The Kinect is an accessory from Microsoft X box that allows the player to play the video games without the use of controllers. The Kinect has a camera that can interact with the user without any other device because the camera can sense gestures, movements and voice commands. After the launch of the Kinect a company call adafruit industries started a bounty prize for the person that can get to unlock the code and make it open source, so Kinect can be use in the future for other projects.
On November 10, the company had a $3000 winner his name is Hector Martin and he created an open source driver for the Kinect. I consider this great for all the projects that can be done with the camera and now with the open source code a lot of new things can be created.
Microsoft is the one not happy about it because they want to keep everything as a secret and not share the technology with anyone, and again because of the money the can get later. They do not wan their products to be modifies and altered because again is their product and they want all the applause and the money to go to them. Totally unfair for the technology and new projects that could people create in the future.
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