Linked Wii Balance Boards help children learn balance skills

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University students have created a system for building balance skills in physically challenged children, that incorporates five linked Wii Balance Boards
(Photos courtesy Rice University)

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The custom technology designed by the students, that measures pressure on the handrails

Rice University's Team Equiliberators - the students who designed the system

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Can killing monsters help physically-challenged children learn to walk? It can if they’re virtual monsters, that are part of a balance-developing system created by engineering and computer game design students from Houston’s Rice University. Called the Equiliberator, the system consists of five linked Wii Balance Boards with two pressure-sensitive hand rails running along either side, all of which are linked by Bluetooth to a PC running a custom-designed video game. Children using the setup are able to kill on-screen monsters, by successfully performing exercises that build their balance skills.

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