Wii Controller

Nintendo created a controller that has the potential of making gaming as accessible to people of all ages and all abilities, called the Wii Remote controller. The device takes advantage of the familiarity of a remote control and makes use of motion-sensing technology to provide an input device for the ages.

The wireless Wii Remote controller which has the size of a traditional remote control is a multifunctional device that is limited only by the game designer's imagination. It uses Bluetooth technology to send user's actions to the Wii console from as far as 30 feet away. As a pointing device, the controller can send a signal from as far as 15 feet away. Up to four Wii Remote Controllers can be connected at once, allowing for multiplayer capabilities.

In addition to its pointing and motion-sensing abilities, the Wii Remote controller also includes a speaker, rumble feature and expansion port for additional input devices, such as the Nunchuk controller.

For example, in a tennis game, the wireless Wii Remote controller can serve as your racket you swing with your arm. In a driving game, it serves as your steering wheel. For first-person shooters, the remote acts as your weapon that you point at an enemy.

More information:

http://wii.nintendo.com/controllers.html

http://uk.wii.com/exp/

10megapixel cameraphone

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. presented the first 10 megapixel mobile phone (model: SCH-B600), at CeBIT 2006. The SCH-B600, 10 megapixel cameraphone will provide mobile users with higher quality photographs. As far as the technical characteristics are concerned, it has a 3x optical zoom, flash, S-DMB support, Bluetooth and EV-DO, TV-out.

More information:

http://www.samsung.com/PressCenter/PressRelease/PressRelease.asp?seq=20060309_0000239138

Nobel Foundation

The Nobel Foundation is a private institution established in 1900 based on the will of Alfred Nobel and manages the assets made available through the will for the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Peace.

The Nobel prize announcements for this year have been finalised for Medicine, Physics and Chemistry and we are still awaiting for the rest awards.

More information:

http://nobelprize.org/