"Everyone's really positive, " said Parsec managing partner Bill Hansen, who still remembers clients' frayed nerves during the Dow's 5, 000-point swoon in the throes of the financial crisis.

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Thankfully, someone in this world can now track a wooden stick to emulate a lightsaber in real time, bringing one classic meme that much closer to actuality (and the promised Star Wars Kinect game not even parsec closer to release).

ENGADGET: Kinect lightsaber, and other inevitable milestones for the open-source robot eye (video)