Robotics, it seems, is on a roll these days. Not only do you a bomb disposal robot controlled by a Wiimote; now you have a wheelchair robot as well. In fact, an experiment involving this new creation was held at the the Kyushu University Hospital in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

For more information on this wheeled wonder, roll out to the full article after the jump.

How would you like to use your Wiimote to defuse bombs? Well, it won't exactly be you doing the defusing - a robot by the name of Packbot will be doing the actual work. All you need to do is control it, as the US Army is doing. This innovative idea actually came from a couple of engineers who modified the Wiimote for the US Army's use.

For more motion-sensing bomb disposal news, turn to the full article after the jump.

Having the tag line "ideas for life", Panasonic was definitely able to live up to it by announcing that they will be launching a DivX certified Blu-ray DVD player early this March. It's certainly one good idea that they've come up with. Find out about the details in the full article.

Gamers who are looking for a unique perspective into their video gaming habits will definitely get a kick out of Emotiv Systems' Emotiv EPOC neuroheadset. This unique gaming accessory allows you to control in-game characters using the neuron signals transmitted by your brain. Other details about this neat gadget can be found in the full article after the jump.

Panasonic has recently announced its plans to create a new line of Wiimote-proof Plasma TVs. Those interested in figuring out how Panasonic will protect their sets from the onslaught of flying Wiimotes will want to visit the full article for details.

If you think you've seen all there is to see when ti comes to crazy stuff that people do with the Wiimote, you're mistaken. Now, it's not only hackers who are making their own motion-sensing controller variations. Full-blown companies are getting into the act as well. Motus has announced its Darwin controller and it uses technology more accurate than Nintendo's innovative device. See the full details after the jump.

Emotiv Systems has sent word that they will be introducing the beta build of their mind-controlled headset's SDK at the upcoming Game Developer Conference in San Francisco.

While the SDK won't be released until a month later, Emotiv's lecture should give visitors an idea of what the company's new tech will offer. Details are available in the full article.

The Wiimote's been hacked to do a lot of things - from measuring the acceleration of a car to DJing - but this may be the cutest hack yet. Colacheng83 hacked his Wiimote to be able to control an AIBO unit. He didn't stop there though: he compared the controls with your garden variety keypad input unit and the test was conclusive. The Wiimote "outperforms the Keypad in both speed and accuracy." Check out the full article for a video of the Wiimote-AIBO hack

It's not exactly the Wiimote, but this new remote joystick, the Zeemote, comes close enough considering it works for cell phones. It looks like a a tiny version of the nunchuk that comes with the Wiimote, with a joystick up top for the thumb and buttons up front for the other fingers.

The Zeemote communicates with cellphones via Bluetooth and can be used to play games or to navigate. The device also includes dedicated buttons for navigating through your phone's media player. It looks pretty neat and looks like it can be used to compensate for cellphones with hard to press keypads.

Some interesting devices have been popping up for the mobile gaming arena, including the PIP stress monitor; perhaps we'll actually see a motion detector in the future? Meanwhile, FinBlade, the company who developed the Zeemote, shows us a demonstrated of their game 2-player game, Fireworks:

So there's the Wiimote which detects real-time motion, the PlayStation Eye which recognizes real-time images, and the PIP which recognizes... real life stress? This little doohickey from Vyro Games is a new game input device that measures the electro conductivity of your skin to measure your stress and uses the data to play a game.

It might sound a little masochistic to play a game using stress, but the PIP - or Personal Input POD - was actually developed to help control it. It trains users to control their stress level by playing a game that can only be won by keeping their cool. The more you stress out, the more likely you lose.

PIP has been developed to work with any device with Bluetooth, and that includes the PC, mobile phones and even compatible consoles. Games are currently in development for the device: so far there are only three games available for the gadget, but they all look pretty fun.

One game has you racing a dinosaur who won't move if you stress out. Another game is like a mood ring: the device measures your stress and an image's weather will change depending on your stress levels. Last but not least (and maybe the most useful) is a lie detector.