A breakthrough in speech recognition with Deep-Neural-Network approach is coming to Microsoft's MAVIS technology. 

Second Story shows what's possible when you combine some smart, creative minds with a Kinect, face tracking and a transparent display. 

The World of Coca Cola in Atlanta is laden with Kinect sensors that create an immersive, interactive experience for visitors - thanks to Portland's Second Story. 

Surgeons at St Thomas' hospital in London have begun trialing a Kinect system to enable gesture and voice navigation of medical images during vascular surgery procedures.

Somehow I overlooked this cool, freely downloable technology from Microsoft that is about to make my house an Internet of Things showcase. Meet Mayhem!