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Microsoft Kinect With World of Warcraft 80

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 28, 2010 @07:26AM from the get-some-exercise-while-you-raid dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies have developed software that enables control of PC video games using the Microsoft Kinect sensor. Their toolkit, known as the Flexible Action and Articulated Skeleton Toolkit (FAAST), emulates custom-configured keyboard controls triggered by body posture and specific gestures. This video shows a user playing the online game World of Warcraft using the Kinect. Potential applications of this technology include video games for motor rehabilitation after stroke and reducing childhood obesity through healthy gaming."

Submission + - Fair Use not for microsoft (wired.com)

Submitted by Fentekreel on Wednesday November 24, 2010 @09:35PM

Fentekreel writes: Seems like Microsoft has found a way to exclude themselves from the fair use policy.

AT&T To Allow Xbox 360 As U-verse Set-Top Box 62

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 08, 2010 @03:27PM from the convergent-evolution dept.

suraj.sun sends this quote from Engadget about U-verse subscribers soon gaining the ability to use an Xbox 360 as a set-top box: "A so-called Wired Release will roll out to AT&T U-verse customers next Sunday, and it'll bring the long awaited feature with it (though you'll have to wait until November 7th for that particular aspect). This means an AT&T U-verse customer's Xbox 360 will have a Dashboard app, and when launched, it'll let it function exactly like any other U-verse set-top. The only major catch is that it can't be the only set-top — you'll need at least one DVR at another TV in the house to enjoy one of the four HD streams that could be funneled into your home."

Comcast Warns Customers Suspected of Bot Infection 196

Posted by Soulskill on Monday October 04, 2010 @06:21PM from the wonder-what-this-does-when-it-detects-torrents dept.

eldavojohn writes "Comcast is pushing a new program nationwide that warns customers if they might have a bot infection. It puts a semitransparent overlay on the top of the website you're viewing, warning you that you may have a bot installed if the provider detects botnet traffic from your residence. Of course, if you have multiple machines running behind a router or modem then you're going to have a difficult time pinning down which machine might have the infection."

Microsoft's Free, Online Version of Office To Premiere This Week 264

Posted by timothy on Sunday May 09, 2010 @04:42PM from the file-formats-matter dept.

walterbyrd writes "Microsoft will offer an online version of Office 2010 for free. I have to wonder, will this remain free indefinitely? Or is Microsoft just trying to firmly establish its OOXML standard, then go back to business as usual?" Probably a harder sell after Google's acquisition of DocVerse.

Comment Re:Android (Score 1) 150

by Fentekreel on Wednesday April 21, 2010 @03:46PM (#31929804) Attached to: Google Acquires Chip Maker Startup Agnilux

Not really android is pretty much just what a tablet and touch screen interface is for. as for fiber they've been doing that for a while i'v read. I hope the are a JOAT soon :) i'd take their internet gladly.

Researchers Discover That Sand Behaves Like Water 192

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday June 27, 2009 @09:34AM from the not-in-your-stomach dept.

Xeger writes "University of Chicago researchers have found that streams of sand can behave in a similar manner to liquids, forming water-like droplets when poured from a funnel. To obtain these results, they dropped their expensive high-speed camera from a height of several meters and observed the sand forming into droplets — something that shouldn't happen without surface tension. These findings suggest that conventional engineering wisdom about sand, dirt and other grainy materials needs to be rethought, and that it might be possible to apply fluid dynamics to some solids problems."

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