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Kinect Hacked To Perform Surgery
We’ve seen the Xbox 360 Kinect control robots before, but never robots with tasks this important. A group of graduate engineering students at the University of Washington are using Microsoft’s device to guide the actions of surgical robots. Scientists and engineers have been working for years to integrate gaming technology into the human-controlled robots that…
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Kinect Boxing Match Ends In Tactical Knock-Out
In Sweden, a team of cops stormed a couple’s home after a neighbor reported that five people were beating the crap out of a woman. Turns out they were all playing boxing on Kinect Sports. At least I hope that’s what Robert Johansson and his five friends were playing; otherwise they should have been arrested…
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Kinect-Controlled Gundam Mech Stands On Its Own One Foot
In the evolution of Kinect-controlled robotics, we’ve gone from a Roomba in November, to a robot moving its arms in December, now to one that may stand on one foot. We should be slaves to our robot overlords by May. This is a Kinect-controlled V-Sido humanoid robot, dressed to resemble a Gundam mech. Sort of…
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Would You Play Kinect Games In The Arcade?
The Game Gate VU is an arcade cabinet that houses an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 – a coin-op kiosk, more or less, with some other features. It’s now been outfitted for Kinect. Anybody seen one of these yet? BMI Gaming, a heavyweight distributor of arcade machines, lists the unit for $4,875 – with a…
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ReviewsReview: ilomilo’s Surprising Depth Is A Matter Of Perception
A pair of friends vow to meet each other in the park each day, despite a twisted world that strives to keep them apart. This is the simple story behind ilomilo, a puzzle game much deeper than initial appearances. Poor ilo and milo. Every day they venture into the park to spend valuable time together,…
By Mike Fahey
