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…
Next year, Nokia will start selling its Home Control Centre, letting mobile owners keep tabs on their electronic kit while they’re away from home, as well as monitor energy usage, and heating, but next year’s too far away. We’ve been playing with it today!
Home automation is no longer the preserve of Bill Gates and the like thanks to the affordable skills of HM4, a 1TB server that can send four different data streams, including live TV, around your house at the same time.
Arctic conditions in the bedroom and rainforest humidity in the bathroom can be monitored and balanced with the weather-predicting Clima Control panel from Oregon Scientific.
Controlling your lighting, air con, music, curtains etc from a single wall panel like some kind of James Bond villain is what home automation is all about and Intensia is doing it in style. You can even watch your CCTV on its own LCD screen.