Nintendo Blu-Ray Robots Rule CES
by Tim Wolters January 10, 2008While there doesn’t appear to be any groundbreaking products that have caught fire at CES there do seem to be a few stories worth noting. The biggest story is undoubtedly the death of HD-DVD. HD-DVD sentiment has been drastically declining while Blu-Ray has been climbing since Warner Brothers announced support for the Blu-Ray format. Not sure how this will shake out in the long term but the bloggers are certainly jumping on the Blu-Ray bandwagon. I’ve listed some examples with the first going so far as to say people with HD-DVD boxes are returning them.
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The second story centered around Nintendo and the Wii interface. Nintendo received the Tech and Engineering Emmy award for the Wii and even big Bill Gates added to the froth after his keynote where he talked about the Wii, “All of those are just starting to show you that natural interaction pattern really breaks you out of the keyboard and mouse,” Gates said in an interview with Reuters. “The next big surprise for people will be how this natural interface becomes pervasive.”
Nintendo blog buzz (bluzter) jumped nearly 300% at the open of the show.
The last story garnering our attention was the relatively large buzz for the upstart digital electronics hacking platform from bug labs. Okay, not strictly a robot, you can create all sorts of amazing gadgets using the platform and accessories, but I liked the word robot in the title. Even though the company is not yet shipping product they have received a number of media accolades. Check out the vid below.
