Hacker unshackles Kinect from Xbox (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/09/kinect_hack/)

Why doesn't Microsoft like this? Presumably they are losing money on the hardware? Methinks they should sell an "unlocked" one for a higher price for use on other devices.

By design I guess -

Microsoft Says Yes To Kinect Hacking (http://digitizor.com/2010/11/20/microsoft-says-yes-to-kinect-hacking/)

I hope MS is making money off the Kinect device and not subsidizing it, because the other uses for it could be huge!