News tagged with nintendo wii

Taking movies beyond Avatar -- for under $150 (w/ Video)

A new development in virtual cameras at the University of Abertay Dundee, UK, is developing the pioneering work of James Cameron's blockbuster Avatar using a Nintendo Wii-like motion controller – all ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Nov 12, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (15) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Kaspar the friendly robot helps autistic kids

(AP) -- Eden Sawczenko used to recoil when other little girls held her hand and turned stiff when they hugged her. This year, the 4-year-old autistic girl began playing with a robot that teaches about emotions ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Controlling the TV with a wave of the hand

Touchscreens are so yesterday. Remote controls? So last century. The future is controlling your devices with a simple wave of the hand.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Wii-hab may enhance Parkinson's treatment

The Nintendo Wii may help treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease, including depression, a Medical College of Georgia researcher says.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Sony unveils new motion contoller to slow Nintendo

(AP) -- Sony has a new message for Nintendo Wii gamers: Come join us.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 11, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 7

Video games may help combat depression in older adults

Research at the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine suggests a novel route to improving the symptoms of subsyndromal depression (SSD) in seniors ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Wii 2 goes HD?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Is Nintendo working on a high-definition console called the Wii 2? That is the big question flying around the world of gaming today.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 15, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog

Marketing guru predicts the Next Big Thing in video games

Nintendo calls it the Wii Remote. You call it the Wiimote. Al Ries calls it a motion-detecting wand.

Technology / Software

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Nintendo looks to restore magic with 3D console

Nintendo on Friday brushed off suggestions its magic may be fading despite declining sales of its Wii console, as it prepares to unveil a handheld 3D device it hopes will drive a new gaming revolution.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 07, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Nintendo debuts touchscreen Wii successor

Nintendo has introduced the world to the Wii's touchy new big brother: the Wii U.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nintendo's big challenge: letting others win

One would think Nintendo Ltd. has little to worry about in the video-game market the company seems to rule, having sold more than 50 million of its Wii consoles to date.

Technology / Business

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nine gaming predictions for 2010

The end of the year offers a chance to look back on all that's come and gone in the past 12 months. It also offers a chance to use that knowledge of the past to bet on the outcome of the next 12 months for fun and profit.

Technology / Software

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Nintendo sells 100 million DS consoles

Nintendo said sales of its handheld DS have topped 100 million machines less than five years since its launch, reaching the milestone faster than any other game console.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Global sales of Nintendo's Wii top 50 million

(AP) -- Japanese game maker Nintendo Co. said Thursday global sales of its popular Wii video game console have topped 50 million since it went on sale worldwide in late 2006.

Technology / Business

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nintendo DSi users get to share pictures on Facebook

Nintendo said Monday that it is updating DSi software to allow users to upload pictures from the camera-equipped handheld videogame devices to hot social-networking website Facebook.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Wii launch

The Wii launch was the release of Nintendo's seventh generation video game console. This successor to the Nintendo GameCube was released in most territories in November and December 2006. It was the third (after the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3) seventh generation console to be released in Japan and North America, but was second in Europe, being released before the PlayStation 3.

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