Hacked Kinect controls Tesla coils – INCREDIBLE!

“The MakerFaire hackerspace ran out of challenges, so they rigged a Kinect up to a pair of Tesla coils. On a whim.” — Ben Kidd

Filed under: kinect hacking,random — by adafruit, posted March 13, 2011 at 2:24 pm

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2 Comments

  1. That’s sick! :D

    Comment by Kgroce — March 14, 2011 @ 12:24 pm

  2. This was so much fun to play with. When I was upstairs Jonty ran up to me and said “Jimmie! We have the Kinect hooked up to the Tesla coils! Get down there now!”

    This was the result: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4yHrbZRpmU

    Comment by Jimmie — March 14, 2011 @ 7:10 pm

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