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Johnny Chung Lee

IRL Name: 
Johnny Chung Lee
Biography: 

Johnny Chung Lee is a hardware hacker and computer scientist known for hacking Wiimote in 2008 using a few ballpoint pens and infrared lights. He was then hired by Microsoft to develop the Kinect. He is also known for his work on Kinect development, extending the functionality of the Wii Remote controller of the Wii video game console, most notably by taking advantage of its high resolution IR camera. Lee's other projects include an interactive whiteboard, 3D head tracking, finger tracking, and a DIY telepresence robot.

He is now working in Google.

Facts

Lee completed his Ph.D. at Carnegie Mellon University's Human-Computer Interaction Institute, and was named one of the world's top 35 innovators under 35 (TR35) in 2008.

While Lee was a core member of Microsoft's Kinect development team, he approached Adafruit with the idea of a driver development contest and personally financed it.

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References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Lee_%28computer_scientist%29

http://johnnylee.net/

http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/266255/7-hackers-who-got-legit-jobs...