Just because Nintendo creates a patent for something, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s going to create the thing — I expect this might be the case with this completely bizarre Wii controller add-on, which looks like a periscope, or something Peter Venkman might use to, um… bust ghosts? More »
Three years ago Ohio-based technology company Motivia filed a patent lawsuit against Nintendo, alleging the Wii infringed on its ‘Human Movement Measurement System’ patent. Today an International Trade Commission judge ruled that wasn’t the case. Grats, big N.
Maybe! A patent application, filed in 2010 but only recently uncovered, has Sony looking at biometric controls on devices that look like a DualShock, a PlayStation Move controller, and a handheld. More »
