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Xbox kinect

Ma ljudi pričajte šta hoćete al meni kinect deluje kao jako interesantna stvar, ipak govorimo o novoj vrsti kontrolera, a koliko vidim već su neki drugi proizvođači počeli da ih kopiraju, među njima Asus npr. sa svojim WAVI Xtion-om koga je predstavio na ovogodišnjem CeBIT-u: http://www.itmarket.rs/news.php?article_id=1155 Model je inače namenjen PC tržištu mada i Kinect može da se zbudži da šljaka na kompu ;)
 
http://www.1up.com/news/kinect-medical-research

We've gone through many of the best modified uses of Kinect in the past. Cool as many of them may be, holding a stick so it shows up on-screen as a lightsaber isn't the most practical use of this technology. A professor at the University of Minnesota has found a new potential use for Kinect that Microsoft may not have ever imagined, and it's one "that could change medicine."
After laughing at the prospect of purchasing a Kinect for research, in so doing, Professor Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos has saved researchers more than $100,000, The Minnesota Daily reports. Several Kinect devices are being used as a video monitoring system to keep an eye on children playing with toys as part of a collaboration to diagnose mental disorders such as OCD and ADD. Data from the cameras is tweaked and then given to doctors.

"As a doctor, you don't have tangible data," Papanikolopoulos explained. "We try to provide the tools in order to back up claims of a mental disorder."

He suggests the possibility that this data could eventually be used to help make diagnoses. They would be able to do this, keep in mind, with Kinect. "Is a $100,000 system being outsmarted by a $150 toy?" he asked. "Indeed this is the case." He also referred to its usage as a "tremendous step forwards."

The process is still being worked out. Once it's complete, the Institute of Child Development will take over and try putting it into practice.

"Something we can do three years down the line, we can do it today because of technology that was destined for the gaming industry," he said. "I don't think Microsoft has realized that [Kinect] is something that could change medicine."

So, sorry, weird-Japanese-first-person-virtual-gaming-hack, but you're no longer the most impressive modified Kinect use in town.
 
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