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Nintendo presents Wii controller

News Instead, the highlight of Nintendo's press event was the first detailed demonstration of the Wii controller, a two-handed motion-sensitive system that allows players to mimic actions on-screen with the movement of their hands.

10 May 2006, 11:32

Dutch robot pumps your petrol

News Drivers needn't get dirty hands or smell of petrol again. I guess I could keep my hands free and clean, but I'd hope they have good insurance. Motorists nostalgic for the time they could sit in their cars while attendants braved windswept petrol...

Tags: hands, fill, car, station

5 February 2008, 8:39

Xbox 360 makes debut in desert

News And to those who came to the event -- from nearby and around the world -- the chance to be one of the first people to get their hands on an Xbox 360, and to try out the 18 launch titles was well worth the effort.

21 November 2005, 10:25

Robocop on the beat by 2084?

News Sharkey said in a statement: "These robot developments could be extremely beneficial in the protection of citizens and police in the hands of benevolent governments. But in the wrong hands, as warned in the movie, robot law enforcement could be a...

Tags: human, expert, bank, cars

14 August 2008, 10:06

NHS develops bug-busting keyboard

News They are rarely cleaned so medical staff spread infections by moving between keyboards without cleaning their hands. Doctors and nurses were going from patient to the keyboard without washing their hands," said Dr Wilson.

3 November 2006, 9:36

Photos: Green packaging eliminates 'wrap rage'

News More companies are using clamshells built to be opened with bare hands. It tucks a blade and wheel into a smooth plastic grip, protecting the hands. This thick plastic packaging looks about as hard to crack as the laptop lock it contains.

Tags: package, board, consumer, hands

1 May 2008, 10:45

'Graveyard Games' hits San Francisco

News Players' hands are comprised of tombstones for cards: those with rounded tops are hearts, with pointed tops, spades, with flat tops, diamonds and with statues on top, clubs. Thus, we kept running out of time to find the right cards to make winning...

17 October 2005, 9:35

Perspective: Boot Camp is a gimmick

News So it was this week that Apple took matters into its own hands with the introduction of Boot Camp, a Windows utility that lets users of Intel-powered Macs run Windows. Do you think that once they get their hands on a Mac, people won't be the least...

11 April 2006, 10:18

Photos: PlayStation 3 dressed in black

News Logitech has unveiled a PS3 version of its Chillstream controller that blows air to cool the player's hands. Air flows through vents to keep the gamer's hands cool and dry. Sony's PlayStation 3 will be dressed in black when it arrives in US and...

23 October 2006, 10:51

Photos: A winner's preview of CES

News But the real differentiator is that the VHoldr is designed for hands-free operation. The Navigon 7100, which costs about $649 (£317), has integrated Bluetooth for hands-free calling and text-to-speech functionality.

Tags: speech, hands, bluetooth, electronics

15 November 2007, 9:29

Bosses get into Bond gadgets

News According to MI5 (as the UK Security Service is commonly known) foreign intelligence services are now targeting commercial enterprises "far more than in the past", in an attempt to get their hands on communications technologies, IT, lasers, optics...

20 November 2006, 9:49

Qwerty could be knocked from top

News The Qwerty user, a court reporter named Frank McGurrin, won hands down, as it were, and went on a celebrity tour around the US to show off his lightening-fast fingers. The only real changes to be adopted widely have been the ergonomic evolutions...

23 December 2005, 9:36

Sony: PS3 will be £340 or £410

News That is, as players move their hands around, the controller automatically senses the movement and translates it to character movement on screen. Where it differs substantially is in the fact that it includes technology that ties character movement...

9 May 2006, 11:43

Is your laptop a pain in the neck?

News Frequent travellers can put strain on backs, hands and shoulders by lugging a laptop around. His doctors said spending so much time on the laptop had shortened his neck muscles, putting pressure on his spine and compressing the nerves that run to...

1 June 2005, 12:10

Q&A: The guy who swapped a paperclip for a house

News I shook hands with everyone that I traded with, even Alice Cooper, and I think actually doing that struck a cord because it wasn't just something on a computer. You actually have to walk out the front door and shake hands with someone, and I think...

13 July 2006, 11:40