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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
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author: technabob
filed under: hacks-mods | mobile tech | strange and wonderful | video games
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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
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author: technabob
filed under: retro | video games
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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
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | future tech
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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
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | gadgets
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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
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author: technabob
filed under: video games
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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
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author: technabob
filed under: hacks-mods | just plain fun | retro | video games
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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
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author: technabob
filed under: robotics | strange and wonderful | video games
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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
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author: technabob
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