Wii: Physical Therapy's Popular New Tool
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Nintendo's Wii is fast becoming a craze in rehab therapy for patients recovering from strokes, broken bones, surgery and even combat injuries.
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Science & environment: Trainee surgeons are turning to game consoles, which boost dexterity, to hone their scalpel skills
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A bionic hand, controlled by the patient's mind and muscles, goes on the market
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A team of US researchers has shown that controlling devices with the brain is a step closer. Four people, two of them partly paralysed wheelchair users, successfully moved a computer cursor while wearing a cap with 64 electrodes.
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Blog: How close is modern science to an era when technology can restore lost motor functions. Scientists say we're getting close-but a huge effort still remains.
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Want a Nintendo Wii? Looks like you probably won't have to break a bottle over someone's head to get one.
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Soon you'll be able to run your kid's toy train, flip on the tube or channel surf without lifting a finger. A new Japanese technology developed by Hitachi lets you control electronic devices translates brain activity into electrical signals.
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Readers remark on the insidious "Wii" and building better bridges. Plus: Links to our most popular blog posts.
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By Troy Wolverton, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Dec. 16--Nintendo hoped the motion-sensing controller for its new Wii  console would get users excited and give the game machine some buzz.   It turns out that some Wii users got a little too excited.
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A novel set of input devices aim to reduce repetitive stress injuries by going vertical.
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Canadian students have given each other  a Wii workout to see if the top-selling videogame console can  get couch potatoes to work up a sweat.
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(HealthDay News) -- Physical therapy is an effective way to strengthen and improve muscles, tendons and ligaments that have been impaired, injured, or surgically repaired.
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The success of Nintendo's (7974.OS)  Wii video game console and franchises like Activision's   "Guitar Hero" have prompted companies to explore new  ways to allow players to control their games.
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The Wii is quickly solidifying itself as the gadget that is perpetually making us think, "Hm, I never thought of that, but it's a cool idea." From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.
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Kinesis Corporation(R), the leading innovator of ergonomic computer input devices, announces the launch of the Freestyle(TM) Convertible keyboard. The Freestyle design incorporates two years of intensive research including input from both ergonomists and health professionals.
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Nielsen reports 41 percent of U.S. homes with a TV are using a video-game console. The stat is the first salvo in game-related metrics. In Game|Life.
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A new generation of complex, electronic birth simulators allow medical students to practice labor and birth -- especially when there are complications. Meet the mannequins.