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Coca-Cola Equips Vending Machines With Kinects, Lets You Dance For Free Cokes

Coca-Cola Equips Vending Machines With Kinects, Lets You Dance For Free Cokes | Science News | Scoop.it
Advertising shticks have come a long way, especially for companies like Coca-Cola. In an effort to retain its position as the number 1 global brand, the company has recently equipped vending machines with webcams and Microsoft Kinect sensors.
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Company uses Kinect to create a touchscreen out of any surface (w/ Video)

Company uses Kinect to create a touchscreen out of any surface (w/ Video) | Science News | Scoop.it
(Phys.org) -- Ubi Interactive has developed a display system that will convert virtually any surface to a touchscreen display using a conventional projector, a Microsoft Kinect device, and proprietary software running on a Windows based computer.
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[VIDEO] Niccolo Robot - Kinnect human following and interaction for Cornell Robot Learning

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Up close with Kinect Fusion

Up close with Kinect Fusion | Science News | Scoop.it
Microsoft research is augmenting the Kinect device with new 3D capabilities. The results are stunning.
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It’s time to start 3D scanning the world

It’s time to start 3D scanning the world | Science News | Scoop.it
Imagine if a robot could promptly recognize any object in a home or office or factory.

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Kinect weighs astronauts just by looking at them - tech - 23 December 2011 - New Scientist

Kinect weighs astronauts just by looking at them - tech - 23 December 2011 - New Scientist | Science News | Scoop.it
A body-tracking camera system built into Microsoft's Kinect gaming sensor will help calculate astronauts' weight in microgravity...
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Gaming treatment for autism used in Issaquah

Gaming treatment for autism used in Issaquah | Science News | Scoop.it
One in every 110 kids in the United States have autism , but the Lakeside Center for Autism in Issaquah is turning technology into treatment. ...
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[VIDEO] Kinect The Sines

BFA Music Tech Thesis by Colin Honigman. An interactive audio/visual installation that uses a Kinect camera for body tracking, transplanting user from physical space into a virtual space with playable objects.
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[VIDEO] Kinect controlled Interface

Kreek Prototype 2.1 Kinect controlled Interface Kreek is a Kinect controlled interface which extends a normally two-dimensional multi-touch environment by the perception of depth.
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Video: Controlling Your Kinect By Waggling Your Tongue

Tongue interface using the Kinect

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Microsoft Does Minority Report

Microsoft Does Minority Report | Science News | Scoop.it
Microsoft Does Minority Report...
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Robot Avatar Brushes Cat Remotely in Virtual Reality [Kinect, Wii, HMD, Treadmill, NAO]

This is the culmination of my last year's work. I control the robot's arms through the Kinect and Wii remotes. I control the robot's navigation through the Kinect and treadmill. I control the robot's head through the head mounted display (HMD). I also see through the robot's eyes with the HMD.

After doing this exercise, it became apparent that the next feature to add is hearing and speaking through the robot. Luckily both the NAO and my HMD have microphones and speakers so this shouldn't be too difficult.

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TUM robots 'Kinect' to sandwiches and popcorn

TUM robots 'Kinect' to sandwiches and popcorn | Science News | Scoop.it

A robotics team from the Technical University of Munich are now able to show an audience how their cuisine robots James and Rosie have graduated from a previously famous repertoire of sausages and pancakes to making salami and...

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Next Generation Kinect Will Read Lips | IdeaFeed | Big Think

Next Generation Kinect Will Read Lips | IdeaFeed | Big Think | Science News | Scoop.it

The next generation of the motion sensing technology Kinect, which is bundled with Microsoft's video game consul, may be advanced enough to read your lips. It may be able to read your emotional states, as well. "Kinect 2 will be so powerful it will enable games to detect when players are angry, and determine in which direction they are facing, and track the pitch and volume of player voices and facial characteristics to measure different emotional states."

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