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There’s been a lot of talk recently about the dangers of the Wii remotes caused by the wrists straps breaking during game play. Nintendo answered by replacing the straps with a heavier corded strap. But what makes these remotes work? What makes them different from the normal remotes on most other gaming consoles? For starters, they use the same technology that activates a vehicle air bag, by using tiny devices called MEMS, micro-electro-mechanical systems, that can accurately sense three axes of acceleration: up and down, left to right, and forward and backward. Using an image sensor and tiny light emitting diodes in a “sensor bar” the remotes communicate with the Wii console via Bluetooth technology and infrared.