Microsoft may have hit on a mixed jackpot with the Kinect. While Xbox gamers might consider it a very optional, sometimes even unwanted, accessory, makers and tinkerers have flocked to it for how it ...

Microsoft's $150 Xbox add-on, the Kinect, can use face-recognition technology to log you onto your Xbox Live account. But it's not trouble-free. To understand why, you need to know how it works.

The Kinect components and technology will be employed to allow the small devices to dock. Measuring only 30 centimeters in length, the STRaND-2 units are quite small, even for satellites. Docking is ...

Clever scientists, engineers and tinkerers have used the Xbox Kinect game controller to fly autonomous helicopters, guide blind people and control robots. Now engineers from the UK are building two ...