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http://wiihaa.com [WiiHaa | Nintendo Wii News and Information] As if Nintendo didn’t have enough excitement with flying game controllers, conversations with Broadcom, supplier of the Bluetooth and WiFi chips in the Wii suggests that as use of the game console expands another serious issue will confront advanced users. This is once again a system design problem, but it should be laid at the feet not of Nintendo or Broadcom, but of the standards committees who formulated the Bluetooth and 802.11 specifications.

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[Wii.qj.net] QJ.NET - QuickJump Home - Nintendo Wii News - QJ.NET: The video's uploader (listed as www.Schoeppl.Info) says in the video notes that the Wiimote's bluetooth signal is received by a notebook. The notebook then sends the signal via serial port to hardware (labeled RS232 near the start of the video) which generates a signal for the pupil connection to the original remote control.

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