Physical therapy is approaching a crisis, according to Dr. Kourosh Parsapour, founder and CEO of 5plus, a startup working on building digital health physical therapy tools. The specialty is ...

Microsoft and the United States Air Force are testing the Kinect as part of a home therapy physical suite program for injured soldiers. Microsoft will also be discussing the project with Army's ...

Microsoft is working on providing a way for injured veterans to rehab in the comfort of their own homes through the use of Kinect. The company is partnering with the Air Force for the project. There's ...

There are lots of applications for Microsoft’s Kinect. Some let you dance your pants off, while others can improve your fitness. But here’s one that might have a little more importance: Microsoft is ...

For the 9 million Americans who must do physical therapy every year, the exercises can be grueling and boring. A new virtual reality game, Kinect-o-Therapy, wants to make those endless repetitions ...

The “Kinect Effect” is rippling out even further. Michael Peck of Defense News reports that Microsoft is working with the Armed Forces to leverage Kinect technology in the service of physical therapy.

San Diego, California-based Reflexion Health has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its digital physical therapy tool, called Vera, which uses Microsoft Kinect motion-tracking to help patients with ...

Since gamers clearly aren’t all that interested, perhaps MS can figure out some other helpful uses for the thing? Microsoft's motion sensing peripheral has yet to set the gaming world on fire. Partly ...

Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave its 501(k) approval to Reflexion Health for its Vera system. What makes this so noteworthy is that the company is using Microsoft’s ...

Microsoft is hoping to find ways to use the Xbox 360 Kinect peripheral to aid military veterans in need of physical therapy, reports Defense News. "Microsoft is committing R&D and marketing resources ...

When Bill Gates first demoed his BASIC interpreter for the Altair, it seems a safe bet that he could've never guessed that his company would eventually be collaborating with the US military to ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Due to the low cost of the device — Kinect for Windows can be purchased for $249.99 — and the minimal upkeep ...