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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Does "swing a punch" mean "deliver a blow (with your fist)"?

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Kinect security cameras know when you swing a punch

THINK before you swing a punch. That CCTV camera might know what you are doing thanks to a monitoring system that can detect aggressive behaviour.
Based on Microsoft's gaming sensor Kinect, Kintense analyses a person's body and picks out where the joints are to create a real-time 3D skeleton figure. An algorithm then recognises movements made by this model that indicate aggressive acts such as kicking, pushing, hitting and throwing.
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NL888 Does "swing a punch" mean "deliver a blow (with your fist)" No; it means to attempt to do so. The blow is not necessarily delivered, though it is intended to be.

  • NL888 Does "swing a punch" mean "deliver a blow (with your fist)" No; it means to attempt to do so.
  • The blow is not necessarily delivered, though it is intended to be.
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NL888Does "swing a punch" mean "deliver a blow (with your fist)"
No; it means to attempt to do so. The blow is not necessarily delivered, though it is intended to be.

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