Check out this news item on Wired:

Steve Mollman writes:

Nintendo games have made the Wii controller a satisfyingly realistic controller for pretend tennis, golf and baseball. But how about using it to practice doing surgery, applying pesticides or operating a nuclear power plant?

Real-world simulations like these are perfectly suited to Nintendo’s Wiimote, says MIT research fellow David E. Stone. In fact, he claims the motion-sensitive controller is “one of the most significant technology breakthroughs in the history of computer science.” Say what?

Read the whole article at http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/news/2007/07/wiimote