Another day, another Kinect hack but this one is useful! A guy called Mike used his Kinect hooked up to a home automation system to control his lights.
As Mike walks around the room, Kinect detects where he is and turns the lights on and off accordingly. This Kinect hack is simple but seriously effective and you can see it in action after the break…
It’s new PS3 firmware update time. Grab the PS3 firmware v3.60 update and rock a PlayStation Plus subscription and you’ll be able to kick your saved games up into the cloud.
If you don’t have PlayStation Plus, you’ll still get the new option to change the amount of time the system takes to tell your DualShock and Sixaxis controllers shutdown. That’s one little annoyance nailed. Spotted any other changes or issues with the PS3 firmware update? Click the headline and let us know in the comments.
Out now | £free | Sony
The Nintendo 3DS sure has a tough act to follow. Its predecessor – the Nintendo DS – is one of the best-selling games consoles of all time, with well over 100 million units shifted. Topping that staggering figure isn’t going to be easy, but Nintendo’s new machine as a few tricks up its sleeve – as we’re about to discover in our official 3DS hardware review.
Another Thursday morning, which means it’s time to take a trot through the best iPad apps we’ve spotted this week. We’ve unearthed a couple of games, a conversation piece, something for arty types and something for fans of iconic photojournalism. If those sound good to you, read on!
Rise and shine, it’s time to start your morning off right with today’s US Update. Breaking headlines across the web this morning was the availability of iOS 4.3. Deep within the update was confirmation the iPhone 5 uses the dual-core A5 processor. The Apple TV also got its own update, here’s the scoop.
It appears Sony aptly named the Playstation Move after considering the competition. Microsoft’s Kinect has outshined its competitor at the cash register, bringing home unprecedented hardware and game sales to the tune of 10 million units. That’s right, 10 million Microsoft Kinects and 10 million stand-alone Kinect games have been sold since launch.
