VIDEO: South Korea’s drive for green energy



Can South Korea’s drive for renewable energy help the country meet ambitious targets on greenhouse gas emissions and boost economic growth?

Daihatsu FC ShowCase concept: who doesn’t want a 60-inch TV in a van?



Here’s a funny one from the Tokyo Motor Show. Daihatsu’s squarish concept EV van, dubbed the FC ShowCase, is basically a spacious four-seater packing plenty of goodies: a giant wing door, some blue lights on the wheels, an LED panel on the left skir…

Braille-It Labeler brings low-cost printing, ‘sightless construction’ to the blind



It’s certainly not the first Braille label printer we’ve seen, but Ted Moallem’s Braille-It Labeler does bring notably unique element to the table — namely, “sightless construction.” Presented at this year’s A Better World by Design conference, thi…

MasterCard and mFoundry partner to offer NFC payments within mobile banking apps



Hoping to add more punch to the standard mobile banking app, mFoundry has announed that it will be making MasterCard’s NFC feature PayPass available in its financial apps. What that translates to for the mobile banking user is a quick and easy way to…

Nikon resumes DSLR shipments, full production expected by March 2012



Nikon has re-started limited production of DSLRs, following the flooding of its Thai factory, but does not expect to reach full production volumes again until March 2012. ‘Alternative and limited production at our partner factories in Thailand has sta…