After gamers uncovered the dark magic behind the Wii's sensor bar (it's an IR emitter), they came up with some wonderfully impractical wireless alternatives. Nyko aims to appease these wire-loathing ...

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 ...

So if you are really jonesing for some Wii action when your sensor bar is busted, you can get maybe an hour's worth of gaming in if you have a pair of candles.

Once gamers figured out that the Wii sensor bar was little more than a housing for an array of LEDs, one had to figure some hacks would come soon. First, someone figured out that a couple of IR-based ...

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