Kinect sensor needs to guess astronauts' weight, inform them to hit the area fitness center
How do you weigh your self when there isn’t any gravity retaining you down? Properly, you possibly can calculate your mass by sitting on an oscillating spring and evaluating its standing frequency to your driving frequency (NASA’s present technique), or you might rig up a Kinect sensor to inform you whenever you’re getting fats. Carmelo Velardo, a Eurocom pc scientist in Alphes-Maritimes, France, is creating the latter choice. Working with colleagues on the Italian Institute of Know-how’s Middle for Human Area Robotics, Velardo paired the Kinect sensor’s 3D modeling digs with a database of weight to physique measurements of 28,000 individuals — the ensuing system can guess your weight with a ninety seven % accuracy.
NASA scientist John Charles notes that whereas the rig works nicely on the bottom, it’d hit some snags in area. Microgravity can shift water round in an astronaut’s physique, altering their density and probably throwing off the Kinect setup’s readings. Nonetheless, Charles says the method “seems possible,” and suggests pairing it with the prevailing weight measurement instruments may “present insights into modifications in physique density that may be illuminating.” Velardo hopes to check the system in parabolic flight quickly. If he succeeds, not even outer area will shield us from the shameful judgment of online game peripherals. Now in the event you’ll excuse us, we now have some squat-thrusts to get to.
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- Launched 2013-eleven-22
