Cellphone Star

newVideoPlayer(“bodyheat_gawker.flv”, 475, 376);This is Sensoring, an air joystick that analyzes your body’s electric field to transform it into some kind of Wiimote. In this video, the user waves his hand in the air—without any kind of motion detection markers or cameras—to fly a 3D helicopter on the screen a la Luke Skywalker. The sensor measures the distance and angle of the hand’s electric field, capturing the motion and sending it to the computer. Looks basic now but maybe we are looking at the germ of a future Nintendo, completely touch-less, device-less and almost Zeldabulously magical Wii-III. [ALPS via Gizmodo Japan]

Original post by Jesus Diaz

If you picked up a wired version of Apple’s new thin aluminum keyboard you may have noticed that the caps lock function is all but useless. Only a good long press of the key will activate the function, and if you so much as breathe on it, caps lock disengages. So, is Apple spearheading an anti-caps lock campaign? Discuss. [Wired]

Original post by Sean Fallon

The Contestants: Five from Gizmodo, five from Kotaku.
The Time: Friday, October 12.
The Arena: Halo 3. Best of 7.
The Prize: Unlimited splices for a day.
No shows mean immediate disqualification and that team forfeits the match.

Original post by Jason Chen