research
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Kinect-Rigged Robot Could Help With Future Quake Recovery
An earthquake fixed attention and sympathy this week on New Zealand, where more than 100 died and more than 200 still are missing. Authorities probing the rubble surrounding Christchurch find some buildings too unsafe to enter. A Kinect-enabled robot, developed by British researchers, could help in such situations.
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Can We Stop Blaming Games For Childhood Obesity Now?
The United States has been growing increasingly more obese over the past few decades, and video games are often cited as one of the key factors behind this meteoric rise in pounds-per-person. Now researchers say that isn’t necessarily true.
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Kinect Can’t Just Read Your Motions, It Can Capture Them Too
We’ve already seen one way Microsoft’s Kinect can be used to help bedroom game developers, but here’s another, more exciting one: it can allow for home-grown motion capture.
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What Do Women Look For In A Video Game?
Pretty much the same thing as I do, it turns out. Am I a female gamer?