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A group of graduate students at the University of Washington have modified the firmware and software of the Kinect to guide the actions of surgical robots.

The technology is still in its embryonic stages."For robotics-assisted surgeries, the surgeon has no sense of touch right now", Howard Chizeck, the university's professor of electrical engineering told the newswire. The hack doesn't actually allow surgeons to use Kinect for hands free operations. That's surely some years off yet. What the researchers have done is add force feedback so surgeons have an added sense when performing robotics assisted surgery.

And this is where the Kinect enters the frame, as Chizeck notes that the hacked unit adds the sense of touch and feeds information to the surgeon. The team reckons the set up could save $50,000 on the standard rig used to perform non-invasive surgery. That requires an array of very complex remotely controlled surgical instruments, cameras in tubes and joysticks that are far more convoluted than your bog standard Xbox 360 controller.

That next generation equipment isn't cheap but the surgeons have to rely on tiny video displays to make sure they're not cutting through vital organs.

"We could define basically a force field around, say, a liver," said Chizeck. "If the surgeon got too close, he would run into that force field and it would protect the object he didn't want to cut."

Engineers have been working to integrate gaming's force feedback technology into the robots, translating the tiny bumps - via the Kinect - into larger forces that are felt on the surgeon/operator's end of the link. In order for 'force feedback' technology to work properly, it needs some sort of frame of reference to tell it when the robot is brushing against a bone.

"Originally the group planned CT scans to provide the data, but soon the group got the idea of using a depth camera to provide a more precise picture by measuring infrared light reflected off of the surface. Last month, the group decided to use Microsoft's Kinect, "for obvious reasons."

The news will please Steve Balmer, Microsoft's president, who was quoted on last weekend's edition of BBC Click, when presenter Spencer Kelly interviewed him, as saying that Microsoft is working on modifying the Kinect with firmware updates itself, following the various hacks that programmers have made in recent months.

Article Source: http://www.azorobotics.com/details.asp?newsID=781

Stock of the Xbox 360 console sold out during December in the US, Microsoft has claimed, with further shortages expected this month and the next.

Ahead of tonight's December sales report from the NPD Group, Microsoft has played down its chances of winning the sales battle for the period, citing the supposed shortages.

"NPD tomorrow. I found out we ran out of consoles at end of the month so don't expect to win Dec," Tweeted Microsoft's Larry Hryb.

He added: "Jan/Feb supply is tight as well. Likely amazing YOY growth numbers for Xbox."

Analyst firm Wedbush Morgan has estimated that 2.5 million Xbox 360 units sold during December in the US, just losing out to 2.6 million Wii consoles. The PS3 is expected to be lagging behind with only 1.2 million units.

Via GamesIndustry.biz

I believe and its my experience about video games like NHL 94, Genesis, Tecmo Super Bowl, NES, MLB 07, The Show, PS2, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, NES, Track & Field, NES, Madden 2005, PS2 and some more. I specified all Top Ten Video Games below.


1. NHL 94, Genesis: Quite simply my favorite video game of all time. The introduction of the one timer was a stroke of brilliance. Also the was the first game in the series where you could keep your records. In sports video games I love to play seasons and see what kind of numbers I can put up. I liked to create monster teams and then change it up in another season and put the worst players on my team and see if I could do anything with them. The fighting was taken out of the game, but I didn't miss it because the rest of the game was spot on. I know if I pulled the game out today I could still have hours of fun.


2. Tecmo Super Bowl, NES: The first football game that really drew me in. Once again I got screwed when it came to the home team because the New England Patriots were awful, led by Scott Zolak. I usually went with the Kansas City Chiefs instead, who featured the two headed monster of Barry Word and Christian Okoye at running back. I was never a pro at this game, but I played it enough to be. It was nice to have all the real teams and real players for a change. Add to that the possibility of injuries and the ability to play a full season and Super Tecmo Bowl was ahead of its time.


