Crippled Girl Can Talk!: Motion Sensing Laser Technology can Revolutionize Gaming!
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Posted by on November 2nd, 2008
Six year old Elke Wisbey is brain damaged and hardly able to communicate. But with the help of new toy developed by MyTobii, the prohibitively priced Smartbox machine brings new hope to the family of this crippled child.
At £17,000 the Smartbox machine uses motion sensors to detect the motion and aim of the two eyes of the little child, and what they are looking at. Using a macro/avatar/icon based interface, Elke is able to point to objects on the screen that represent a set of words or emotes.
Thought to be totally disabled in expressing her feelings, Elke was able to say the sweetest thing to her mother, “I love you, mum!” It was when her 9 year old brother, Gallahad, noticed what she was trying to say that they realized what had just happened. Days when she would be completely independent and assisted by such devices are not far away.
Why video games are still selling like hot cakes! [Game Dev]
Posted by on April 29th, 2008
Much to the surprise of this afflicted world, the videogames industry is still surging forward with players taking a decision to go into full nelson production. New York Times, a very credible journal, does a story why even in a plethora of negative economic indicators, the gaming industry is still having a “banner year”, and will still go on to have a great year. Games like GTA 4 are not only extremely satisfying experiences, they are way of escapism and joy for people who toil all day at jobs and office. The article goes to say that gamer, or people, are more like to buy “eggs, milk and videogames with their last $50.”
I however disagree with anyone who uses the word addiction to describe what might just be a very simple way of find a non-hallucinating escape from life!
As a videogames evangelist, I think the potential of this industry is still unrealized in most parts of the world. Not only as a highly lucrative economy but as a tool to aid social development in fields like medicine, education, public service and governance.
Read the whole article at NYTimes.com.
FireFox 3 goes into Beta testing phase 3
Posted by on March 2nd, 2008
The much awaited FireFox 3 has finally been revealed. Thanks to a few special acquaintance of mine, I was directed to the beta site for the immensely popular web browser. Beta testing is a phase designed for the Developer’s needs, not for the user’s joy. So don’t be disappointed if a few add-ons don’t work (yet) on your browser, they eventually will when the full release is pushed.
So if you want to go through the process of helping the FF team out, and filling bugs, head on over to the Mozilla Beta Test site, and follow the release notes link to get to the download link. This is an open beta, join in the development process and have fun.
If you want to know what improvements there are to the browse, suffice to say that, “The Fox just got faster, leaner and meaner.”
