The Leap Motion Controller senses your hands and fingers and

follows their every move.

It lets them move in all that wide-open space between you and your computer. So you can do almost anything without touching anything. It's the tiny device that just might change the way you use technology.

It's a super-wide 150° field of view and a Z-axis for depth. That means you can move your hands in 3D, just like you do in the real world.The Leap Motion Controller can track your movements at a rate of over 200 frames per second.

It also includes include non-touch gestures, which have already gotten some development with webcam-based gesture controls. Gaming has pushed this sort of interaction forward considerably with the Sony PlayStation Move and Razer Hydra, but perhaps the most prominent application of this sort of motion-sensing tech is the Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360.

The Leap Motion Controller is a tiny thing, measuring only a half-inch thick and not much bigger than a pack of gum.

The device has an Apple-inflected minimalist design, with bare metal around the outside edge, a rubber sheet on the bottom for stable non-sliding grip, and a glossy piece of tinted glass on the top.

I think the Leap Motion Controller is a great idea and very interesting/ cool. This device was invented so you can play, create, and explore without touching anything.

To see how it works go to the following website given and watch the video! https://www.leapmotion.com 

Other websites you can visit to learn more about the Leap Motion Controller:

 http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/22/leap-motion-controller-review/

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http://www.amazon.com/Leap-Motion-Controller-Gesture-Control/dp/B00E3CP9UM

The Google Self-Driving Car is a project by Google that involves developing technology for autonomous cars. The software powering Google's cars is called Google Chauffeur. Lettering on the side of each car identifies it as a "self-driving car". Even as self-driving research cars make record-setting road trips, fully autonomous vehicles that can legally drive on public roads remain a distant dream.

But there’s good news: The advanced components that make these cars work have been filtering into commercial vehicles at a fast pace. Self-parking, automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, and lane keeping are just some of the technologies that have leapt into the market in the past few years. Put them all together and you get a picture of how we’ll go from driving to assisted driving to fully autonomous cars. Sure, there will be problems along the way, but it’ll be a great ride. The Google Car is fully electric, big enough for two passengers. It'll only go 25 miles per hour. Your involvement with the car consists of four things: get in, put on your seatbelt, press the Start button, and wait. While you're waiting, maybe check out the large screen in the center console, which shows the temperature and the time remaining in your journey but could easily display just about anything else. Like, say, a Chrome browser for catching up on your Gmail or watching YouTube while you ride. There are downsides to this invention. According to Eno Center’s study, each self-driving vehicle would require added sensors, software, engineering and power and computing requirements that presently tally over $100,000 per vehicle, which is an astronomical number that would be unaffordable for most people. In an age where devices can be controlled from anywhere in the world, people have reservations when it comes to vehicles that are maneuvered by a computer. In a recent poll conducted for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Auto Alliance), 81 percent of the respondents said they were concerned that hackers would be able to gain control of a self-driving vehicle. Lastly, most people like to keep private. So a car or truck that is being operated by a computer is bound to have a lot of information on it. And in the same Auto Alliance survey, 75 percent of the respondents said they were concerned that companies would use the software from a self-driving car to gather personal data, and 70 percent were apprehensive because they believed this data would then be shared with government agencies.

Http://www.google.com/about/careers/lifeatgoogle/self-driving-car-test-steve-mahan.html

Mashable.com/category/google-self-driving-car/

Ebola disease marked by fever and severe internal bleeding, spread through contact with infected body fluids by a filovirus ( Ebola virus ), whose normal host species is Ebola is an infectious and generally fatal unknown.




The Ebola virus is described as a group of viruses that cause a deadly kind of hemorrhagic fever. The term "hemorrhagic fever" means it causes bleeding inside and outside the body.

The virus has a long incubation period of approximately eight to 21 days. Early symptoms include fever, muscle weakness, sore throat and headaches.

As the disease progresses, the virus can impair kidney and liver function and lead to external and internal bleeding. It’s one of the most deadly viruses on Earth with a fatality rate that can reach between approximately 50 to 90 percent. There is no cure.

he virus is transmitted through contact with blood or secretions from an infected person, either directly or through contaminated surfaces, needles or medical equipment. A patient is not contagious until he or she starts showing signs of the disease.

Thankfully, the virus is not airborne, which means a person cannot get the disease simply by breathing the same air as an infected patient.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm63e1028a1.htm

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/07/28/ebola-virus-deadly-africa-outbreak/13260541/