University of California, San Diego students preparing for a future archaeological dig to Jordan will likely pack a Microsoft Kinect, but it won’t be used for post-dig, all-night gaming marathons.

Microsoft's Kinect is useful for more than just gaming. In fact, many would argue that the device is better for things other than gaming. Even Microsoft has stopped including Kinect in its Xbox One ...

Almost by definition, the coolest technology and bleeding-edge research is locked away in universities. While this is great for post-docs and their grant-writing abilities, it’s not the best system ...

3D printing has been a huge boon to home fabricators that want to create trinkets whenever they want. While all that plastic isn’t great for the environment, it’s already proven itself as a great ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft has previously demonstrated the capabilities of Kinect Fusion ...

When your fancy high-tech tools aren't suited for the job, it's time to call the tinkers. The Field Museum of Natural History had a certain famous Tyrannosaurus rex skull they wanted examined with 3D ...

The Kinect has turned out to be something that in my house at least rarely gets used. It is a very cool device though and I continue to be amazed at some of the things that geeks are able to hack the ...

[Christopher] from the Bamberg Germany hackerspace, [Backspace], wrote in to tell us about one of the group’s most recent projects. It’s a Kinect-based 3D scanner (translated) that has been made ...

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 ...

It's been a long time since the Kinect was just for gamers. The hacker community quickly embraced the device, modding it for projects from the quirky to the industrial. And then Microsoft also ...

While the internet is abuzz this week with talk of the Star Wars franchise's Kinect debut, Microsoft wants to remind you that its motion control hardware isn't all play. Last fall the company ...

Microsoft wants the Xbox 360 to be the one-stop tech shop for all your entertainment needs: gaming, TV, movies, music and DVDs. But wait, there’s more! Microsoft is trying to patent a Kinect 3D body ...