I always wondered why kids wanted ponies for their birthday. What the hell is so cool about a pony? NOTHING. This robotic pony shown off at Maker Faire Detroit 2011, on the other hand, can breathe FIREBALLS. More »
Leaked on US retailer Gamestop’s website in the artwork for the FlingSmash game is the “Wii Remote Plus”, which looks to be a wiimote with inbuilt MotionPlus for more accurate real-time control. More »
Do you have tiny, child-sized hands? Is the Wiimote just too darned big for you to grip comfortably? Well, Power A’s new MiniRemote and MiniChuck controllers are 35 per cent smaller. But don’t expect to use them without getting mercilessly teased. [Kotaku]
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This sounds pleasant. David Resnick, an engineering student at UC Irvine, sought to create a project that engaged viewers’ senses of sight, sound and touch all in perfect harmony. The answer, clearly: a massage chair controlled by a Wiimote-wielding ballerina. More »
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After jailbreaking your iPad, you can install SNES4iPhone, which will not only play SNES romz – it will open the Bluetooth stack, allowing you to play Mario with a Wiimote. Nintendotacular! More »
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Even armed with a Wiimote, the BotJunkie junkies couldn’t shake the 300-cycle-per-second Adept Quattro, the world’s fastest pick-and-place robot. Watch this video and imagine how quickly it could fill one of those state quarter maps. More »
It’s not like you needed those windows for light anyway, so why not give yourself a multi-million dollar view of the Golden Gate Bridge instead? The Winscape iPhone app controls the view you see out your windows – or plasmas. More »
