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Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A NEW KIND OF INTERFACE Computers are fantastic machines, no matter the size, category or application. For all the conveniences computers have given the modern world, they’re still largely dependent on the human element, as they can only perform those tasks that we tell them to. Even the automated tasks have to be programmed by someone. Thus, the importance of communication between human and machine via feedback and...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Traditional and mobile computing are great and even very futuristic in many ways. For all of the advances, however, there is still one pesky little problem: We still have to touch something. This week, Microsoft researchers will descend on Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend the 25th Association for Computing Machinery Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, or UIST. Here, some of these researchers will be showing off...

NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 5W Public Relations, one of the 25 largest independent Public Relations firms in the U.S., is proud to announce it is working with the videogame company, Majesco Entertainment on their latest release, NBA Baller Beats. Since early September, 5WPR has been working on executing numerous media opportunities for the Xbox Kinect game, which is now in stores. NBA Baller Beats is a first of its kind video game that tests basketball skills with a real...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online MIT researchers have developed a prototype sensor array that can be worn on the chest to automatically map out an environment surrounding the wearer. The wearable sensor system can create a digital map of the environment that the person who is using it is moving in. During experiments, students wore the sensor system while wandering halls at MIT. The sensors wirelessly relayed data back to a laptop in a conference room, and...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Some days you read stories about new discoveries in the field of science which explain previously unexplained phenomena and behaviors. Other days, you read stories which seem as needless as adding foundation and support beams to the formations of Monument Valley. These stories do nothing more than provide proof for common sense concepts which require no extra support and provide no real benefit other than keeping these scientists...

MyHotElectronics.com is offering deals on various Xbox 360 accessories, including Xbox Live Gold Memberships, controllers, headsets, consoles and more. Detroit, Michigan (PRWEB) September 18, 2012 MyHotElectronics.com is offering large deals on various Xbox 360 accessories, such as controllers, Xbox Live cards, headsets and more. The Xbox Live 12-Month Gold membership card is available for $42.48, down from the regular price of $59.99. The Xbox Live membership allows for gamers to talk...

BALTIMORE, Sept. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Polk Audio®, the Speaker Specialists®, and Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business jointly announce a new collaboration that will position Polk as a strategic premium audio solution partner for Xbox 360. Nearly 70 million consoles have been sold worldwide, and a recent Strategy Analytics study shows that 65 percent of US-based Xbox users under the age of 25 rely on it as their go-to device for online TV show and movie streaming....

ZeroUI’s technology, being unveiled at Techcrunch Disrupt Conference, uses 3D camera devices such as Microsoft Kinect™, to allow anyone to create 3D models on the fly using just their hands. Cupertino, CA (PRWEB) September 10, 2012 ZeroUI (http://www.zeroui.com), developer of gesture applications, platforms and interfaces for 3D camera enabled devices such as Microsoft Kinect, is unveiling world’s first gesture based hands free 3D modeling technology at the Techcrunch Disrupt...

Leading sports science firm partners with IMG Academy to provide biomechanical analysis for athletes. Cutting edge lab to launch at Bradenton campus. Bradenton, FL (PRWEB) September 05, 2012 Motus Global, a leading human performance technology firm, has teamed up with IMG Academy as the exclusive motion capture technology provider to the world-renowned education and sports training institution. Motus will establish a studio at IMG Academy to provide cutting-edge motion capture...

Enid Burns for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A group of Swedish researchers are hoping to tap into the installed base of over 18 million Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect owners to create 3D scans of objects, their homes, and even themselves. Kinect@Home is a group of three academics who want to take large volumes of 3D modeling to analyze and create algorithms to improve robotics and computer vision software. To date, the project has 154 Kinect models. The group of three researchers...