Last year at CES, IK Multimedia unveiled its iRig Stomp as a foot switch controller for wrangling the outfit's Amplitube software for iOS. Here at NAMM though, the company has cast off the wired connection for the Bluetooth-sporting iRig BlueBoard MIDI foot pedal.

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Each tower must be networked and linked to a master controller or switch in order that all towers can talk to each other.

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In the interests of simplifying the man-machine interface, the Lexus unit combines four buttons, one rocker switch and one compass controller, which is as delicate as a Norden bomb sight.

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And the true train and public transit buffs won't shy away from the RailDriver train controller, complete with a throttle, break, reverser, switch controls and 35 programmable buttons.

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Instead of using a controller like on the original PlayStation 2 game, players will tap on-screen buttons to switch between weapons.

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By using a controller device called the WACI NX you could turn on the TV, turn on the XBOX, switch to the correct input on the TV, and send the PLAY command to XBMC all in 1 button press on your PSP.

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