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| According to a report published in NewScientist.com, studies have shown that surgeons actually perform better if they are able to warm up with the Nintendo Wii first. Michael Reilly of NewScientist.com reported that, ” Kanav Kahol and Marshall Smith of the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, have found that surgical residents performed better during simulated surgery after playing on the Wii console.” The report goes on to highlight that, “Wii-playing residents scored 48 per cent higher on tool control and performance than those without the Wii warm-up.” These researchers found that games like Marble Mania are particularly good at honing a physician’s surgical abilities due to the precise movements the player must make with the Wii remote. Kahol and Smith are now in the process of developing a Wii-based surgery software that will act as an inexpensive training tool for aspiring surgeons. |