WA student uses Xbox for aged care help

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WA student uses Xbox for aged care help

Added: 27.04.2013 15:17 | 8 views | 0 comments

A Perth student has devised a low-cost home monitoring system for the sick, elderly or disabled, using an off-the-shelf X-box Kinect game console. As part of a research project, Edith Cowan University computer science honours student Laurence Da Luz has developed software that uses the built-in motion detection features within an X-box Kinect to continually track a person's movements in their home and learn their daily routine.