News tagged with wii
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 ...
Apr 16, 2010 |
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Patent: Nintendo's Wii Football Controller
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nintendo has come up with yet another idea for an accessory to add to its list of Wii peripherals. This time it's a soft football-shaped controller that is said to simulate the feel and touch ...
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Sep 02, 2009 |
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Nintendo gives 2nd glimpse of Wii U game machine
Nintendo Co.'s upcoming Wii U game console will come with a controller that has a big, touch-enabled screen. At first glance, that seems like an obstacle to the kind of casual multiplayer gaming that made ...
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Jan 10, 2012 |
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Nintendo 3DS game system gets momentum in US
Nintendo on Tuesday announced that it sold more than four million of its sophisticated 3DS handheld videogame gadgets in the United States by end of 2011.
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Invisible computing comes to Asia tech expo
A robotic cook, a colouring book that comes to virtual life and movies that read your mind are some of the innovations on show at a cutting-edge computer technology exhibition in Hong Kong this week.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 14, 2011 |
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While consoles slug it out, mobiles games zip in
The big three game console makers brought their latest kick-ass wares to the industry's annual get-together this week, but some question their future amid an explosion of super-nimble mobile gaming.
Jun 10, 2011 |
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Nintendo's task: The Wii, again, more, better
(AP) -- The upcoming Wii U - part tablet computer, part game machine - could help Nintendo surpass its rivals once again.
Jun 09, 2011 |
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Nintendo debuts touchscreen Wii successor
Nintendo has introduced the world to the Wii's touchy new big brother: the Wii U.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 07, 2011 |
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Nintendo says US server breached, no data lost
(AP) -- Nintendo was targeted in a recent online data attack, but no personal or company information was lost, the Japanese maker of the Wii game console said Sunday.
Jun 05, 2011 |
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Nintendo cuts Wii price, offers cheaper game set
Nintendo is dropping the price of its Wii game system by $50 to $150 and introducing a new line of cheaper Wii games.
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May 04, 2011 |
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Nintendo announces new console but profit dives
Nintendo said on Monday it would release a new console next year to succeed its popular Wii, as it reported earnings slumped due to the strong yen and its 3D handheld player came too late to give a lift.
Apr 25, 2011 |
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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
Apr 15, 2011 |
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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 ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Gift guide for tech fiends
It's that time of year again - time to start thinking about holiday gifts.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 26, 2010 |
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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
Nov 12, 2010 |
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Wii
The Wii (ウィー, Uī?, pronounced /ˈwiː/, like the pronoun we) is a home video game console released by Nintendo. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of both. As of December 31, 2008 the Wii leads the generation over the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in worldwide sales.
A distinguishing feature of the console is its wireless controller, the Wii Remote, which can be used as a handheld pointing device and detect movement in three dimensions. Another distinctive feature of the console is WiiConnect24, which enables it to receive messages and updates over the Internet while in standby mode.
The Wii is Nintendo's fifth home console, the direct successor to the Nintendo GameCube, and able to play all official GameCube games. Nintendo first spoke of the console at the 2004 E3 press conference and later unveiled the system at the 2005 E3. Satoru Iwata revealed a prototype of the controller at the September 2005 Tokyo Game Show. At E3 2006, the console won the first of several awards. By December 8, 2006, it had completed its launch in four key markets.
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