Man Makes Open Source Kinect Drivers

Last week, open source hardware company Adafruit announced a $3,000 bounty for the first individual or group to hack Kinect, Microsoft's hands-free controller extra for the Xbox 360. Kinect contains a depth sensor, RGB camera, multi-array microphones and a motorised pivot, so it can track you around a room.

Yesterday, Slashdot reported that Adafruit reported that they HAVE A WINNER! Some very "hacky" open source Kinect drivers were released by a guy called Hector a meagre 3 hours after the European Kinect launch, and can be acquired here if you're technically minded. Hector says he intends to invest the $3,000 bounty into further hacking. Isn't that sweet? Watch Hector's video of Kinect running on a PC below.

It might be useful in the field of robotics! He wants to use it to track his laser! Hackers are amazing.