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The Wii Fit is a video game developed by Nintendo for the Wii console and was released in Japan on December 1, 2007, and then later in other regions in April and May 2008. Here we take a brief look at this new product which has, and still is taking the world by storm.

Health and fitness: getting a Wii bit fitter. Sorry about the pun but this really is the case. Wii Fit is the popular fitness phenomenon for the Nintendo Wii and you are sure to want to buy one if you haven't got one already that is.

It is believed that fitness video games that have the user perform lower-body balance and weight-shifting activities could help patients with weight-bearing rehabilitation after an injury or surgery. In addition, games that focus on upper body movement patterns could be helpful in a rehabilitation centre as well.

The game tracks a user's "Wii Fitness Age" through a body test basing the result on the user's current age, weight, and balance. Furthermore, Wii Fit allows its players to compare their fitness by using it's own channel on the Wii Menu. The focus of these activities is towards providing a "core" workout, a popular exercise method that emphasizes slower, controlled motions, but it's the fun approach to fitness of Wii Fit that will keep players hooked on fitness for years to come.

You will be guided through the stages with the help of your own virtual personal trainer, while the balance games will offer you variety and fun to help keep you engaged and excited about your fitness goals. This console certainly turns your living room into a fitness centre for the whole family.

The Wii Fit has opened a large door that allows many more medically challenged people a way to exercise safely and of course is also designed to be enjoyed by the whole family.

John Milligan.

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The mass spectrometer is an instrument that can measure the masses and relative concentrations of atoms and molecules and Mass Spectrometry is an analytical technique that identifies the chemical composition of a compound or sample based on the mass-to-charge ratio of charged particles. The design of a mass spectrometer has three essential modules, an ion source-which transforms the molecules in a sample into ionized fragments, a mass analyzer-which sorts the ions by their masses by applying electric, and magnetic fields and a detector-which measures the value of some indicator quantity and thus provides data for calculating the abundances each ion fragment present.

The mass spectrometer technique has both qualitative and quantitative uses, such as-
1. Identification of unknown compounds
2. Determining the isotopic composition of elements in a compound
3. Determining the structure of a compound by observing its fragmentation
4. Quantifying the amount of a compound in a sample using carefully designed methods
5. Studying the fundamentals of gas phase in ion chemistry
6. Determining other physical, chemical or biological properties or compounds.

Mass spectrometers are sensitive detectors of isotopes based on their masses. They are used in carbon dating and other radioactive dating processes. The combination of a mass spectrometer and a gas chromatograph makes a powerful tool for the detection of trace quantities of contaminants or toxins. A number of satellites and spacecraft have mass spectrometers for the identification of the small numbers of particles intercepted in space.

Mass spectrometers are also widely used in space missions to measure the composition of plasmas. Foe example, the cassini spacecraft carries the Cassini Plasma spectrometer (CAPS), which measures the mass of ions in Saturn's magnetosphere.

Mass spectrometry is an important method for the characterization of proteins. Pharmacokinetics is often studied using mass spectrometry because of the complex nature of the matrix (often blood or urine).

Mass spectrometers are used for the analysis of residual gases in high vacuum systems.

An atom probe is an instrument that combines time-of-flight mass spectrometry and field ion microscopy to map the location of individual atoms.

This article is issue in public interest by Applied Instrument Technologies (AIT) is the process analytical technology business within Hamilton Sundstrand, a United Technologies company. AIT delivers process analytical technology solutions to the leading companies of the world. We design and manufacture robust process development and on-line analyzers for quantitative and qualitative analysis.

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