According to a rumor, the next Xbox’s controller may feature the ability to detect a “squeeze” from the user as input, possibly for ID’ing the player. Hey, it’s bound to work better than the Kinect’s Facial Recognition….
Here’s Hoping The Next Xbox Really Does Feature Squeeze-Controls [Durango]Kotaku
A report over at Engadget shows a patent filed by Microsoft for a device that uses “personalization using a hand-pressure signature.” The image in their patent filing is a chunky, lovable Xbox 360 controller that, going by the title, will be able to detect your identity based on your hand-pressure via a “presure sensitive surface.” And maybe read your fingerprints? More »
I’ve always wanted to check out one of these places, and see how my great-grandparents disposed of their spare change.
What Arcades Looked Like Before Video Games [Arcades]Kotaku
The word “arcade” is these days synonymous with video games, but it wasn’t always that way. More »
It’s like Cub Scouts all over again- only this time I don’t have Power Rangers on TV to distract me from earning these babies.
This might actually become a viable reality, once we create the most important artificial organ of all- the brain.
I'm going to build this, and see if I can't use it to help me build my new Iron Man suit.
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Hey! I'm Mike, this is my blog. and my dream is to use my middling tech skills to make the world a better place (not in the techno-libertarian, "the world is a better place if I get mine" sense, but in the actual, "I want to help" sense).
