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blaze ps3 motion controller: ps3 meets wii

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Sure, the PlayStation 3 is eventually getting its own official motion controller from Sony, but while you wait for this bit of futureware, the guys over at UK gaming outfit BLAZE have announced their own motion-sensing PS3 controller. And it looks an awful lot like a Wii-mote.

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October 13th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: technology video games

latte espresso media player: haptic touchscreen pmp for under $100

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While Apple may have crammed everything but the kitchen sink into their new iPod Nano, one thing it doesn’t have is a haptic touchscreen. But this portable media player from Latte has one, and now it can be had for less than a single Benjamin.

Of course, the 16GB Latte Espresso PMP can play music…

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September 11th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio gadgets media players mobile tech technology video

project natal for xbox 360 could put microsoft ahead of wii with controller-free gaming

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Microsoft today took the wraps off of their new input device for the Xbox 360, known as Project Natal. The new technology does away with traditional controllers and lets player use their full body to interact with video games and the Xbox 360 interface.

Unlike Nintendo’s Wii-mote, the Project Natal (pronounced “na-tall”) sensor box can…

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June 1st, 2009 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: future tech video games

gps goes postal: could help solve usps delivery woes

GPS Letter Logger for USPS

This new device was commissioned by the United States Postal Service in order to hunt down some of the inefficiencies in their mail delivery process. Developed by California’s TrackingTheWorld, the gadget is slipped inside of a letter, and tracks the precise journey of an individual piece of mail.

The LetterLogger is small enough to be…

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November 24th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gps + navigation strange + wonderful

hp mscape: augmented reality gaming handheld

HP Mscape Portable Concept

HP today revealed a prototype for a new handheld video game system which would take cues from your real-world environment and embed them into the game play.

The Mscape concept allows you to use the portable gaming device as a “lens” to the world around you, superimposing interactive elements into the scene in real time.…

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September 27th, 2007 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: future tech gps + navigation video games

nintendo ds motion sensor card

Nintendo DS Motion Sensor Card

With all of the cool control possibilities that the Nintendo Wii has opened us up to, it’s no wonder that someone has started to explore the possibilities with Nintendo’s other darling, the DS portable gaming system.

The DS Motion Card plugs into the DS or DS Lite card slot and features a three-axis accelerometer and…

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January 6th, 2007 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: mobile tech video games