Another great Labs post today about the Internet of Things:
It’s time to fully embrace a change in the way we think about
technology and how we use it in our day-to-day lives. The gadgets, the
APIs, and the common ground for connecting them all together in
diverse and incredible ways exist right now. Leap Motion is just one
part of rediscovering how we can interact with and utilize technology
in this new era of potential. Recently, I gave a presentation at Web
Directions South in Sydney, where I had fun turning on a bubble
machine using a Ninja Block, my Android phone, and voice recognition.
I also wrote an article for SitePoint giving an overview on JavaScript
beyond the web. In both cases, I discussed the exciting possibilities
of the Leap Motion Controller amongst the Internet of Things (IoT) – a
topic that I’d like to explore today.
If you’re a developer with a Leap Motion Controller, chances are
you’ve coded up some fun little visualization or simple finger
counting app on your computer that looked cool and impressed your
friends. But you can do even more with it right now. Rather than
controlling pixels on a screen, why not control things in the real
world? Things that will physically move, buzz, light up, take a photo,
affect temperature, dance, or shoot something across the room?
Read the full post.