UAB students' Nintendo Wii CPR earns American Heart Association support

Undergraduate researchers develop technology using popular Nintendo controller

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The American Heart Association has pledged $50,000 to fund the work of University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) biomedical engineering undergraduate students who are working to develop a computer program that teaches CPR using hand-held remote controls from the Nintendo® Wii video game console.