Nintendo recently won a patent case over their Wii Balance Board technology. Ithica Ventures and Ithica Development sued Nintendo in 2013, claiming the technology used in the balance board infringed ...

Wii users worried about spending too much time sitting idle will soon be able to keep fit using their console after Nintendo announced a new training title and add-on. The Wii Balance Board will come ...

One of the side effects of multiple sclerosis, a disease that strips nerves of a protective layer called myelin in the central nervous system, is impaired mobility. The estimated 2.3 million people ...

Italian researchers say the Nintendo Wii Balance Board has therapeutic applications, provoking changes in brain connections associated with balance and coordination that reduce the risk of accidental ...

Google used its booth at Macworld this year to show off some of the things it was working on with Apple, particularly for the iPhone. But the coolest thing at their booth didn’t have much to do with ...

Nintendo’s legal team just earned a star, a bunch of bananas, and a piece of the Triforce. The gaming company won a patent case in Seattle federal court against Ithaca Ventures and Ithaca Development, ...

Therapy based on the Nintendo® Wii Balance Board can help improve balance in children with cerebral palsy, according to an analysis published in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. For the ...

The Wii Balance Board could end up saving lives someday, or at least helping out a bit. Nintendo Wii controllers are finding many a use other than wild arm-flailing fun and embarrassing television ...

Although the Japanese packaging states that it is designed to support people weighing up to 136 kilograms (300 pounds) and the "Western" Balance Board up to 150 kg (330 pounds), they are actually the ...

Nintendo will ship its Wii Fit Balance Board this holiday in Japan, allowing gamers to play a variety of fitness mini-games by shifting their center of gravity while standing on the board. But one ...