Technology continues to march forward, and yesterday's science fiction often becomes today's reality. Such is the case with hand tracking gesture control as depicted in the 2002 movie "Minority Report". In that movie, Tom Cruise effortlessly manipulates wall sized computer displays by simply moving his fingers, hands, and arms.
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The Leap Motion Controller provides fitlet with Minority Report like capabilities by providing it with the ability to track your fingers, hands, and arms and translate those movements into gestures. Such systems can be used for computer control and virtual reality applications. Although the capabilities provided do not rise to the level of those depicted in Minority Report, they are nevertheless quite futuristic and extremely cool.
See: https://www.leapmotion.com/
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Hardware
The hardware required is:
1. Fitlet
2. Leap Motion Controller
3. Special Leap Motion USB Cable (Included with controller)
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