Archive for July 15th, 2008

Robots improve aerospace engineering

July 15, 2008, 10:00 am by Pete Jenkinson Leave your comment

Filed under Robots Tags: airshow, farborough, manufacturing, Robots

Over at the Farnborough airshow this week one UK company has landed a multi-million manufacturing contract to ensure planes of tomorrow are built at high speed.

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Xbox 360 gets motion-sensitive light-up microphones

July 15, 2008, 9:50 am by James Holland 1 comment

Filed under Gaming Tags: E3, lips, Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360

The PS3’s about to be challenged to a karaoke smackdown! Microsoft just confirmed its own sing-along title for the Xbox 360, along with wireless light-up mics that also pack motion controls.

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Nintendo upgrades the Wiimote, adds 3-D controls

July 15, 2008, 9:30 am by Stephen Ebert 1 comment

Filed under Gaming Tags: Console, controls, E3, Nintendo, peripheral, Wii, Wii MotionPlus

We had a feeling Nintendo was going to out some new peripheral, but not this. It’s an attachment for the Wiimote giving it more accuracy and better tracking abilities.

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