Nintendo’s inflatable horse controller not good enough for you? The company’s latest controller patent application has come to light, and as you might expect it’s another bizarre, exceptionally-niche device. Basically a squishy football with slots for your Wiimote and nunchuck, the controller would allow the Wii to estimate trajectory and distance from the force and angle with which you pretend to throw it.
Nike have updated last year’s Nike+ SportBand, improving the display, tweaking the color scheme and throwing water-resistance into the mix too. The new Nike+ SportBand can give real-time performance stats – including distance, pace, time and calories burned – as well as funneling spoken information through an iPod nano, touch or iPhone.
So we’ve seen a ton of accessories for WiiSports over the years, however most of them cover just a few of the sports like tennis, baseball and golf. And since everyone knows their favorite is bowling, CTA Digital has come up with the Wii Bowling Ball.
If you’re a big golf fan, you’ll be delighted to hear AT&T is bringing out a new feature just for those looking to get comprehensive coverage of the 2009 Masters Tournament. The coverage includes three screens–your TV, cell phone and PC–so you always have access to the latest wherever you are.
Call me paranoid, but if I were to dive into the deep blue sea, I want to have as many backup oxygen as I can get. Ricardo Baiao probably has the same thought when he designed his Phantom compressed backup air system.
Last week’s 3D Super Bowl may have met with mixed reviews, but next weekend we’re promised some real 3D entertainment courtesy of Cinedigm and their CineLive 3D HD theaters. Cinedigm theaters all over the country will be taking part in the NBA Valentine’s Day: 3D HD All-Star Weekend, and we’ve got a family package of four tickets to give away to one lucky SlashGear winner.
Our winner not only gets four tickets to a Cinedigm 3D HD screening of the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest on Saturday evening, but a selection of sponsor prizes that will vary by theater – you’ll find out on the night! There are Cinedigm 3D theaters all over the country, and each of them will be inviting you to vote for your favorite Dunk of the Night.
The 64 thousand dollar question on the upcoming NBA All star weekend is not the league would or not punish Nene- if he were to choose marriage instead of attending the All star game. No, is how the Superman, Dwight Howard, going to pull off the slam dunk contest this time. No one has a clue, but the sport channel co-hosts seemed to think Nene would get married at the dunk contest and have Dwight Howard dunked over the newly-wedded couple, and kisses the bride, jokingly. But seriously, that’s not a bad idea, and in fact, would be the most romantic slam dunk contest ever (not the kissing part). If that were to happen, you would get your chance to witness it live in 3D HD.
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Savant GPS have announced their OnPar rangefinder, a GPS device specifically tailored to the needs of golfers. Fitted with a 3.5-inch touchscreen, the OnPar can store up to 300 golf courses with no membership fees or course map fees, track performance and even suggest clubs depending on your past shot and yardage history.
It seems that Sony adopted a few ideas from other music devices when creating the W-series Walkman. The “all-in-one” concept likely came from those big, bulky FM radio headsets, and the “no display” idea probably came from the iPod Shuffle.
We have all watched a football game with close calls that we don’t exactly agree with the referee on, but will new advancements in technology help or hinder the situation? Footballs and gloves with sensors just may be able to help referees with those close calls make more accurate calls.
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