I_FeelIM, aimed at adding emotion to virtual experiences, uses software to extract emotional meaning from text and pass it on to wearable haptic devices that simulate joy, fear, anger, and sadness.

Ever tried writing in Japanese? No, right? Well it’s really hard. There are like lines and little circles and things. Well, Google Japan just released their new drum-based interface to type in Japanese. No longer will you be confounded by the spelling of Hari Kari and Toyota!

Google Translate tells us:

Q. And how much is this drum?
A. Pricing is in talks with providers about the current prototype. We would like to offer cheaper prices possible.

Q. Where do you sell?
A. will be sold directly. 試打 who make a reservation you are going to contact sale announcements.

Q. How do I enter another country’s language What should I do?
A. After you type in Japanese, Google will be translated using our form.

Q. What is the emoticon support?
A. The characters look up to now. I want to believe that the future development of emoticons as well. (To be offered as optional parts)

What would you do with the openFrameworks and an hour to kill? Would you create an application to detect when you’re smiling and automatically insert “:)” into whatever program is currently running? Theo Watson did, and called it Auto Smiley! He released it as open source! We can’t possibly have enough smiley icons embedded into our emails and IMs can we? I mean, we all spend all day every day smiling maniacally, right?

Auto Smiley – Computer vision smiley generator from Theo Watson on Vimeo.

I predict it’ll take exactly seven minutes before someone makes Auto Frowney to automatically detect and insert sad clown faces.

Via Make.

Do you remember the Bowlingual, the portable dog language translator that was released in Japan last year? The basic concept behind the $250 device (which people living outside Japan can get here) will soon be used for an iPhone app that translates what a dog “says” into human language and emoticons in real-time.

Japanese toy giant Takara Tomy markets the device as a gag product but also stresses its scientific component (it was jointly developed with an acoustics research laboratory and a veterinarian), meaning we’re in for a treat with the iPhone app that’s scheduled for release this summer [JP]. The developer, Tokyo-based Index, a (listed) mobile contents provider, will release a Japanese version fist, followed by the English app in mid-August.

The way it works is that you need to let your dog bark into the iPhone mic first. The app then uses a special algorithm to analyze what your dog wants from you and displays it on the iPhone screen. On the picture above (left half), for example, the dog says “Let’s play together”.

What the Bowlingual device doesn’t offer is the “social networking feature” of the iPhone app. Press the bone-shaped button below your dog’s statement to post it to Twitter (see the Twitter conversation thread shown on the right half on the screenshot above), along with a profile picture of your dog. You can also add a comment before you tweet your dog’s message out, a feature that’s supposed to encourage dog owners to connect and communicate with each other on Twitter.

The Bowlingual gadget has been sold over 300,000 times in Japan so far and won the Ig Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.

Via Asiajin

The advertisement provided by yahoo and supporting instant messages, is called Yahoo Messenger . You can download it and will not cost a thing. You need to create your own ID, with use name and password.  By using Yahoo Messenger you will have access to other services, too. You will be notified by Yahoo Mail if you have new emails, you can send files, see your friends through webcam. It was originally launched in 1998 by the name Yahoo! Pager.
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Yahoo Messengers offers features such as: to customize the window , you have an address book and status, customize avatars. It was the first who use buzz and music. Yahoo Messenger was released in 2007 for Windows Vista which is not available from October 2008. Also in 2007 Yahoo Messenger 9 Beta was released, with new emoticons ,media player which allows you to watch videos and photos or YouTube on the IM window.  You can share files of 2GB and leave voicemails. Plug-ins are now available to users .

Yahoo wants to integrate Yahoo Messenger and Yahoo! Mail Beta and make them like the emails. To allow users to search through their previous dialogues. No matter what version of Yahoo you have, you are able to access chat rooms. In 2005 with no warning at all, Yahoo! Stopped the ability to use chat rooms, most probably because of the lawsuit regarding pedophilia. Because of the low demand difficulties Yahoo Chat getting closer to its final days which is considered to be March 2010 .

Webcan is still used all over the world, because it enables us to see out interlocutor with a speed of 1 to 2 frames/second. The resolution is of 160 x 120 pixels or 320 x 240.

Another cool yahoo messenger tool is offline message . You can write a message to the chosen contact, although he/she is not signed in. The interoperability between Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Is very interesting. Since 2006 users can chat to each other without having to create an account on the other messenger but until now users don’t have the opportunity to use voice service. If you have Java you can challenge your contact to play games .

Unfortunately Yahoo! Messenger delivers viruses, spyware, trojans and worms to other users. Here are some methods in which hackers deliver viruses: delivering a message with a web address, sending an infected file or a crafted message. The most known viruses are created as a message that seems to come from someone you know. The message is written in a friendly way .

The problem of SPIM (unsolicited messages) is one that is not solved yet , although users continuously require solving this problem. To recover lost password for Yahoo Messenger you can use the tool Yahoo Messenger Password. Yahoo funny can be used to send funny images .

YMulti Messenger is the newest Yahoo Messenger and is perfect for those you use multiple IDs. You can read your messenger’s archive without log in. Another cool yahoo messenger tool is Messenger History Extractor which helps you to extract the messenger’s history in HTML, plain text, XML. You can choose the time period you are interested in or the contact. It is also available for other Internet Messengers such as: Miranda, ICQ, RQ.

Yahoo Messenger Spy allows you to block, record or monitor conversations. You can save messages and process them later. You can add more functions to Yahoo Messenger by using Messenger Plus. You can choose from a number of avatars, the avatar you want. Use Buddy Spy to find out what are your friends doing, even if they are invisible. Just by using YMSG protocol you can find out if your friends’ web cam is online, in what chat room they are in.

The Yahoo Messenger Monitor Sniffer is created to observe and capture conversations in a network. YTL Lite provides Yahoo Messenger with safe list, privacy, ignore bid, style and font , spam blocking. With  MSN Messenger 7 & 8 Poligamy you can use multiple MSN Messenger simultaneously. You can choose from 60 or 70 Yahoo Messenger Smiles. You just have to select  a smiley and the code will automatically be inserted .

Take advantage of the new buttons: the transparent button allows you to see another window besides the Yahoo Messenger, your desktop will be more attractive, with the stay-always on top button you can avoid the distractions , the ghost button works effective with the above mentioned buttons. ,Sent to button’’ is used when you don’t want to close your Yahoo Messenger window but you still want to check something out in, let’s say, Microsoft Word or Microsoft XL, minimize alternatively button will help you minimize the icon or you can minimize the entire Yahoo

Messenger into a small icon and place it on the desktop, ,,roll up’’ buttons will make your windows smaller but their title will be visible. Use ,,copy to clipboard’’ if you want to insert information.,, Move to monitor’’ button is useful if you want to place Yahoo Messenger on a monitor in the case when you have many monitors connected to the computer. As the name implies ,,resize’’ button will change the size of Yahoo Messenger .

Innovation is the key to success . Useful features had been implemented into MSN Messenger so this makes Yahoo Messenger be on top  leaving other services behind.