Kinetic Space: software for your Kinect projects
For all of you that found yourselves wanting to use Kinect to control something but had no idea what to do with it, or how to get the data from it, you’re in luck. Kineticspace is a tool available...
View Articlehumanoid Robot Kinects with its enviroment
[Malte Ahlers] from Germany, After having completed a PhD in neurobiology, decided to build a human sized humanoid robot torso. [Malte] has an interest in robotics and wanted to show case some of his...
View ArticleGameGun makes Call of Duty more immersive
In an effort to improve his Call of Duty gaming experience, Reddit user [Harbingerx81] built a custom controller out of an Airsoft gun. Not only does this gun feature all the buttons and joysticks...
View Article[Ben Heck] builds his smallest 360 laptop ever
[Ben Heck] is no stranger to building Xbox 360 laptops. Over the years he’s built dozens, but for this week’s episode of The Ben Heck Show he’s throwing down the gauntlet and building the smallest...
View ArticleMicrosoft IllumiRoom breaks your video game out of its television prison
We see a lot of video game tech coming out of the three console giants (Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo). With one look we can usually predict what is going to be a flop. Case and point is the Wii U...
View ArticleAsk Hackaday: What are we going to do with the new Kinect?
Yesterday Microsoft announced their new cable box, the Xbox One. Included in the announcement is a vastly improved Kinect sensor. It won’t be available until next Christmas, but now the question is...
View ArticleThe thinnest Xbox laptop yet
With every generation of consoles, there comes a time when the price of a new box is cheap enough, and used machines are plentiful enough, that console hackers pull out all the stops before the next...
View ArticlePosterior Posture Videogame Controller
Normally we see some crazy mad science projects coming from [Ben Krasnow’s] laboratory. This week [Ben] changes gears a bit and hacks his Xbox controller to interface with his bathroom scale and...
View ArticleUpdate: Semi-automatic Pick and Place Goes Fully-Automatic
Way back in April we looked at an impressive Pick and Place machine project which wasn’t actually up and running yet. Well it looks like [Brian Dorey] has really put the pedal to the metal with this...
View ArticleUsing XBox One And PS4 Controllers With Everything
The controllers from the last generation of consoles served their purpose well. They were there for us when we wanted to experiment with an I2C bus, and they stood by when we wanted to build a...
View ArticleHackaday Links: May 11, 2014
North Korean drones! Yes, your local hobby shop has the same aerial reconnaissance abilities as North Korea. Props to Pyongyang for getting v-tail mixing down. There’s nothing quite as satisfying as...
View ArticleThe Homebrew XBox 360 And PS3 portable
For the past few years now, [Downing] has been working on the dream of all console modders – a console made in the last ten years made portable. He’s spend a lot of time on the effort, and now thanks...
View ArticleXbox 360 Slim Gets Gutted and… Painted White?
We love portable console builds, and this one by [Daniel Fürstauer] is no exception. It’s a beautifully hacked Xbox 360 slim into an aluminum briefcase — complete with a screen and a full audio...
View ArticleUsing A TeensyLC To Emulate The XBOX 360 Controller
After the release of Mortal Kombat X, [Zachery’s] gaming group wanted to branch out into the fighter genre. They quickly learned that in order to maximize their experience, they would need a better...
View ArticleStuff An Android In Your Xbox Controller’s Memory Slot
What is this, 2009? Let’s face facts though – smartphones are computing powerhouses now, but gaming on them is still generally awful. It doesn’t matter if you’ve got the horsepower to emulate any...
View ArticleTaking A Robot For A Drive
Instructables user [Roboro] had a Mad Catz Xbox steering wheel controller he hasn’t had much use for of late, so he decided to hack and use it as a controller for a robot instead. Conceivably, you...
View ArticlePortable RetroPie Suitcase For Multiplayer On The Go!
Portable gaming — and gaming in general — has come a long way since the days of the original Game Boy. With a mind towards portable multiplayer games, Redditor [dagcon] has assembled a RetroPie inside...
View ArticleKeep Pedaling to Keep Playing
It’s been said that the best way to tackle the issue of childhood obesity would be to hook those children’s video game consoles up to a pedal-powered generator. Of course, this was said by [Alex], the...
View ArticleRacing Simulator Built From Scrapheap Finds
Paradise means something different for everyone, it could be a sitting by a fire on a rainy night or lying on a sun-kissed beach. But for us, and makers like [liltreat4you], it’s a well stocked scrap...
View ArticleXbox Needs No TV
If you want a custom video game system, you could grab a used computer, throw an emulator on it, and build yourself a custom arcade cabinet. On the other hand, if you’d rather not deal with emulators,...
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