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Can Microsoft Kinect with the smart home?

March 11, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Besides leading to explosive sales for Microsoft, its Kinect add-on for the Xbox 360 has also turned into an impressive “innovation platform,” to quote Tim O’Reilly. One of those innovations comes from Nitrogen (aka Mike) who hacked a Kinect sensor bar to interface with a home automation control system. As you can see in the […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: home automation, home energy management, Kinect, Microsoft, smart home, xbox 360

Attention Green Gamers, Welcome to the New Xbox 360

June 16, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Besides the bad-ass Alienware escapee look of the new Xbox 360 — seriously, just look at it — Microsoft’s “slim” model of its game console has other attributes that eco-minded gamers will like. In addition to a 17 percent smaller…

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Microsoft, xbox 360

Ubisoft to Eliminate Paper Manuals

April 19, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Shedding some plastic in game cases isn’t the only way video game makers are going green. Ubisoft has announced that the company is going to stop the practice of including game manuals with its Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 games….

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: games, Playstation 3, Ubisoft, xbox 360

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