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New Nyko Wand Colours Only Look Delicious

2:40AM Mike Fahey | Do not mistake the four new colours of Nyko’s Wii remote-alternative Wand controller for candy, as they will likely do horrible things to your teeth. More »
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Wii Remote Charging Stations Recalled After Burning Wii Hands

10:00AM Michael McWhertor | Warning, Wii owners! The machines are rebelling! Specifically, the Psyclone Essentials and React Wii 4-Dock Recharge Stations, which have been reported to overheat and have caused at least two reports of burns. Those products are being officially recalled. More »
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Wii Remote Used For Holograms You Can “Touch”

2:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Using a concave mirror, Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display and Wii Remotes, University of Tokyo researchers have created a tangible hologram projector. More »
Media

Impressions Of Torturing A Rabbid In A Wii Remote

7:00AM Stephen Totilo | I know I’m way late to this, but I was only amused by the weird comedy-torture game in Ubisoft’s upcoming Rabbids Go Home a few days ago. More »
Culture

Jumpstart Your Heart With A Wii Remote

12:40AM Mike Fahey | Can the Wii remote save lives? The American Heart Association is betting on it, pledging $US50,000 to fund a student project that uses Nintendo’s TV killer to teach CPR. More »
Culture

Wii Remote + 15 Tonnes Of Metal Arm

7:30PM Luke Plunkett | These two industrial grapplers don’t just have cute names (one of them is called “Bender”). They’ve got a cute control method as well, as they can be jiggled, jaggled and, yes, waggled by a Wii Remote. More »
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Turn PlayStation Controller In Wii Remote

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Don’t like the Wii’s Classic Controller? Not thrilled with the GameCube controller? Or the Club Nintendo SNES controller? More »
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Battle Of The Wii Remotes: Official Vs Third-Party

5:30PM Luke Plunkett | Nintendo are no longer the only company in town with a Wii Remote on the market. You can get peripherals from third-party manufacturers too, with differing aesthetics and differing price points. So which is better? More »
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Development Of Sony’s New Motion Controller Began Years Ago

8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Microsoft is working on the human-body-controlled Project Natal. Nintendo has the Wii Remote. Sony, well, showed a new motion controller that will be out next spring. A new, nameless controller, that is. More »
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Miyamoto: True Interactivity Is Holding A Motion Controller With Force Feedback

12:00PM Brian Ashcraft | The Nintendo Wii uses a controller dubbed “the Wii Remote”. Microsoft’s Project Natal uses a controller called “the human body”. What does Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto think? More »