Wii board helps physios strike a balance after strokes
From: NewScientist - 01/16/2010

When Ross Clark read in New Scientist (29 March 2008, p 26) that the US
military considered the Nintendo Wiimote controller accurate enough to
control bomb disposal robots, it set him thinking. Could the Wii's skiing and
snowboarding attachment, the balance board, help rehabilitate people who have
had a stroke? 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527435.300-wii-board-helps-physios-strike-a-balance-after-strokes.html

Links:
Wii and iPhone to help military control freaks
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19726495.800-wii-and-iphone-to-help-military-control-freaks.html

Validity and reliability of the Nintendo Wii Balance Board for assessment of standing balance
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T6Y-4XX26BC-2&_user=145269&_coverDate=12%2F11%2F2009&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000012078&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=145269&md5=1a52998e44c6993e21d0d37eb7983983

Wii Balance Board Beats $18,000 Medical Equipment
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/97557-Wii-Balance-Board-Beats-18-000-Medical-Equipment

Nintendo Wii Balance Board could prevent falls
http://newsroom.melbourne.edu/news/n-230