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When Nintendo unveiled its Wii console, it also showcased a prototype sensor bar - a device that system owners already know all too well. Early on, it was believed that the sensor bar not only ...

But without it, the Wii Remote’s motion controls didn’t work properly, which meant no bowling strikes or Mario Kart shortcuts. Turns out, though, the bar is a lot simpler than people think—and one ...

There has been a little bit of a misconception about the sensor bar for the Wii. The fact it's called the "sensor bar" doesn't help, to start with. In fact, the bar doesn't sense anything, it actually ...

It seems that the Wii Sensor Bar runs on 7.5 volts barreling out of the Wii console itself. Therefore, an industrious young man, if he put his mind to it, could add a DC adapter from Radio Shack. That ...

We can't definitively say that a travel-friendly sensor bar is undoubtedly superior to a wireless sensor bar, but for those who can in fact say that, Talismoon has you covered. The Sensor Wiire is ...

If you like to hook your Nintendo Wii at different locations and/or want one less cable floating around behind your TV, the wireless Wii sensor bar is definitely something to check out. The wireless ...

If you're one of the many Wii owners unable to adequately stretch Nintendo's Wii sensor bar from your entertainment center to your television then you'll be happy to read of peripheral maker Nyko's ...

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 ...

The Wii sensor bar is one of those essential things that modders can't help but tinker with. One Wii fan has turned an old remote control for a television into a Wii sensor bar. The sensor bar works ...

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 ...

We're sure most of you Wii users are too busy Googling Zelda walkthroughs or chucking your Wiimote at the TV right now to give this hack much notice, but if you're the type that just has to know how ...