Computer scientist mods Xbox 360 to detect heart attacks, girls still mysteriously elusive

We've seen so many mods around here that sometimes it's truly hard to get excited over the minor stuff. Well, this doesn't fall into that category in any way. A computer scientist at the University in Warwick has developed a method to use Microsoft's Xbox 360 to detect heart defects and help prevent heart attacks. Based on a demo created by Simon Scarle a few years back when he worked at Rare studio, it's based on a modded chip that -- instead of producing graphics for the game -- now produces data tracking how the electrical signals in the heart moves about damaged cells, creating a model of it. The model can then be used to help doctors to identify defects and disturbances in the heart's beating. This significantly decreases the costs and complications of creating a model of the heart, which is currently done by supercomputers and is very expensive. Scarle's project and findings were just published in the August issue of the Journal of Computational Biology and Chemistry. Looks like we'll all have a response the next time someone tells us that gaming is good for nothing, right?

[alexman98 Posted Sep 27th 2009 2:09AM]

Aaaand, in the middle of a rutinary heart check, wham! RRoD to the rescue!

Xbox 360 =/= Healthy... :/

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 27th 2009 2:42PM]

I guess now it really will be the red ring of death.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 11th 2009 11:07AM]

I can't believe all the ignorant cooments being posted.
This is an outstanding example of innovation that
turns an entertainment "toy" into a potential
lifesaver! All at a greatly reduced cost. It's just
one more reason we don't need Obama's over priced
takeover of health care. As for MS, I'm sure they will
love the idea of their product being used vice the PS3 or
Wii.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 30th 2009 2:04AM]

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[tiffanywestatl Posted Nov 27th 2009 9:28AM]

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