Opposable Thumbs / Gaming & Entertainment  Wii will develop
surgical skills  While it has long been known that gaming skill
can help surgeons, some …  When Trauma Center: New Blood was
released with the Nintendo Wii, gamers who were lucky enough to
find the console were able to pretend to take part in complex
"medical" procedures requiring fine motor control and a steady
hand. While the missions in the game had only a passing
resemblance to anything a real doctor would perform, many gamers
wondered how they would fare in the real world. It turns out
that, with a bit of additional training, they might do pretty
well. At least one hospital is now using the Nintendo Wii to
improve the hand-eye coordination of their surgeons and finding
that the improvements seen in game-trained doctors are
striking.   "The whole point about surgery is to execute small,
finely controlled movements with your hands," Dr. Kanav Kahol
told The Guardian. "Then we saw people using the Wii and noticed
the precision of some movements loo