As somewhere over 20 million Wii Fit owners know, the Balance Board can detect your precise balance point, making it a perfect keep-fit tool — but the Future Attribute Screening Technology project hopes detecting physiological signs — including rapid shifts in balance — will help identify passengers who may have hostile intentions.

“Researchers took a Wii balance board…and altered it to show how someone’s weight shifts. Studies are now under way to determine whether there is a level of fidgeting that would suggest the need for secondary screening,” CNN said.

The Balance Board is just one of a suite of sensors the Boston-based project is trialing; others include eye trackers and devices that record respiratory and heart rates. Researchers say their goal is to have a system ready for field tests in 2011.” – Yahoo News!

Well I myself have a Nintendo Wii and i really like it( talk about getting an exercise while wasting your time on those mindless, adrenaline rush and explosive games which i dont complain about btw..) but to think that the Wii board will be used to catch suspicious characters on Airports wooot! Go Nintendo!.. now who said that game consoles are a waste huh?