Sitting here pretty pleased with myself, most people are just hacking the software but I just hacked the hardware. A pair of side cutters a soldering iron and a few connectors should do the trick.
I was pretty nervous about cutting the power lead off, logically it all made sense but I didn’t really want to blow $200 bucks and my art project wasn’t going to work with out it.
But a few deep breaths later it was done. Yes I got the polarity right and it all worked just fine after reassembly, I was now mobile with the kinect plugged in to a 12volt battery sitting in my pocket I hit the great out doors.