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Kinect-Controlled Cat Brushing Robot: One Small Step for Robot, One Giant Motion-Controlled Leap for Mankind
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The inverse proportion of awesome Kinect hacks to decent Kinect games continues. Software engineer Taylor Veltrop used a combination of store-bought items and his non-store-bought brain to come up with a robot that mimics his movements sends video back to him in real-time. The robot’s first mission? Brush Veltrop’s cat.… |
January 4th, 2012
Skyrim Hacked to Work with Kinect for PC
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Everybody is playing Skyrim, but not the way that YouTube user KinectFAAST is playing. He has unveiled a new Skyrim… hack that allows players to use Microsoft’s Kinect motion controller with the game. All you have to do is watch the video to see how great this hack is. |
December 6th, 2011
Simraceway SRW-S1 Racing Controller Now Available for Speed Freaks
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Do you feel the need for speed? SteelSeries hears ya and they can help. The Simraceway SRW-S1 racing wheel is now available for all of your racing/bank heist/running people over needs.… |
November 18th, 2011
Razer Hydra Adds Motion Control to PC Games
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The Nintendo Wii is the game console that introduced us to motion controls a few years ago. Since then a bunch of other game consoles and add-ons have surfaced with have motion control aspects. If you are a PC gamer, Razer has a new motion control system for you.… |
April 22nd, 2011
Roomba Vacuum Controlled By Microsoft Kinect
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We can all agree that vacuuming sucks. It’s no fun to push that thing around the house sucking up all the debris and dirt that you and your family schleps inside. I have always thought that the inventor the Roomba should have been nominated for a Nobel Prize of some… |
February 17th, 2011
AIWI Turns iPhones into Motion Controller for PC Games
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This interesting little app for the iPhone and iPod Touch interacts with special versions of gaming software on your PC to turn it into a motion controller for games.… |
January 6th, 2011
Atgames Sonic the Hedgehog Motion-Controlled Mini Sega Genesis Console, Say What?
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This compact game console is a real freak of nature. Not only is it shaped like Sonic the Hedgehog’s spiky blue head, it plays some classic 16-bit SEGA Genesis games and comes with Wii-like motion controllers. Despite the “110+” labeling, the system comes with a total of 40 games (the… |
November 27th, 2010
PS3 Move Controller Gets Jealous of Wii-Mote, Gets Silly Accessories Too
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The Playstation Move controller has only been out for a couple of weeks now, and we’re already starting to see all sorts of goofy accessories, just like the Nintendo Wii did when it first came out. The guys at Hyperkin are already cranking out a bunch of these things in… |
October 7th, 2010
Ifixit Guts Playstation Move Controller
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Those crazy cats over at iFixit are always tearing stuff up. If I break stuff, I tend to get in trouble, but when they do it, seems all of geekdom pays attention. I like getting to see what is inside the controllers and there is surprisingly less stuff inside than… |
September 20th, 2010
Kinect Forza Demo: Do Not Want
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To show off the capabilities of the new Kinect, Microsoft presented a demo of Forza Motorsport, which will be released next year. The demo showed how we can drive cars just by putting our hands in the “10 and 2 positions,”… as if holding a steering wheel. I think |
June 17th, 2010
