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Fit to fly? Balance Board tapped to detect shifty characters at airports
by Mike Smith
Buzz up!
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.
The next step in the War on Terrorism?
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.
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Hmm, interesting.
So if I were to accidentally tip slightly, I might be listed as a potential terrorist...
The idea is good, but the way it's determined is rather faulty.
[QUOTE=CanibalMonke;17765935]So if I were to accidentally tip slightly, I might be listed as a potential terrorist...[/QUOTE]
No, it's if you have constant shifts in balance.
You know, as if you were on ecstacy.
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Or you have a bomb.
[QUOTE=jjsullivan;17765946]No, it's if you have constant shifts in balance.
You know, as if you were on ecstacy.
[editline]05:55PM[/editline]
Or you have a bomb.[/QUOTE]
So I'll be like I'm on ectasy when I have a bomb? Awesome.
So everyone who is late for their flight, and nervous about missing it, will be pulled over to the side for a bomb check?
Great Idea!
Isn't it normal to be nervous through a security check?
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;17767420]Isn't it normal to be nervous through a security check?[/QUOTE]
You shouldn't be nervous if you have nothing to hide.
/propaganda
What if you have ecstasy AND a bomb or two
If you "trigger" the reaction they expect someone with bad intentions, you're just gonna stand there in shock and confusion like when you set the security off at a shopping centre, waiting for a staff member to either call you over or tell you to ignore it. The look of confused innocence.
At least it's a better system then "randomly" checking every arab.
This is pretty fucking idiotic. There's been less attacks, and there would be even less if we just stopped being retarded.
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;17767420]Isn't it normal to be nervous through a security check?[/QUOTE]
I agree. This is just going to start a, "guilty until proven innocent" mentality.
[QUOTE=BLU Sandvich;17767797]What if you have ecstasy AND a bomb or two[/QUOTE]
They obviously cancel each other out.
looky there its a fancy vidyer gamething, i bet you could use it catch terrorists
TSA - We protect your rights, by ignoring them.
[QUOTE=MedicWine;17769947]looky there its a fancy vidyer gamething, i bet you could use it catch terrorists[/QUOTE]
Yeee
What if you have a chronic fear of the metal detector beeping, or you really hate flying?
I can't trust the TSA or the DHS after reading Little Brother. Looks like I have to sell my Wii now.
[QUOTE=jjsullivan;17765946]No, it's if you have constant shifts in balance.
You know, as if you were on ecstacy.
[editline]05:55PM[/editline]
Or you have a bomb.[/QUOTE]
Or really tired / annoyed / bothered since you have been standing there for hours.
Article seems a little bit, pro-Wii perhaps? :raise:
[QUOTE=Darrylop;17770433]I can't trust the TSA or the DHS after reading Little Brother. Looks like I have to sell my Wii now.[/QUOTE]
They aren't tapping into your Wii at home... They are just using the technology in the pad... If you use your Wii in your house, you won't be randomly contacted by the FBI for terrorism.
Well personally if I'm standing in a long line for long periods of time I'd begin to shift my weight around.
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