Masahiro Sakurai has revealed that during the development of the Nintendo GameCube, he had suggested that a scroll wheel be implemented into the design of the controller. In his latest YouTube video, ...

DIY web site Instructables steps through how to build your own scroll wheel—like the $45 Griffin PowerMate—with an old mouse, remote control car wheel (or similarly sized wheel that fits your hand), ...

The creator and current director of the Super Smash Bros. series, Masahiro Sakurai, has revealed a Nintendo GameCube controller secret 22 years after the console’s release in 2001. As you may know, ...

Nintendo has reportedly patented a new controller design that features scroll wheels where the shoulder buttons would traditionally be. The patent, which was registered with the United States Patent ...

Knob controllers can control volume settings, scroll through web pages, and help edit movies among other uses. You can buy a commercial one from Griffin Technology for $45 or build one yourself with ...

Positioned as the lowest-cost capacitive slider and scroll wheel controller available, Azoteq's IQS263 offers multi-functionality in a small, low-cost MSOP10 package With three input channels, the ...

Recent experiments with the Arduino CapSense library led [Bryan] around the Internet looking for interesting applications. He hit upon a very cool touch scroll wheel made entirely with PCB traces, but ...

When Apple TV 4K launched last year, it had fans salivating. But not for the sharper picture or faster processor. It was the new Siri Remote that caught everyone’s eye. Had Cupertino finally made a TV ...

Rogbid has launched the SpinX smartwatch, introducing an innovative optical scroll control wheel. This feature allows users ...

Apple’s in the midst of shoving multi-touch into every single thing they own, which means that this patent for a two-fingered iPod scroll wheel seems quite likely to come to fruition. Besides allowing ...