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'Price Is Right' goes beyond TV: Facebook, Wii

(AP) -- "The Price Is Right" host Drew Carey isn't playing around when it comes to keeping TV's longest-running game show current.

Technology / Internet

created May 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nintendo launches dark Wii, expanded bundle in US

(AP) -- Nintendo Co. is trying to expand U.S. sales of the Wii by throwing in an extra game and its MotionPlus accessory for making the console's signature motion-sensing wand more precise. The company is also offering a ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Robot takes on battle of the bulge

Imagine something between a computer game and a pet that helps makes you slim. One inventor did just that and came up with Autom -- a robot that will look dieters in the eye and tell them what they need to ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Microsensors without microfabrication

(PhysOrg.com) -- Miniature motion sensors are everywhere these days, detecting the orientation of cell phones, deploying air bags in cars and measuring stresses in buildings and mechanical systems. But manufacturing ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Virginia Tech computer science students win grand prize for 3-D competition

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of doctoral students in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering's computer science department, led by associate professor Doug Bowman, recently won first place in the 3-D UI Grand ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nintendo, Google to release Wii 'web search' game

Japanese video game maker Nintendo said Wednesday it had jointly developed a Wii game with US Internet giant Google in which players compete to generate the most search engine results.

Technology / Software

created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Nintendo aims to get consoles in schools

(AP) -- Could Nintendo's Mario be swapping power blocks for the chalkboard?

Technology / Business

created Mar 19, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Playstation shortage may foil Sony game release

The opening scene for Sony Corp.'s "God of War III" video game shows a musclebound Greek warrior named Kratos vowing "My vengeance is now."

Technology / Business

created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

February video game sales drop 15 percent

(AP) -- U.S. retail sales of video games declined 15 percent in February, hurt in part by an ongoing decline in sales of music games and lower sales of the Wii system.

Technology / Business

created Mar 12, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | 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

New platforms open door to innovation in video gaming

After struggling in recent years to adjust to its last revolution, the video game industry is now being shaken by another one.

Technology / Software

created Mar 10, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sony to roll out 3D TVs in Japan in June

Sony said Tuesday it would start selling 3D televisions in Japan in June, aiming to ride a new wave of interest in the technology thanks to recent movies such as sci-fi blockbuster "Avatar".

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Wii video games may help stroke patients improve motor function

Virtual reality game technology using Wii may help recovering stroke patients improve their motor function, according to research presented as a late breaking poster at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

Nintendo DSi XL to launch March 28

(AP) -- Nintendo plans to launch the latest version of its popular handheld video game system, the DSi XL, on March 28 in North America.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0