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 »
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.
And it was made by a college student, too. Very impressive.
Heartbeat visualizer lets your ticker power a light show (video)Engadget
It may look like something that’d be at home in iTunes, but this visualizer developed by NYU student Phan V is linked to something even more unique to you than your music collection. With the aid of a mic’d up stethoscope, it’s able to visualize a person’s heartbeat in a manner that has quite a bit more punch than the usual means — the person’s pulse rate determines the speed of the animation, while the volume of the heartbeat captured determines the brightness. Practical? Maybe not, but you can check it out in action in the video after the break.
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