Could A Wii Balance Board Fight Terrorism?

[DrDeath3191]

I doubt that the measurements from the board alone would suffice as evidence of ill-will. Maybe if you combined it with some other tech, but as it stands it's kind of a silly idea.

 

[brewbeard]

People nervous about flying and people who hate crowds, not to mention germophobes and anyone who's stressed out while flying (imagine that) will probably set this bugger off.

 

[Zer_]

I fidget 24/7. If my fingers aren't doing something, I start to panic. This is a - pardon my French - fucking stupid idea. Also, I naturally get nervous when going through any security check even though there's nothing to be nervous about. I just 'do'.

Looks like I'm not travelling to the US anytime soon.

Agreed. Polygraphs are totally bullshit, so what makes them think these things are going to work?!

 

[TsunamiWombat]

Fidgiting is an indicator? I'm ADD. I fidgit CONSTANTLY, and shift back and forth. Standing still makes me UNCOMFORTABLE.

 

[LeonLethality]

If you're the least bit afraid of flying, but suck it it, you're going to be a little nervous, if anything, the terrorist would be very calm.
here's how the board cn actually fight terrorism.
In 3 steps!
1. Grab a board!
2. grab a terrorist!
3. hit terrorist with board!
mightt even work with other obojects!

such as a chair or a large bear statue even a goldfish bowl its fun approved (ages 4 and up some assembly required)

 

[Fritzvalt]

I was really hoping to click on this article and see somebody getting beaten with a balance board. It was a happy thought.

 

[DamienHell]

Thats not a good idea, like cantfakethefunk said, I fidget in lines aswell.

 

[Singing Gremlin]

hah! do the xbox or PS3 get used for military porpuses? i thought not.

360 controllers are used all the time to fly UAVs. Haw!

At least, we do. Can't even afford a bloody joystick for our troops over here...

More the the point, how the hell do you even get a success rate? I mean, you can hardly reproduce the "are you a terrorist" feeling in any subject, thus is hardly going to work in an actual environment. Unless they just grab people in airports, slam them in the mighty terrorist detecting-chair, shout "Are you a terrorist?!" Then rifle through their pockets for hand grenades to check.

Hell, that'd be an awesome way to run airport security

 

[Hookman]

A balance board could very easily stop terrorism. Just hit a terrorist over the head with it...its about the only thing a balance board is good for.