3. MLB 07: The Show, PS2: I am a baseball junkie and this is my video game drug. The Road to the Show feature is what makes this the standout version. Taking your created player and bringing him through the minors and eventually making the bigs is loads of fun and not always easy. I have done a few careers and I will admit a couple of them took some time to get started. The graphics and the singular point of view are great and make this game a must own.


4. Mike Tyson's Punch Out, NES: This was the sports game I talked about with the guys when I was in high school. We would share tips on how to beat Bald Bull, Mr. Sandman, or King Hippo. This is how we cheated before you could look up everything on the Internet. It took me several tries to finally beat Mike Tyson, but when I did I strutted around my living room like a newly crowned champion struts around the ring. Unfortunately I didn't have an entourage, but then again Don King wasn't trying to steal my money either.


5. Track & Field, NES: A button mashing good time is what track and field was. I played this game all the time against my older brothers. We tried different mashing methods trying to get the best results. It was another straightforward game that appealed to me. I still to this day can't say the word meters without thinking of the female voice from Track and Field.


6. Madden 2005, PS2: This is another series that is a classic. If you want a game that is closest to pro football, then this is your game. I like the 2005 version because it introduced the hit stick. I like the big hits that cause players to fumble. The help on defense also made the game more realistic.


7. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, Playstation 3: The whole Tiger Woods series has been great for video golf. I chose the latest version because I like the added Ryder Cup feature. I personally prefer to make my own golfer and work my way up the ranks, but you can also just grab one of the world's best golfers and see what you can do with their talents. The game has spot on graphics and can be very addictive, much like real golf.


8. NBA Jam, Genesis: Another two on two basketball game that brought us real NBA stars doing fantastic feats. As a Boston Celtics fan I was saddled with the duo of Dee Brown and Robert Parish, but I learned to live with it. I still yearn to hear the phrases "he's on fire" or "boomshakalaka" in other basketball video games. Who doesn't like to watch the net burn as you rain down another beautiful shot on your dejected opponent?


9. Excitebike, NES: A simple enough game with a track and a dirt bike, but somehow it kept my interest. You didn't want to push your bike too hard because then you might overheat and that would bring about an excruciating noise. Designing your own tracks was also quite cool and state of the art at the time.


10. Arch Rivals, NES: It was a game that was half basketball and half boxing. It didn't have Michael Jordan or even Mike Tyson, but it did have the green haired star Mohawk and that was enough for some juvenile male fun. I usually like playing games by the rules, but for change it was nice to haul off and deck a guy, steal the ball and dunk at the other end.

15 November, 2010
Microsoft announce that they sell one million Kinect for Xbox 360 units in just 10 days from whole world. And they pace to sell five million Kinect for Xbox 360 at the end of this year. After one week this announcement was come for the biggest selling day of the year. and in the wake of increasing momentum for Xbox 360, which led U.S. video game console sales for the past four months.



"We are appreciative of the response we have seen from consumers that has culminated in sales of more than one million units in the first 10 days on the market for Kinect for Xbox 360," said Don Mattrick, president of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. "This is a great start to the holiday season, and we will continue to work with our retailer partners to keep pace with high demand and deliver against our plan to sell more than five million Kinect sensors worldwide by the end of this year."

This lines by some customers at Xbox store all over the country.

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Microsoft produced second Video Game Console with the name of Xbox 360. Main Competitor of Xbox 360 is Sony’s Play Station 3 and Nintendo’s Wii, Its is seventh generation of video game consoles. There are some features of the Xbox 360 are Xbox Live which is provide services like compete online, game demos, download arcade games, TV shows, music and movies and windows media. Its gives region specific access to third-party media streaming like Netflix and ESPN in tha USA and Sky player in UK.



The Xbox 360 was officially disclose on MTVon May 12, 2005, with all details and information divulged later that month at the E3 ( Electronic Entertainment Expo ). This console sold out completely upon release in all countries excluding in Japan. There are 41.7 million Xbox 360 consoles sold in worldwide as of June 2010.

The Current model of Xbox 360 are Xbox 360 S, Xbox 360 250GB, Xbox 360 4 GB some other models of Xbox 360 is discontinued.

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