The firm is on track to hit 36.8 billion yen this year, thanks to the launch of the interactive figurines. Nintendo is experiencing a surprise comeback this year, as its profit triples thanks to its new interactive figures, Amiibo. The ...
Tags: interactive figurines, Toys
The proportion of UK local authorities collecting beverage cartons for recycling from kerbside has reached 60%, according to figures released by the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) UK. ACE stated that this was a ...
Tags: Beverage, wood fibres, Agriculture
The British product design and development firm Cambridge Consultants has created a new low-cost, durable and very attractive looking smart fabricthat can track body movement. Interwoven with fibre optic thread that acts as active ...
Tags: Tracking Fabric, Apparel
Firm will launch a new collection of characters in March 2015. Sekiguchi has appointed Bandai as the UK distributor of Monchhichi from 2015. The firm will launch a new collection of Monchhichi characters in March 2015 and will back the ...
City of Zombies has been sweeping schools, testing children's mental arithmetic stealthily. Zombies have entered schools across the UK and mathematics is fast becoming the new rock n’ roll of the younger generation. But fear not, ...
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany has introduced a new Ostar Stage LED for stage lighting that, compared with previous members of the product family, offers more than twice the lumen output but with a component surface ...
Tags: LED Boosts, stage lighting, Electrical
The beverage industry in the Philippines has opposed a proposal to impose additional tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, claiming that the tax would not tackle the obesity problem. The House Bill 3365, which was authored by Nueva Ecija Rep. ...
Tags: Beverage, Soft Drinks, Agriculture
UK-based etch, deposition and growth system maker Oxford Instruments says that Canada’s University of Alberta nanoFAB open-access fabrication and characterization facility has purchased three plasma etch systems to provide upgraded ...
Tags: network, Etch Systems, Electrical
BASF turns 150 in 2015. The company announced its anniversary program in an international press conference held in Ludwigshafen. In addition to celebrations and a historical retrospective, BASF has prepared a global co-creation program with ...
PPG Industries’ coatings manufacturing facility in Bangplee was recently recognized with a Zero Accident Award by Thailand’s Department of Labor Protection and Welfare, Ministry of Labor. The Zero Accident Award honors ...
Manufacture New York (MNY), the American fashion design and production incubator for independent designers, is set to build a new fashion manufacturing and design hub to support up and coming designers and apparel makers. The industrial ...
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The interactive puppet is inspired by the advances in wearable tech to help girls and boys get to grip with core curriculum subjects. A new collection of puppet/tech toy hybrids has taken to Kickstarter with the aim of solving the gender ...
Tags: wearable tech, navigate tablets, Toys
The government of Qatar has proposed a massive poultry project, seeking investment from private sector. The proposed project expects to develop huge hatcheries with an aim of producing 40,000 tonnes of chicken meat and 7,500 tonnes of ...
Tags: poultry, chicken, eggs, Agriculture
Crystal Group chairman, Kenneth Lo, has won two awards in EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 China (EOY 2014 China), for his significant contributions to the economy and the community. Kenneth is one of the two country winners (also ...
Tags: Crystal Group, Apparel
Intimates and swimwear trade show Interfiliere Hong Kong returns from March 18, 2015 and will focus on innovation, sustainability and performance through various projects and events. According to the organisers, Eurovet, sport is a ...
Tags: functional fabrics, novelty properties, surface effects, Apparel