Motion control and multi-touch have become common in devices ranging from Nintendo’s Wii to Apple’s iPhone. But a muscle-sensing system could someday allow gamers to play air “Guitar Hero” without a controller, or help harried parents with full hands open car doors.

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cananian writes “The webbook company of Gnome’s own Havoc Pennington (with a healthy dose of ex-Nokia and ex-OLPC engineers) finally shed its secrecy today, with a new web site and an article in the WSJ. Technical specs on the hardware were found by Engadget last week, and now comes a bit more information on the software behind the UI. Most of the client software is written in JavaScript with GTK/Clutter bindings, and the UI has some superficial similarities (more…)

Brett Favre still knows how to win big games at Lambeau Field, even if this one came for the enemy and to a chorus of boos. or the second time in less than a month, Brett Favre sliced up his former team and stuck it to the franchise that cast him aside as the Minnesota Vikings beat the Green Bay Packers 38-26 at Lambeau on Sunday.

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England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff signs a three-year contract to play one-day cricket for Lancashire.

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jggimi writes “According to the New York Times, more than fifteen hundred remote sensing devices have been sold to Iraq’s Ministry of the Interior, at prices ranging from $16,500 to $60,000 each. The devices are used for bomb and weapon detection at checkpoints, and have no battery or other power source. Sounds great, but according to a retired United States Air Force officer, Lt. Col. Hal Bidlack they work on the same principle as a Ouija board — (more…)

New Zealand second-row forward Greg Eastwood will miss Saturday’s vital Four Nations game against England with a broken bone in his wrist.

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Why are there always such horrific injuries in soccer?

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This is what happens when you hire your family to do the voice acting in your game.

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Yesterday’s developer chat hosted by BestBuy has revealed more bad news regarding the PC version of Modern Warfare 2. Infinity Ward said that there will be no console in Modern Warfare 2, stating “we would like you to play the game the way we designed and balanced it”. Also: No changing fov, no leaning, lack of mod tools, and no demo. WTF IW?

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This cinematic vignette for Assassin’s Creed 2 demonstrates how Ezio learns how to fight, climb and blend in like a true assassin from various “factions” around Italy. Including some bosomy courtesans.

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