Is there anything the Wii won’t be used for?

I won’t lie, I love the Wii.  I am hoo­ked on MLB Power Pro’s.  I haven’t pla­yed anything that lets you feel more into the games than this.  I know the graphics aren’t as high qua­lity as the big boys, but the motion con­tro­llers more then make up for it.

Besi­des all the pro­grams that help get you in shape like the Wii Fit and the new Wii Active, now the Ame­ri­can Heart Asso­cia­tion is wor­king on crea­ting a new pro­gram to teach CPR to the public.

I have had to take CPR trai­ning a few times and I must say, I feel more com­for­ta­ble with trai­ned experts around then my TV yelling at me.  I am not sure how this pro­gram will work, but there is something to human interaction.

A bio­me­di­cal engi­nee­ring pro­fes­sor at the Uni­ver­sity of Ala­bama at Bir­mingham envi­sio­ned a pro­gram for home com­pu­ters that could sync via wire­less with the Wii remote, and train users on pro­per resus­ci­ta­tion of peo­ple who have suf­fe­red car­diac arrest. The stu­dents hope to make the pro­gram avai­la­ble for down­load this fall, free of charge, on the Ame­ri­can Heart Association’s website.

It’s not a bad idea to incor­po­rate such a widely-used device as the Wii into CPR trai­ning, and cer­tainly chea­per than buying a CPR dummy for prac­tice. But when it comes to per­for­ming the real deal, we remain par­tial to the CPR glove that repre­sents a win­ner of Popsci’s Inven­tions Awards from 2007.

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