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Remember that Kinect hack how-to? A key figure in the story was the
use of a USB analyzer that was plugged in-between the Kinect and the
Xbox to pick up on USB traffic and pull out a log that could be used
for hacking. Well, there's a new 'OpenVizsla' project on KickStarter
that's aiming to build open source hardware that can put this
typically expensive tech ($1,400+) in the hands of more hackers, who
use the hardware for anything from jailbreaking locked-down devices to
building Linux drivers for hardware. The project was actually started
by hackers "bushing" and "pytey," who have worked on hacking the Wii
and the iPhone, respectively. They've already raised a good chunk of
change for the project in pledges, with backing from folks like
Stephen Fry and DVD Jon helping out the momentum, and hopefully we'll
be seeing the next generation of hacks enabled by OpenVizsla and its
brood before too long.
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