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Microsoft's Kinect Accelerator program kicked off over a month ago, but at the time we were only made aware of the participant start-ups' names, not their innovations. So, when Microsoft offered us ...

Microsoft is looking for a few good Kinect hackers, and it’s turning to TechStars to help discover those teams. Microsoft this week launched the Kinect Accelerator — a new incubation program developed ...

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 has selected 11 startups to take part in its Kinect Accelerator program. Each startup will spend April to June in Seattle with office space and $20,000 in investment from Microsoft.

Microsoft has launched a new contest which will reward ten Kinect-savvy inventors with the corporate funds and resources required to transform their innovative basement hacks into money making – and ...

Microsoft really wants to see what startups can do with their motion-based Kinect camera. Selling 8 million in 60 days wasn't enough, and Microsoft sees the future of gaming (and technology) as a huge ...

Today, Microsoft is announcing eleven finalists in the ultimate Kinect hacking showdown: a spot in a TechStars-backed accelerator just for Kinect-based ideas. Kinect hacks have been something we’ve ...

The Kinect is a product famous for the ingenuity it has inspired in third parties; it’s a product almost synonymous with the word “hack.” According to some sources, Kinect was initially wary of ...

Microsoft (NAS: MSFT) had a tiger by the tail a year ago and didn't know it. The company that helped bring Windows to the masses had rolled out its latest accessory with great fanfare, but it took a ...

Wanna turn your Kinect hack into, um, money? Microsoft can help you out, now that it's teamed up with TechStars to launch the Kinect Accelerator -- a program designed to turn Kinect-based ideas into ...

The Kinect has proved fertile ground for hackers and innovators all over the world, from individuals to student teams to established researchers. But as yet there haven’t been many commercial ...