Surgeons at a Canadian hospital have found that it's possible to use the motion-tracking product Kinect to allow them to flip quickly between computer-based images while in the operating room, without the danger of contamination that touching a mouse or other interface might introduce. Elsewhere, it's been used in conjunction with robotic teleoperated surgery, to clearly and quickly mark out sections of the body where surgery is to be performed -- or blocked from access.
Pretty nifty....
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