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"I recently met with the founders of startup company Leap Motion and was pretty wowed by their demonstration of their product, the Leap, which allows you to control an electronics display in 3D, using your natural gestures and movements. It works like the gaming system Kinect, in which you control the actions on screen using motions. However, since the Leap was built from the ground up with wider applications in mind (not just gaming on a big screen), the gesturing is much more accurate. After seeing the preview, I can honestly say that the Leap&amp;#039;s founders&amp;#039; description of their product as &amp;quot;more accurate than a mouse, as reliable as a keyboard and more sensitive than a touchscreen&amp;quot; is spot-on. The Leap was born out of the frustration of the inventor, David Holz, with 3D modeling. While he could quickly draw a 3D sketch on paper, it took him exponentially more time to translate what was on paper into the computer. Of course, the processing capabilities of a computer allowed him to manipulate the model and do much more than he could with pen and paper. So Holz set out to harness the power and capabilities of a computer, but create an easier, more natural way to interact with it. And so the Leap was born.  The Leap will be about the size of an iPod, and plug in to your computer&amp;#039;s USB port. It&amp;#039;ll create a 3D interaction bubble about 8 cubic feet in size on your display. Within this space you&amp;#039;ll be able to interact and control software on any display that&amp;#039;s touch enabled. The Leap is so precise, that not only will it recognize your hand swiping across the screen; it will create a precise digital replication of your hand (check out the video below to see what I mean!).  While the incarnation of the Leap that I saw was about 2&amp;quot; by 1&amp;quot;, the founders explained to me that its sensors and technology could be implanted into a much smaller device. They chose the form they did because they could make a stylish product that wasn&amp;#039;t so small that it would be easy to lose. However in the near future, it could easily be built into laptops or even smart phones. And while they couldn&amp;#039;t get into any specifics, they did share that they&amp;#039;re working swiftly and closely with electronics manufacturers. In the meantime, for only $70 it&amp;#039;s not only a worthy add-on product, but in my opinion, a steal. It won&amp;#039;t be available until around February 2013, but you can pre-order it now on the company website.  The applications for this product are really endless. Imagine being able to play video games, browse on your computer, and place a call your mobile phone without a mouse and/or a keyboard, just by using your natural gestures. Soon Carolyn Fort\u00E9, Director of the Home Appliance &amp;amp;amp; Cleaning Products department won&amp;#039;t have to give you tips on how to clean your electronics as you won&amp;#039;t be getting sticky fingerprints all over them!  Intrigued? Check out the video of the demo co-founders David Holz and Michael Buckwald performed for us at GHRI!      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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