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Solar powered house saves energy with Kinect

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For as long as people have been envisioning the house of the future, it almost always features control initiated with the briefest of gestures. Now, in the name of conserving energy that vision could come true with a solar house designed to use an Xbox Kinect to switch off energy consuming devices with simple movements.

Enter the Compact, Hyper-Insulated Prototype Solar House. Affectionately known as the CHIP Solar House. 
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