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• Nintendo Wiimote RVL-036 mysteriously clears the FCC

  

  We can't say for sure what's new here but that wireframe outline is most definitely a Wiimote. The Nintendo-branded Bluetooth device just passed through the FCC courtesy of Hon Hai Precision, aka Foxconn. There's very little in the way of detail here other than a new RVL-036 model number reminiscent...

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  May 20, 2010, 4:27 am| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com

• Student moves quadriplegics with Wiimote wheelchair control (video)

  

  There were certainly a couple whiz kids at Intel's International Science and Engineering Fair this year, but high school senior John Hinckel's a regular MacGyver: he built a wheelchair remote control out of a couple sheets of transparent plastic, four sliding furniture rails and some string. A Nintendo Wiimote goes...

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  May 14, 2010, 6:51 am| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com

• Wii Controller Demo gets active, Android and Wiimote handle Donkey Kong on video

  

  We knew the Wii Controller Demo app (now known as "Wii Controller IME") was close to being able to interact with Android in a meaningful way, but we certainly didn't expect to see Average Joes playing Donkey Kong on their Nexus One devices this soon. Not that we're kvetching or...

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  May 8, 2010, 11:15 pm| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com

• Black Version of Nintendo Wii Expected to Launch Soon in U.S.

  

  Sources at three different major retailers (Target, GameStop and Future Shop) have all named May 9th as the U.S. launch date for a black Nintendo Wii bundle, according to Kotaku. The Canadian release will follow on May 23rd.The black Wii will be identical to the white one except for the...

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  April 27, 2010, 5:22 pm| Read full article | More articles from mashable.com

• Adept Quattro shows off terrifying speed, robotic precision (video)

  

  See that blur in the image above? That'll be the Adept Quattro, a machine claiming the title of being the world's fastest industrial pick and place robot. On the evidence of today's video, we're not going to argue. Being demonstrated as part of the first National Robotics Week, the Quattro...

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  April 19, 2010, 4:08 am| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com

• Winscape virtual window features Wiimote headtracking, absolutely made of win

  

  We have not modified the above picture in any way -- Scout's Honor. That's a real baby, wearing a real IR necklace that interacts with a real Wiimote. What's not real, of course, is the view of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. That is generated by Ryan Hoagland's DIY virtual...

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  April 15, 2010, 1:17 pm| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com

• Sony Answers Wii Remote With PlayStation Move

  

  Sony has named its forthcoming PlayStation 3 motion controller “PlayStation Move.” The controller is Sony’s answer to Nintendo’s Wii Remote and Microsoft’s Project Natal for Xbox 360 — a way to use motion to play video games instead of (or at least in addition to) buttons.The controller was originally announced...

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  March 10, 2010, 4:24 pm| Read full article | More articles from mashable.com