Tag: Kinect
Turn Your Bathtub Water Into An Immersive Interactive Touchscreen
Gone are the days when bathtub play was restricted to a rubber duck and some shaving cream. It seems even our bathtub water can't escape the effects of technology. This bathtub touchscreen on the surface of the water changes everything about bathing. Some of us have learned the hard way that baths a ...
Rolomotion Introduces iPhone Powered Kinect-Like Gaming
Kinect had a profound impact when it was first introduced. People dreamed up the most mind boggling uses and features for it. But it wasn't until we actually saw these features that we realized this gaming accessory's true potential. Suddenly it was used for far more things than the gaming elements ...
Paint Your Own Touchscreen Computer Interface On Any Surface
How would you like to create your own interactive computer interface on any surface by 'painting' it with a hand gesture? That would basically mean the whole world could be an interactive touchscreen in a sense. There has been a lot of innovation lately when it comes to gesture-controlled devices, a ...
Eye-Tracking Device Enables Handsfree Computer Interaction
The mouse has long been the primary device with which we interact with our computers - the mouse, and of course the keyboard itself. But with new technology comes new opportunities to further increase our interaction with the computer, and at the same time, make it a whole lot more relaxed. There ha ...
Smart Advertising: Freaky Mannequin Doll Mimics Your Movements
These days, it's harder than ever before to grab the attention of consumers. Well-produced commercials and clever ads are no longer enough to poke the interest of the majority of people, at least not in the way advertisers would like. It's time to move on to something else entirely - something that ...
High Tech Wastebasket Moves To Catch The Trash You Throw At It
How would you like to throw a piece of crumpled up paper at the wastebasket on the floor, and regardless of where you threw it, it would make a clean shot to score you 2 points? Would having a wastebasket that is better at catching your garbage than you are at aiming be cheating, or would it make th ...
Personalized 3D Printed Pez Dispenser Featuring Your Own Head
I never thought a Pez dispenser article would fall into the category of technology, but this definitely does. Surely you remember eating Pez candy when you were young. The little candies get loaded into the dispenser, and when you pull the head back, the candy pops out. It was one of my favorites wh ...
3D Holographic Pod Enables Life-Size 3D Phone Calls
When it comes to communication, humans have always tried to bend the rules in order to create new funnels. If we feel the ways we communicate today are becoming boring, we try to innovate a new way. Look at the ever evolving and morphing Internet. There were probably more ways to communicate on the ...
Interactive Digital Art All About Fun Facial Expressions
Almost a year ago, I wrote about how to get a smile full of LEDs and turn your teeth into a cyborg. That little invention, which went viral and made it all the way to the New York Times, was pretty neat. Even though it was a little disturbing, kids all over Japan were running around with their mobil ...
Microsoft Releases Star Wars Themed XBox 360 Console
With Star Wars fans on the rise and the Internet seemingly buzzing with Star Wars fan creations, it was only a matter of time before some of the multinational companies started paying attention to the excitement. We've talked about fan created awesomeness so many times, and even though we've seen so ...
Freezing Han Solo: Real Time Freezing Kinect Hack
The Kinect platform and the awesome technology it represents is breaking new ground each day. The hacks get more and more sophisticated, and there seems to be no limit to what can be achieved with it. Some go for that really futuristic user interface, while others create games and pretty much try to ...
Kinect Hack: The New Way To Play Space Invaders
The genius invention, Kinect, has been in the headlines for quite some time now, and we are all loving it. One hack after another goes viral, and you can really tell that the Kinect technology appeals to the minds of computer geeks. In the beginning, the hacks were somewhat basic, but they have evol ...
evoMouse Pet: The Cute Hand Gesture Controlled Mouse
We've seen a lot of creative yet gimmicky computer mice get released over the past few years, but this one might have enough steam behind it to get moving. Maybe. The easiest way I know to describe it to you is that it's like a mini version of the Kinect. In other words, your finger is to this mouse ...
Technology: Control Your Computer With Your Mind
Star Trek, here we come! Now you can control your computer with your mind. This isn't a future technology; it's here now. EPOC recently released a brain-reading headset that, when combined with the EmoLens app, can detect your emotions; thus controling your computer.
Right now, the primary applic ...
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Future Gaming Technology Will Blow Your Mind [Video]
If you want to see how fast technology is evolving, one of the easiest ways to visualize it is to follow the developments in gaming. Just a few days ago, we saw articles released everywhere about how Microsoft Kinect set the new Guinness World Record for the fastest selling gaming system ever. Kee ...