Leap Motion Project Ideas? - Page 1
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author: fudgebobs
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2013, 08:05:54 pm
content: He all, so this weekend I was at a hackathon where they had everyone playing with leap motion.We were fortunate enough to place in the top 3 and received free leap motion hardware as a reward. Now I really did enjoy using the leap motion, but now I am at a loss as to what to do with it. I mean of course there is tons to do, but deciding what to do is hard.Personally, I would like to do something which brings the leap motion out of the standard used case. I was thinking maybe something with a robotic arm since the leap motion has fairly good resolution for subtle hand gestures. Some issues I noticed during the hackathon was that at some angles you would loose track of your hand completely. It's not prefect, but it does indeed have some pretty nice used cases.So anyone have project ideas? Something that won't take too long but utilizes this technology well. I figure the robotic arm might take a bit longer than I would like to spend with this.For those who might not know what leap motion is, here is a link to their webpage:https://www.leapmotion.com/Cheers,

author: briandorey
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2013, 08:11:28 pm
content: We are planning to use one with a DIY pick and place machine currently being built to add manual control to the steppers so we can place the components onto small runs or one off boards.

author: fudgebobs
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2013, 08:26:45 pm
content: Oh thats a neat application. I do like the sound of that. You should definitely post some pics when this is done!!!

author: briandorey
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2013, 09:06:12 pm
content: Quote from: fudgebobs on October 08, 2013, 08:26:45 pmThere are some photos of the build so far onhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/brian-dorey/sets/72157635317638526/and a few videos on my youtube pagehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3rrX8tBXk8eGutDTAHdXDQof the initial testing of the drivers, software and hardware. Still got a huge list of bits to finish before it will be fully working

author: fudgebobs
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2013, 09:11:38 pm
content: Quote from: briandorey on October 08, 2013, 09:06:12 pmVery cool. Product finishing looks extremely professional. Very nice!!!Good luck with the rest of this. It looks great so far, I'll be checking out your youtube channel for updates!!

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2013, 09:34:53 pm
content: I heard that the leap motion is extremely good workout device. I mean working 8 hours with your hands in air in that position is just mean.

author: fudgebobs
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2013, 09:46:49 pm
content: Quote from: NANDBlog on October 08, 2013, 09:34:53 pmyeah, I must say that is a bit of a down side to it right now. I have tried various positions in order to be able to get kind of a lazy orientation. A friend has the best use case with it. He has a table in which the monitor sits (an apple thunderbolt display), and he has mounted the leap motion and has done the interface. Works well for him, and is a lazy orientation. The display can pop back out in his mount and he can use a regular keyboard as well. It's quite ingenious.