videogames.yahoo.com - 10/11/2009
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October 7 2:42 P.M. Nervous flyers, beware: a Department of Homeland Security-funded project is investigating whether Wii Fit Balance Boards might be good ways to detect signs of tension or unease in airport security lines. As somewhere over 20 million Wii Fit owners know, the Balance Board can ...
incgamers.com - 10/15/2009
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General Screenshot A couple of days ago we
reported that US airports may soon utilise the Wii...
balance board possibly for security purposes. Speaking to IncGamers, a senior advisor to the Department of Homeland Security from the White House has said ...
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DHS Investigating Using Wii Balance Boards for Airport Security
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... (via Yahoo! Games) that the Department of Homeland Security is investigating whether Wii Balance Boards can be used in airport security lines to identify unusually fidgety passengers who can be targeted for a more focused screening. ...
New airpot security: Wii Fit Balance Boards
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... passengers who may have ulterior motives for flying.
“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,” the CNN article said.
Eye trackers, heart rate monitors, and respiratory measurers are just a few of the products that researchers are testing in anticipation for future release.
Source: Yahoo! Games
Homeland Security may use Wii Balance Board to nab airport security threats
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If you find yourself spilling left and right whenever you try to play one of those balance games on Wii Fit, you might want to work on your coordination before your next big trip.
According to a report from Yahoo! Games
, the Department of Homeland Security is looking into possibly using Wii Balance Boards to detect especially fidgety airline passengers who might be planning trouble.
The project, called "Future Attribute Screening Technology" (FAST) will measure "psychological signs" that might hint at "whether ...
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