This all-purpose presence sensor is a master at monitoring indoor activity and linking it to smart home features you already use. For more than 10 years Tyler has used his experience in smart home ...

Over the past two years, the Nex Playground has carved out a niche for itself with kids and parents alike. It's a small box that sits in front of your TV and uses a camera, along with computer vision ...

Being a Star Wars fan has always been a roller-coaster ride, with stratospheric highs and Glup Shitto lows. And then there’s Kinect Star Wars. In April 2012, just months before Disney announced plans ...

Sony Semiconductor has revealed the LYT-901, which is its first 200MP smartphone camera sensor. The new sensor is larger and has larger pixels than Samsung’s 200MP sensors, suggesting improved image ...

Of all major game publishers, Nintendo is the one most associated with bizarre controls. From the Virtual Boy to the Wiimote, Nintendo's history is studded with unorthodox new ways to play games — ...

Anyone remember Xbox Kinect? It was this strange-looking motion-sensing peripheral for the Xbox 360, and later Xbox One, which used a camera to track the gamer's movements. First unveiled at E3 2009 ...

Vapourware can end up being the stuff of legend, like Rockstar's Agent, Star Wars 1313, or StarCraft: Ghost. Without ever seeing the light of day, these games never risked the possibility of being ...

Billy Tolley swings a Microsoft Kinect around an abandoned room in sudden, jittery movements. “Whoa!” he says. “Dude, it was so creepy.” On the display, we see an anomaly of arrows, spheres, and red ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

Kinect Adventures! was more than just a game; it was a showcase for cutting-edge technology that promised to change the way we interact with our entertainment systems. At the heart of this experience ...

Rather than spending hundreds or even thousands of pounds on a 3D scanner, you might be interested to know that it is possible to use an Xbox Kinect to create an affordable alternative. This guide by ...

This article details six essential sensors, along with four necessary questions a design engineer should ask before choosing which ones to use in their next design. In the R&D and electronics design ...