Sweet... the cancer council should start buying all the PS3's available in the world - that should "fix" cancer ;)

(be ironic if donated money to help cure cancer ends up going to Sony for PS3 purchases :>). 

Seriously though, you could collate *reasonable* information about someone's health pretty easily. It wouldn't diagnose illnesses, or do most things a "doctor" would - but in terms of general "health" (title of the game/app), I think it could do a pretty decent job.

Did Kinetic have a heart rate or pulse monitor? It would be pretty easy to add something to the Wiimote for this, and just plug it in.

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I think this will not only sell through the roof (easy for kids to convince parents of a purchase - or the other way around?), but will sell a lot of systems. Another killer-app, in the Wii Sports category...? 

I think the whole concept is pretty stupid, but then, I am a 14 year old who has no need of a hospital check-up.

I guess it could do okay, maybe even the news would give it good press

Disclaimers aren't worth jack squat in the USA when it comes to medical liability. The system is so screwed up. That's why health insurance has gone through the roof and it costs a fortune to bring drugs and medical devices to market.

Kinetic did not include a HRM.  It used the EyeToy to monitor the user's movement and provide feedback.

And I agree that the Wiimote's sensors plus additional input from the user could help a user monitor/track a very general level of physical fitness.  (You were able to do 30 jumping jacks in a minute today versus 15 a week ago.)  But I still don't think that type of information let's the system judge a person's health.  And I really don't see Nintendo sending the information to someone else to be evaluated.  The title of this product will probably change in the future; it would be better to call it Wii Fitness and exclude any reference to the word 'health'.

With all the 'exercise' one gets with Wii Sports, I'm not sure everyone will be keen on picking up this new title.  But it will give the Wii great press and will sell to those looking for something to help them along.

(For the record, I am a certified group fitness instructor (AFAA).  I'm not a doctor and do not have a medical background.  And I like to think I'm in decent physical shape. )