Dont get this confused with the xbox 360 kinect, its a completely different system that is based off the success of xbox 360 kinect peripheral, the article itself is rather vague with the details but upon further investigation on my part..it opens up a can of worms.

Check out the PDF white papers or official documentation on this new device being introduced to us, linked below.

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FITTING your house with a network of Kinect sensors could mean never losing your wallet, TV remote or other small items again.

"We want to make Google for your home," says Shahriar Nirjon, a computer scientist at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. To do this, Nirjon and colleague John Stankovic developed Kinsight, which records the location of household items using a Kinect depth camera in each room. It works by tracking people and detecting the size and shape of any objects they interact with. Each object is compared to Kinsight's database for the house and either recognised or added to the list.

Article [link to www.newscientist.com]

Quick View, Non PDF format [link to ilnk.me]

PDF Document format [link to www.cs.virginia.edu]