Xbox kinect now guards Korean borders

[bondbill2k2]

Just hope the enemy doesn't try to Xbox Bing! or

their way in

 

Microsoft's Kinect Is Now Guarding the Korean Border

 

North Korea and South Korea are separated by the most heavily armed border on Earth. But rest easy, there's a new guard on the lookout: Kinect.P

 

Self-taught South Korean programmer Jae Kwan Ko developed a Kinect-based software system to monitor the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone), which separates the two countries. It was deployed at the border last August, but its existence wasn't made public until recently.

[tmcd35]

Soo, they can detect the enemy if they are between 1.2m and 3.5m away? I have a pair of binoculars they can borrow, I'm sure they'd get better results...

[bondbill2k2]

Soo, they can detect the enemy if they are between 1.2m and 3.5m away? I have a pair of binoculars they can borrow, I'm sure they'd get better results...

 

You can't order

with binoculars!

[tmcd35]

You mean the whole point of the excersise is to ensure Kim-Un can "hit the hut"?

[Arcath]

So you can get into South Korea freely if you run along shouting Xbox Turn Off!

[X-13]

So you can get into South Korea freely if you run along shouting Xbox Turn Off!

 

...in Korean.

 

Also: South Korea to field gun-cam robots on DMZ [From 2007]

[tmcd35]

Also: South Korea to field gun-cam robots on DMZ [From 2007]

 

"Please put down your weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply."

[CAM]

Well that's the laws of robotics out the window. :|