If you’ve seen the Polaroid before, then you will not be surprised to learn that a new digital camera incorporates a ZINK printer. The latter proposes to print your photos as soon as they were taken, and will be introduced into the Japanese market at the end of November.

For the rest, this digital camera printer marketed by Tomy under the reference of Xiao TIP-521, has an 2.48″ LCD, a 5-megapixel CMOS sensor (4x Digital Zoom), 16MB of internal memory expandable via the SD card slot/SDHC and an infrared port. The ZINK printer integrated into the digital camera, prints a photo in less than a minute on a special paper ZINK in 2″x3″ format (sold in packs of 10).

The Tomy Xiao TIP-521 digital camera printer comes in 3 colors (red, blue, black) and measuring 149.5×74.5×25mm for a total weight of 294g. Available in the U.S. in April 2009.

Finally, the smallest robots able to walk. These “human-shaped Robo-Q” should be available in Japan in February 2009 for 3500 yen each ($25), then later in Europe according to the manufacturer Tomy.