News Report #2

“Wii 'Fit' links user data to health care experts”
Feb. 3, 2009
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090203f1.html


Nintendo Game Co. is stepping up their technology in today’s world. How would it be to work out at home and on your own schedule and get professional advice sent to you by e-mail? Well, this is a new idea that Nintendo has come up with. Wii Fit is a game that helps you work out in the comfort of your own home and reads you weight and other data every time you step on the board. This data is saved on your device so you are able to track your progress. Nintendo came up with the idea of taking this stored information and sending it to health care professionals to review. Since the Wii can be hooked up to the internet, this makes it all the more easier to send the data off. The doctors will receive your information and if they have any suggestions or concerns they will e-mail you with their thoughts.

So is this a good idea? I feel this might help out many people who are trying to loss weight and are feeling stuck. For many, losing weight is a huge task and sometimes may feel defeated and just want to give up. By someone talking to you and reinsuring you that you are making progress may be the key to helping many lose the needed weight. Some will probably love the idea of getting the extra help with out having to go to the doctors all the time. I feel, others may think of this as a privacy issue and not want their weight and other information passed around. I do believe that this is a great idea for a video game to be doing.

It’s crazy to think that people need a game to help them work out, but it seems it may be the only thing for many people. Technology has come a long way for a just a video game to also become a work out machine. What will they come up with next?