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Kinect Accelerator startup finalists include 3D scanner, surgery projects
While the internet is abuzz this week with talk of the Star Wars franchise's Kinect debut, Microsoft wants to remind you that its motion control hardware isn't all play. Last fall the company announced its inaugural Kinect Accelerator program, which would award ten startups with $20,000 and a shot at bringing their Kinect-powered business ideas to life—and finalists have now been announced.
There are actually eleven finalists, one more than the original promise of ten, chosen from a pool of over 500 applicants. Projects hail from a variety of fields, including "healthcare, education, the arts and more," and are what Microsoft believes to be the most viable Kinect-enabled concepts.
For example, the Freak'n Genius team wants to use Kinect's facial tracking capabilities to make amateur animation easier, while Manctl hopes to leverage the technology to create an ultra low-cost 3D scanner. There are a number of healthcare applications too, including a rehabilitation program for those with motor-control deficiencies, and a project that hopes to assist surgeons and doctors to interact with their operating equipment via gestures.
Of course, Microsoft's Accelerator isn't just about leveraging the company's Kinect technology, but other Microsoft products as well, including Xbox and Azure. Startups will have office space in Seattle for the three-month duration of the accelerator, and will be led by Dave Malcolm, managing director of startup accelerator TechStars, "one of the leading technology incubators in the world."
Once the accelerator period ends, startups will receive assistance in pursuing more investment and funding opportunities if required, with the hopes of one day bringing a fully realized product to market.
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Kinect Accelerator startup finalists include 3D scanner, surgery projects
While the internet is abuzz this week with talk of the Star Wars franchise's Kinect debut, Microsoft wants to remind you that its motion control hardware isn't all play. Last fall the company announced its inaugural Kinect Accelerator program, which would award ten startups with $20,000 and a shot at bringing their Kinect-powered business ideas to life—and finalists have now been announced.
There are actually eleven finalists, one more than the original promise of ten, chosen from a pool of over 500 applicants. Projects hail from a variety of fields, including "healthcare, education, the arts and more," and are what Microsoft believes to be the most viable Kinect-enabled concepts.
For example, the Freak'n Genius team wants to use Kinect's facial tracking capabilities to make amateur animation easier, while Manctl hopes to leverage the technology to create an ultra low-cost 3D scanner. There are a number of healthcare applications too, including a rehabilitation program for those with motor-control deficiencies, and a project that hopes to assist surgeons and doctors to interact with their operating equipment via gestures.
Of course, Microsoft's Accelerator isn't just about leveraging the company's Kinect technology, but other Microsoft products as well, including Xbox and Azure. Startups will have office space in Seattle for the three-month duration of the accelerator, and will be led by Dave Malcolm, managing director of startup accelerator TechStars, "one of the leading technology incubators in the world."
Once the accelerator period ends, startups will receive assistance in pursuing more investment and funding opportunities if required, with the hopes of one day bringing a fully realized product to market.
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My Health Checklist 2012 app contains evidence based preventative health advice for patients
Review of the My Health Checklist 2012 App from Proven Health Ways, Inc.
My Health Checklist 2012 app contains evidence based preventative health advice for patients
Review of the My Health Checklist 2012 App from Proven Health Ways, Inc.
New Nanowire Diodes Shine Light on the Possibilities of Polarization | College of Engineering
New Nanowire Diodes Shine Light on the Possibilities of Polarization | College of Engineering.
Engineering researchers at The Ohio State University have developed an innovative design and production process for the diodes that enable lasers, solar cells, LEDs and almost any electronic and optical devices to exist.
Most modern electronic and optical devices contain diodes that are formed through a process called impurity doping, which is accomplished by adding a few foreign atoms at parts per million concentrations to a semiconductor. From microwaves to computers to iPhones, diodes are everywhere, and impurity doping, has reigned as the most effective technique to make diodes for nearly six decades.
However, as researchers push to create smaller and smaller nanoscale devices, the number of impurity atoms present in electronic devices becomes so small that electrons do not flow uniformly in the device.
A team of six researchers led by Roberto Myers, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering, succeeded in creating a new type of diode that combats these uniformity issues by varying the chemical composition of a nanoscale semiconductor alloy.
By smoothly grading the composition of a semiconductor, the team took advantage of the built-in polarization properties of the atomic arrangement of the material. In this material, the polarizations of neighboring dipoles are no longer the same size, leaving behind fixed charges. The resulting material conducts electricity without requiring any impurity atoms…
OSU gets atoms to say ‘cheese’
In what might be a record for the incredibly small, Ohio State University physicists have snapped the first “pictures” of atoms inside a molecule.
OSU gets atoms to say ‘cheese’
In what might be a record for the incredibly small, Ohio State University physicists have snapped the first “pictures” of atoms inside a molecule.
The First-Ever Images of Atoms Moving Inside a Molecule [Science]
The First-Ever Images of Atoms Moving Inside a Molecule [Science]