of the Apple Nano the Creative Zen Mosaic is here with a breath of fresh air. The controls reminds me of the Nokia 7500 Prism. Coming to the specifications the Zen Mosaic packs in a 1.8 inch screen with a resolution of 128×160 pixels, Voice recorder and built in speakers. It supports playback of MP3, WMA, AVI and can JPEG files. Like all Creative media devices it too comes with a FM tuner. It connects to the host...

The DelFly Micro is the world's smallest camera-equipped aircraft. It has a 4-inch wingspan and weighs just over 3 grams. Resembling a dragonfly this tiny craft carries a tiny camera that transmits live video of what it sees. Apparently it is intended to be merely the forerunner of much smaller aerial drones to come. Developed by a four-man research team from the Delft University of Technology, the DelfFly Micro was presented it to a media audience recently. Here are...

Licking your wounds has a literal meaning too, like in India they say that first spit of the morning has medicinal properties and when applied to zits and boils, they heal faster. Now getting a bit scientific, scientists from Netherlands have been able to identify a compound in human saliva called histatin (a small protein in saliva) that greatly speeds wound healing. In the future we could see the compound being used to treat people suffering from chronic wounds...

After a long time we have something useful from Thanko Japan. The DTLMP42G has a 2.8 inch screen supporting a resolution of 400×240 pixels. The unit has 2GB of onboard flash memory which can be further extended with a Micro SD card. The PMP can play majority of media formats including DivX (AVI) /RM/RMVB and FLV files ripped from online video websites along with MP3 / WMA and JPEG files. In addition to this it can record in WAV...

Apollo 14 astronaut Dr Edgar Mitchell holds the record for the longest ever moon walk, at nine hours and 17 minutes following their 1971 mission. But that's not his claim to fame for the moment; according to him aliens have been making contact with humans and the governments are hiding this from the public. In midst of conversation with Kerrang! radio host Nick Margerrison, Dr Edgar revealed that our technology is 'not nearly as sophisticated' as theirs and "had...