Tag: MOTION

We had the chance to do a hands-on with one of the most innovative gadgets we've seen this year: Sifteo's modular, digital gaming blocks. These tiny cubes sport touchscreen LCD displays, along with three-axis accelerometers, neighbor-sensing technology and wireless networking, to create a hybrid physical and digital gaming experience that was difficult to put down. While we've seen some concepts ...

Watch out, Spidey! If the above video is any indication, everyone's favorite web-slinging superhero might have some competition. Apparently, wall-climbing isn't just for comic book heroes anymore. According to DVICE, the 'SpiderBot' climbs walls and hangs from ceilings by shooting tethered plungers onto the surface. Removing the plungers, it reels in the 'web', aims, and repeats the process to ...

Researchers out of British Telecom's Ipswitch labs have grabbed the motion-sensing technology from Nintendo's Wiimote and built an adapter for tablet PCs, which the company says in a press release, "removes the need for a keyboard and mouse." Dubbed the BT Balance System, the adapter contains what's known as an accelerometer – a motion-sensing chip used elsewhere to deploy airbags and to ...