Adapting Technology for use beyond its original design - dynamic efficiency??

And if this is such a problem, why are major manufacturers opening up their products to different types of uses?
Microsoft is opening up its Kinect motion-sensing device to PC developers and Sony has a similar "aspiration" for its Move controller.
While Microsoft is keen to stress that Kinect "has not been modified or hacked in any way", it wants to "make it easier for the community to explore new ideas".
Academics at Warwick University have already found a more serious use for the Kinect device than just for games.
Microsoft hints at Kinect PC support

"We designed a robot that was going to work in disaster areas such as collapsed buildings that would be unsafe for the emergency services," says mechanical engineer Peter Crook.


"The Kinect system costs around £150 compared to our old system - that only offered us 2D depth perception - which cost around £3,000 so it's a massive reduction in costs."

And with official PC support for Kinect development, this sort of thing is likely to happen more often.

Full article here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9406690.stm

This page goes into hibernation until March 10th

As my students move to U2 and U4 now, I don't add to this page until the summer. 

I will review our results in March.