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Nyko sent us its new Wireless Sensor Bar and a Charge Station for the Nintendo Wii, so I took it home for the weekend and gave it a spin. This is only a first look, but the results for both devices ...

Once hackers figured out that the Wii "sensor bar" was just a strip of infrared LEDs, it became obvious that a wireless version could be easily hacked up. Now, one entrepreneur is selling his homemade ...

The Wii sensor bar is simply two IR LEDs. Why haven't any of the TV companies embedded two LEDs in the frame? They could even take the time to space them correctly, and then sell the TV for $300 more ...

Sure, this 7-inch portable Wii LCD screen contains its own IR sensor bar, but how fun is it to play Wii on a 7-inch screen? Can you imagine your family gathered around a campsite, huddled around a ...

I noticed my phone camera can see near-IR pretty well. Eg, my Wii sensor bar:<BR><BR>View image: http://images.arbitraryconstant.com/images/wii-sensorbar.jpg <BR><BR ...