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Famed Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai has explained to Polygon that he has personally been entering in all the data for fighter skills and hitboxes for the forthcoming entry on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. Sakurai says he has tried giving this task to other people on the team, but he doesn’t feel it has always worked out. Sakurai clearly says that he doesn’t want to ship an incomplete game so it ultimately results in a huge workload for himself.

“In all previous Smash Bros. games, I’ve entered in all the data for fighter skills and hitboxes by myself, and it’s quite nearly that way with this game too. I’ve thought about leaving this work to others and I’ve actually tried it once or twice, but it hasn’t worked out. I don’t want to release an incomplete game, and I want everything to be as successful as possible, but it results…

Smartwatches and glasses are part of the exciting emerging class of electronics known as wearables, but, as electronics, they still need to be removed from the wearer’s body from time to time for charging.

A team of researchers from South Korea set out to create a battery that could be embedded and clothes and solar powers, allowing people to use wearable electronics for long periods of time without the need for recharging. The team says in a Nano Letters paper (subscription required) that their final battery can compete with conventional versions, even after being folded thousands of times. They also say it is inexpensive compared to competing textile batteries.

The researchers started with strands of yarn, which they then wrapped in nickel, carbon and other materials that make up a battery. Then they added lightweight solar cells.

Integrating batteries into fabric could do more than put off or eliminate charging…

While flight passengers have been exercising the privilege of using e-books and tablets for the entirety of flights throughout November, it seems like the FCC is mulling over the possibility of lifting the ban on cell phone use above 10,000 feet.

According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, this will be the third time the FCC will consider changing the rules. The proposal has been shot down twice before, in 2004 and 2007, but it seems that they were both largely shot down due to the perceived nuisance of passengers taking calls on airplanes, as well as a “lack of technical information” about the risks.

While it’s largely been proven that cell phones don’t interfere with the safety of a flight, cell phones on planes have been part of a large social taboo — many see the friendly skies as one of the few places where phones…

O jornal britânico Financial Times pede que a presidente Dilma Rousseff repense a adoção de novas regras para a internet. No principal editorial da edição desta quarta-feira, a publicação argumenta que algumas ideias do Marco Civil da Internet podem prejudicar economicamente o Brasil e ainda levariam outras nações a seguirem a regra brasileira. Com o título “Brasil indo longe demais na segurança na internet”, o jornal classifica a proposta como “protecionista” e diz que o Brasil é “o único país que pode influenciar” o debate deflagrado pela denúncias de espionagem da Casa Branca.

“Mais que qualquer outro, o país que pode influenciar a forma como essa polêmica se desenvolve é o Brasil. A presidente Dilma Rousseff expressou fúria contra as revelações de espionagem dos Estados Unidos. Consequentemente, o governo reagiu com um extenso conjunto de medidas destinadas a proteger brasileiros do que se considera uma máquina de vigilância dos EUA…