Mars water confirmed

Mars Phoenix continued its goodness by getting a sample of the "white stuff we're pretty sure is water" into its analyser:

An ice-containing sample made it into the TEGA oven. I can now say I'm the first mission to Mars to touch and then *taste* the water. FTW!

I just love how enthusiastic it is :)

The tweets continue to be bittersweet though...

I'm a lander and can't rove. So when mission is done, I'll remain in the same spot. Come winter, I'll be entombed in CO2 Ice.

Brave little toaster.

Lightsaber joy on the horizon?

The Wii wants its perfect duelling game. The criteria are simple: sword(s), headset (for the sledging), online play. It's still not here, but by crikey, the new WiiMotionPlus gubbin brings it closer.

WiiMotionPlus is a new plug-in for the Wiimote controller which adds real-space dead reckoning to the deal. It makes it less of a wandy mousey thing and more of a virtual stick in a virtual space. And what do we do with virtual sticks? Hit each other with 'em! See, you could dispense with the nunchuck entirely, with real dead-reckoning, and have the avatar follow the sword. It would rock beyond rock.

( Demo of the new sexiness after the cut )