Nintendo files patent for smart fluid joysticks which could stop stick drift

Nintendo has filed a patent for a new controller which would include a ‘smart fluid’ in its joysticks, in a change that may help stop stick drift – a problem which has affected Nintendo Switch owners since the release of the console in 2017.As VGC reports, the patent describes the utilization of “magnetorheological fluid” – a type of smart fluid that can change in viscosity when subjected to a magnetic field. In this context, this can seemingly be used

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