Kinect for Xbox 360 (2019-05-29) by Ted Humble-SmithMuseum of Engineering Innovation
The winner of the 2011 MacRobert Award: Kinect
Microsoft’s Kinect is a motion-sensing gaming system that allows users to interact with a game using their body, without the need for a controller.
The team applied machine learning techniques to teach the computer to analyse images from a depth sensing camera.
The classifier was trained and tested using a large database covering varied poses and body types.
The Kinect technology has ventured out of gaming and is now found in robotics, medicine, and health care.
The Kinect technology has been used to translate sign language in real time, control robots using gestures, and help stroke victims improve their motor functions.
The artist used a ball of thread to signify the machine absorbing a chaotic mass of data, then learning the form of a basic humanoid shape and finally progressing to tracking its movement.
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Behind the scenes of the Kinect model, symbolising controller-free movement
Kinect for Xbox 360 (2019-05-29) by Ted Humble-SmithMuseum of Engineering Innovation
Microsoft Kinect - Winners of the MacRobert Award
Artist Ted Humble-Smith was inspired by Kinect technology to mark the 50th Anniversary of the MacRobert Award
50 years of the MacRobert AwardMuseum of Engineering Innovation
MacRobert Award for Engineering Innovation: Fran Scott interviews Ted Humble-SmithMuseum of Engineering Innovation
The artist inspired by engineering
Ted Humble-Smith is a photographer and director who brings a sense of magic to the meticulous conceptual images he creates for the luxury fashion, beauty, jewellery, and business worlds.
Ted Humble-Smith uses his imagination and technical expertise to produce vibrant images that push the boundaries of commercial photography. He talked to engineers involved in MacRobert Award-winning projects to picture the concepts behind the innovations. His images capture the thought process behind the breakthroughs, rather than illustrating the innovations’ technical workings.
