Microsoft have just made a mini Kinect that fits on your wrist to scan and record your hand/finger positions Pretty nifty if you ask me... To see their tech in action take a look at this video on the 'Microsofresearch' youtube channel
For me, Kinect is very cool tech'. Not only did it take a whole motion capture studio and placed it inside a box, but it's also cheap enough to be bundled with a games console... Sure, I know some will argue that it's not that accurate, but you know what - there are always those wanting to spread doubt.
This new device is why I find Kinect cool - not because of what it can do, but because of what it will do. Remember Kinect is still the first version (2nd if you count the PC version). There are other companies making similar devices - in fact, this tech is not new at all... but it's packaging and delivery to the mass market is a game changer on many levels.
In a couple of years it's likely that Kinect 2 will be out with improved accuracy, finger and face recognition. From this there will be all sorts of applications (and some social questions too - not least Health and Safety) - A revolution of sensor/positioning/gesture/scanning tech is about to happen imo and even more importantly this revolution will combine these multi-disciplines in to one single product.
From mapping our world through LIDER (Light Detection And Ranging) as I mentioned in my 'Mapping the Future blogpost on the 25th September 2012' to Disney's new Augmented Reality Cake patent (!) This can of worm's has only just been pierced. Some-one hand me a can opener! ;-)
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