Nintendo has made it official, Wii U games will be on a proprietary disc that is not Blu-ray or DVD.
The confirmation comes via Nintendo president Satoru Iwata following a week of confusion and speculation as to exactly what Wii U games would be published on.
In explaining the move, Iwata says:
We feel that enough people already have devices that are capable of playing DVDs and Blu-ray, such that it didn’t warrant the cost involved to build that functionality into the Wii U console because of the patents related to those technologies.
Furthermore, the Wii U will go “social,” says Iwata (via TR):
After examining the penetration and adoption rate of social networking services like Facebook, etc, we’ve come to the conclusion that we are no longer in a period where we cannot have any connection at all with social networking services.
Rather, I think we’ve come to an era where it’s important to consider how the social graph of the social networking services can work in conjunction with something like a video game platform.
Result for: conclusion
According to scientists at the University of London, tiny Bee brains can solve complex math problems that take computers much longer to figure out.
The insects can effectively solve the “traveling salesman problem” as they learn to “fly the shortest router between flowers discovered in random order.”
Computers solve the “TSP” by comparing all possible routes and then choosing the shortest one.
Bees reach the same conclusion while using a brain that is about the size of a pinhead.
Says Dr. Nigel Raine: “Foraging bees solve travelling salesman problems every day. They visit flowers at multiple locations and, because bees use lots of energy to fly, they find a route which keeps flying to a minimum.”
“Despite their tiny brains bees are capable of extraordinary feats of behaviour,” adds Raine, via Guardian. “We need to understand how they can solve the travelling salesman problem without a computer.”
Result for: conclusion
According to Justin Long, the “Mac” in Apple’s popular Mac vs. PC commercials, the ad campaign may be close to its conclusion, ending one of the more effective ad series in history.
Long said that he heard from “PC” John Hodgman that Apple is planning to move on.
“You know, I think they might be done,” said Long about the future of the campaign. “In fact, I heard from John, I think they’re going to move on. I can’t say definitively, which is sad, because not only am I going to miss doing them, but also working with John.”
Although he seemed sure, Long would not guarantee the end of the campaign and could not provide any reasons why Apple would end it.
