Blind Assistant is an attempt to help blind human, using softwares that run not on expensive and complex hardware, but on a simple Sony PSP.

Blind Assistant uses Nanodesktop tecnology for windows environment, it is able to speak with the user using ndFLite, a porting of the speech synthesis engine originally developed by the Carnegie Mellon University and it is able to recognizes the name and the position of the people that are present in that moment in your room, using complex algorithms (as Intel EigenFaces/PentLand PCA).

The face recognition tecnology is provided using ndOpenCV, a porting of the original Intel OpenCV libraries developed by the same author of the Blind Assistant and of the Nanodesktop SDK.

Filippo Battaglia’s version of ndOpenCV improves the Intel code because the algorithms have been modified in way to use EMI (Enhanced Mathematical Interface), an API integrated in Nanodesktop system, and written totally in assembly, that is able to use Sony VFPU to speed up the necessary computations. Using EMI, we can obtain the necessary CPU power.

This program works only on PSP custom firmwares. It has been tested (under PSPE and PSP) with the CF 3.71 M33-4, 3.80 e 3.90 M33-3. The program is able to auto-update itself using the wireless connection.

The actual version of BlindAssistant is able to recognize the name of the people that are present in front of the blind.

Changes:

– Introduced BlindServer 1.1 engine (it has been totally redesigned)
– Introduced /siftdebug option
– New version of BAWCP protocol
– Improved speed of face recognition
– Introduced new cvhaarcascade file
– Introduced trackbars for the probe area and the threshold of the face detector
– New criterium for skipping the face recognizer results
– Several bugs fixed
– More efficient VFPU code for face recognition

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http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=144067

Wubforge is a basic wave editor for the GP32.

This version of Wubforge can perform copy/paste, delete, mute or reverse operations on the whole or a section of a wav file. 8/16-bit, stereo/mono, 11025, 22,050 and 44100 Khz, uncompressed wavs are supported.

http://www.nesis.net/wublog/wublog.php?jumpto=gp32

PolyTouch is a very simple polygon manipulation GUI. You get a polygon with up to 25 nodes and can drag the nodes with the stylus. You can also modify nodes with the D-Pad, reduce the number of nodes down to 3 as well as scroll between the nodes with shoulder buttons and the Taito Paddle.

http://forum.palib.info/index.php?topic=5647.0

Mad Quiz is a multiple choice quiz game for Nintendo’s Wii. It is multilingual and comes with spanish and english questions.

http://www.elotrolado.net/hilo_juego-mad-quiz-0-03-preguntas-y-respuestas_1077862

Wii Shooting Gallery is a shoot the targets type game. It is best played with the Wii Zapper. After you miss three times you will return to the menu (GUI). It consists of 4 modes:

– Still Targets
– Horizontal Moving Targets
– Vertical Moving Targets
– Crazy Targets

Release notes:

1.4 – Crisscross and Teleporting Targets added – Animation option added – User Generated Backgrounds added – Slight Control Change – Menu text has been somewhat centered – Multiple crosshairs have been enabled

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_apps/Wii_Shooting_Gallery

Sqdef is a tower defense game for the GP2X. The goal is to prevent enemies from getting from one side of the map to the other by placing towers along their way. There are over a dozen different buildings with upgrades, tech research, and a whole lot of maps to try your defense skills on! Sqdef also has a built-in editor that allows you to make your own maps and share them with others.

Changes:

-> new graphics
-> bridges on maps
-> improved balance
-> each building has a specific creature on which it does +50% damage
-> upgradeable Scythe, Trapper, and Colony
-> automatic turret upgrade after every 16 kills
-> two new research items, Ice Pick and Poof
-> option to sell all buildings of the same type at once
-> 60-waves are default, no more selection
-> Map Editor can load maps
-> a more informative upgrade window
-> smaller, faster save files
-> new map pack “New World”

Sqdef is a freeware game, and many hours went in creating and improving it. If you enjoy playing Sqdef, please consider making a PayPal donation to the author!

Discussion: http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=43748

http://artraid.com/sqdef/

News from the Giana’s Return team and their attempt to port their own game over to the Playstation Portable.

Quote:

Our coder made quite a progress for the PSP version.

Earlier this day he had to fight with memory issues, but he managed to sort out those during the day. Now it’s quite late and we DO HAVE a working PSP version, but it has graphics glitches, minor transparency issues and is a bit slow. Also the controls seem too sensitive for an analogue stick and completly wrong for digital cross usage.

We keep you guys updated!
(at least for the next few days before our organizer and “blog udpater” rushes out for a longtime vacation).

http://www.gianas-return.de/?p=206

GSlide, “Generic Slide”, is simply a explorer with a kinetic slider interface.

Discussion: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=421034

http://81.93.138.210/GSlide/

Musicman247 has released a new version of his application MusicFlo.

Changes:

-fixed clock
-removed Weather Auto Update
-fixed restart-startup error
-fixed various other small bugs

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=403815

Guyfawkes was wondering how big the Wiz would be in size compared to other handhelds so with the help of Size Easy, he entered some handheld sizes to see how big the Wiz is.

You can view the page linked below. The Wiz (Violet) is slightly bigger than a GBA Micro (Blue) and slightly smaller than a DS Lite (Green).

Thanks to http://www.emuholic.com for this interesting comparison!

http://www.sizeasy.com/page/size_comparison/16514-GP2X-vs-Pandora-vs-DS-Lite-vs-Wiz-vs-GBA-micro