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Homeland Security May Use Wii Balance Boards to Test if You're Nervous

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A $20 million project funded by Homeland Security is researching ways to detect how suspicious you are by tracking your temperature, breathing, and eye movements. And get this: they've modified a Wii Balance board to check for nervous fidgeting/weight-shifting.

Too bad if you've got a sore leg, right? Thankfully, they're still investigating what level of uncomfortable shuffling would be deemed suspicious enough to call for a secondary screening.

The project is called Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST), and has also developed machines to measure the interval between heartbeats, and how deeply someone inhales.

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I would be nervous

because they were checking to see if I was nervous. People being suspicious or accusative of me makes me nervous. I am always a little nervous around people especially when confronted. Is it a crime to be a little shy these days?

Idiots

Getting into an aluminum tube that goes 500 mph at 35,000 feet never makes anyone nervous.I've flown a lot, and I still get nervous just before a flight.

"I don't endorse anything they say"
~Ron Paul On the 911 Truth movement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGyhlNY0y1k

and now we go to legalize

for todays Brave New World update

i didn't go to the link first

i thought they were accessing your Wii board through your cable or neighbours wireless internet.

Balancing acts to determine terrorist risk for air travel?

And they call us paranoid?

Oh, and I guess this means war on the high heeled-shoe industry. :P

I have endolymphatic hydrops.

I'd fail the Wii test. It is an inner ear condition that is in-curable. If I close my eyes, I tip over. I wonder if a note from my ear doc will help?? Please Mr homeland security man, don't send me to a FEMA camp, it isn't my fault, it's a balance system problem!!

Paul.

more waste of money from an unconstitutional department

and terrorist organization.

Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
Benjamin Franklin

The bureaucracy has way too much

of other people's money to throw around on their paranoid projects.

I can't help but wonder,

I can't help but wonder, what about all the people with social anxiety disorder, and other anxiety disorders, agorophobia, etc. Will all these people become suspects when they've done nothing wrong?

I guess

they would send us somewhere for 'help" or "treatment"

I have a mild seizure disorder that makes me shakey sometimes and that makes me nervous or being nervous makes me more shakey. I would be screwed.

There oughta be a similar

There oughta be a similar device for testing bureaucrats, civil servants, elected and unelected office holders, law enforcement personnel, all other government employees and contractor employees in general. The test scores should be part of their employment record and posted to the web. The test should be conducted once a month to early detect infiltration, black mail, conspirators, thieves and real or potential terrorist within the governmental structures. Can we get a House Bill started on this right away?

I have Tourette's

I'm screwed.

I am screwed too

I like to have some beer before flying (^_^)

Thanks for the all important first bump patriot.
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