Boy, hacking Kinect never gets old does it? The "evil geniuses" at Brightarcs hacked a Kinect with two Tesla coils to create a machine that zaps electricity at the raise of an arm. The results are oodles of fun that'd make any dull Sunday entertaining.

A group of students at the University of Washington are using Microsoft's Kinect to aid in robotic surgery. While the hack won't make surgical robots the next Doogie Howser, it does give them a sense of touch.

You probably already know this, but Super Mario Bros. turned 25 this year. What better way to commemorate the anniversary than, with a Kinect hack that uses your entire body to squash Goombas and defeat Bowser to save Princess Peach?

After eight years of geeking over Minority Report's gesture-based manipulation interface, we're really pumped that it isn't all just movie magic anymore. It was only a matter of time before this would happen. Hackers are a crafty bunch after all.