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Kinect Hacks: Turn Invisible, Make an Instant Light Saber, & More

Explore amazing Kinect hacks like cloak-less invisibility, real-time light-saber action, and 3D video manipulation!

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The next generation of video game control is upon us with the release of Microsoft's Kinect--which allows users to control special XBOX 360 games with their entire body. Hackers have been eagerly digging into the device, especially since Microsoft's Shannon Loftis told Science Friday's Ira Flatow that no hackers would get in trouble for finding alternate uses for the Kinect:

"I'm very excited to see that people are so inspired that it was less than a week after the Kinect came out before they had started creating and thinking about what they could do."

Here's a list of some of our favorite, jaw-dropping hacks: Invisibility without the cloak, 3D video, Minority Report-style computing, real-life Star Wars, and the best shadow puppets you've ever seen. 5. Makes the best shadow puppets EVER: Built in a day by Theo Watson and Emily Gobeille, this little hack replaces your hand and arm with ...

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