At the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Child Development in Minneapolis, Microsoft’s Kinect is being put to a novel use: detecting autism. New Scientist reports that researchers have equipped a ...

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Researchers at the University of Minnesota are playing around with Microsoft's Kinect sensors as part of some important work: finding ways to diagnose autism earlier. In fact, the university was ...

Kinect might not be the greatest way to play video games, despite its introduction via the Xbox (unless you really, really like dancing), but the technology is still being unraveled as more and more ...

Video games may be the latest tool in the drive to diagnose autism earlier in life. Researchers at the University of Minnesota are using Microsoft’s Xbox 360 game console and Kinect sensor in an ...

THE noise level is rising at the Shirley G. Moore Laboratory School. Children are charging through the classroom shouting, playing, picking up toys and tossing them around. All the while, in the ...

Another day, another amazing use for Kinect which has almost nothing to do with games. According to a report in New Scientist, Microsoft's motion control tech is being used at the University of ...

Microsoft's Kinect sensors could automatically watch for signs of autism spectrum disorders in young children, New Scientist reported last week. Researchers from the University of Minnesota's ...

John Yan reviews games for a site called Gaming Nexus, so despite his initial lack of enthusiasm in the Xbox 360 Kinect motion controller, he knew he'd have to buy one when they came out. After all, ...

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