There must be more bandwagons

Apparently Microsoft has aplied for a patent for a "magic wand".

Acording to the BBC; "The patent application also describes 'biometric sensors' that would examine 'fingerprint, hand geometry, hand vein pattern, palm pattern, and grip configuration' along with 'facial thermogram, a facial feature, a retinal feature, or an iris feature".

People think this could be a Wiimote style controller, but to me it sounds less like a controller and more like a hightech police baton.

"There was talk, a long time ago, about mapping people's faces on to characters, However, there were concerns that people would stick real faces on it - such as Gordon Brown - and then spend all day shooting them. The world wasn't ready for that." says Mr Ogden of c&vg.com.

We still would.