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wii fit: lose weight while gaming

filed under: home entertainment | video games

Nintendo Wii Balance Board

Nintendo today revealed Wii Fit, a new “game” for the Wii that’s all about fitness. What’s interesting about this is the new controller that ships with the game.

The small, flat controller, called the “Wii Balance Board,” lays on the ground and detects your body movements as you exercise…

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July 11th, 2007 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

motorola slvr nes controller mashup

filed under: hacks-mods | mobile tech | strange and wonderful | video games

Moto SLVR NES Case Mod

This guy has gone through the painstaking process of cramming his shmancy Motorola SLVR mobile phone into the case of an old Nintendo NES controller.

While the end result is pretty fugly from the phone side of things, it looks pretty convincing from the outside…

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July 9th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

classic nintendo controllers for your pc or mac

filed under: retro | video games

Nintendo USB Controllers by Phreque

Do you long for the days of the simple, elegantly designed gamepad controllers from Nintendo’s classic gaming systems?

Perfect for playing emulated games the way they were meant to be played, you can buy custom-modded versions of the 8-bit NES and 16-bit SNES joypads, ready to use with your PC or Macintosh…

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July 7th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

apple files patent for multi-touch mouse

filed under: computing | future tech

Apple Multi-Touch Mouse Patent

Looks like the iPhone isn’t the only multi-touch device Apple has up its sleeve. According to a recently filed patent application, Apple has designed a mouse with a multi-touch surface covering its entire body…

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July 5th, 2007 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

zmotion space presenter controls like a wii-mote

filed under: computing | gadgets

ZMotion Space Presenter

This wireless presentation controller lets you remotely operate your Windows computer using a similar interaction to that of the Nintendo Wii-mote controller.

The ZMotion Wireless Space Presenter looks like a super-slim remote control, but does a lot more than just flip pages in a PowerPoint deck…

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June 27th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

arcade joystick coming for nintendo wii

filed under: video games

Hori Wii Arcade Stick

Thanks to this new arcade controller for the Wii, fans of classic arcade games will be able to play them the way they were meant to be played.

Hori’s new Arcade Fighting Stick for the Nintendo Wii looks pretty nice, with a large 8-way digital stick and 8 gaming buttons…

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June 26th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

giant nintendo controller won’t fit in your hands

filed under: hacks-mods | just plain fun | retro | video games

Giant NES Controller

You won’t have any trouble finding the buttons on this massive replica of Nintendo’s famous NES controller.

Game fan Philip Torrone and his team of builders put together this 5-foot wide joypad for the recently completed 2007 Maker Faire. Constructed mostly out of wood and assorted other parts, the controller is fully functional for playing games…

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June 10th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

us army remote vehicles using xbox 360 controller?

filed under: robotics | strange and wonderful | video games

Army SUGV with Xbox 360 Controller

Most video game enthusiasts will tell you that the Xbox 360’s joystick is one of the best designed gaming controllers of all time. Now it appears to have gotten the “thumbs up” from the U.S. Army…

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June 5th, 2007 32 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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