Kinect Helps Surgeons Save Valuable Time

[Rigs83]

Now if only they could make some decent games for it.

That is simply awesome. Glad to see the tech is useful for something. Gaming though.. i don't know

I like how the kinect is so very useful except for the one thing it was created for. It is sooooooo cool....except in gameing.

I dunno about you guys, but I really liked the Child of Eden trailer. &nbsp

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I saw it at PAX East and it had that creepy sexual vibe that too many Japanese games seem to have, I kept seeing a a giant flower blossoming and an orgasming Asian naked lady pop out of it on a huge twelve foot wide projection screen. You could say you see a lot of strange things at a PAX East convention, you could say you can see a lot of strange Japanese games, I guess you can say that you you see a lot strange Japanese games at a PAX East convention.

 

[Formica Archonis]

Y'know, selling these things at a profit instead of using them as a loss leader was the smartest thing Microsoft ever did.

 

[dragontiers]

As always when I read a story like this, I am amazed at what people can come up with to use some of these peripherals for. Although, I do wonder, if this is such a common occurrence during surgery and such a potential waste of time when someones life could be on the line, why didn't someone come up with something before now? I mean, even a simple voice command interface program could have been set up to allow doctors to view these scans on a monitor placed out of the way but within view of the operating table. Then again, I'm not an engineer, so maybe there are more problems with this idea than I am aware of. Anyways, kudos to the guys who figured this out.

 

[SaintWaldo]

Reading this grasping fluff killed valuable time.

Wow, you're a huge tool. Congratulations!

On topic: This is actually really interesting. Microsoft should have marketed Kinect as a general hands-free input device from the start, since it's a failure as a gaming peripheral.

Wow, your opinions on both topics are equally useless. Neat trick.

 

[JerrytheBullfrog]

Reading this grasping fluff killed valuable time.

Wow, you're a huge tool. Congratulations!

On topic: This is actually really interesting. Microsoft should have marketed Kinect as a general hands-free input device from the start, since it's a failure as a gaming peripheral.

Wow, your opinions on both topics are equally useless. Neat trick.

Aw, you're adorable, Junior. Keep being a dick with worthless opinions.

If you can't see how this is potentially useful, you're blind.

 

[teebeeohh]

do people who bought a kinect when it was released or got one for Christmas actually use those things, except to hack it and turn it into something awesome