26.09.2009 21:05 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

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

We've seen so manymods 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 move about damaged

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