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Kinect Hacked For 3-D Scanning Of Archaeology Site

BY Kit Eaton | 08-02-2011 | 10:23 AM | INNOVATION

Archaeologists are planning to use Microsoft's super-cheap Kinect to help plan progress and record data at a future dig in Jordan. If all goes as planned, the $150 piece of gaming tech could let them virtually walk around 3-D models of huge excavation sites.READ MORE›

Paging Dr. Awesome: Kinect Hack Lets Surgeons Play With Robots

BY Kit Eaton | 02-11-2011 | 9:04 AM | INNOVATION

Microsoft's Kinect may be a toy, but a new hack is giving it some serious skills: As an interface to the incredible robot surgeon da Vinci. It's accurate enough to sew sutures.READ MORE›

Kinect Hack 'n Roll: An Inevitable, Awesome, Radiohead-Like Music Video

BY Kit Eaton | 02-02-2011 | 10:18 AM | DESIGN

Just three years after Radiohead used pro-level laser LIDAR scanners to craft a 3-D music video unlike anything seen before, an enterprising hacker has tweaked a Microsoft Kinect to produce a startlingly similar video.READ MORE›