Nike and Wii hacked together, provides challenging workout

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While the Nintendo Wii isn’t going to be part of your daily workout regiment anytime soon, British tinkerer Nick Marsh managed to cobble together a hack that merges a pair of Nike sneakers with Wii circuitry, sending your standard Wii fitness exercises into overdrive. Sensors are located within the shoes’ soles, requiring an increased amount of effort and movement to control the standard Wii Balance Board functions without sacrificing accuracy. This is clearly an innovative project, and it would be interesting to see whether future gaming peripherals will take such a route. One thing’s for sure though, it isn’t something that everyone in the family can use since the controls seem to be embedded within the soles themselves, and you might want to get a pair of socks that have high absorbency to go along with it.

Edwin Kee
Categories: Gaming, Top Stories
Tags: Hacking, Mod, nike, nintendo wii, wii