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You can win a Leap Motion Controller or Pebble Smartwatch by using their tech in your Space Apps project! 
Want to win a Leap Motion Controller?
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Get more info: 
Space Apps 2014 Challenge blog
Suggested projects
IRC channel
Forum thread



A message from Leap Motion: 
We've been working closely with the Missions Operation Team at the JET Propulsion Laboratory in California for the past year. The video (released only yesterday) show's how the Mission Ops innovation team is exploring the boundaries between humans and technological interfaces using the Leap Motion Controller.

https://vimeo.com/91604294

We hope this video will inspire some of your teams to think about how they can use the Leap Motion Controllers in their applications this weekend.

When they plug-in their controllers, please have developers ignore the leapmotion.com/setup stickers on the controllers. Instead head to the links below. They'll need our core services installed in order to get the SDK to work. We offer: C++, C#/Unity, Java, Python, Objective-C and JavaScript.

Please note if working in Linux, the .deb file is in our core services package, not the SDK.

API deck: 

SDK and Core Services: Developer.leapmotion.com

JavaScript API: https://developer.leapmotion.com/leapjs/welcome

JavaScript plug-ins: https://developer.leapmotion.com/leapjs/plugins

Free Unity Assets & Video tutorials: http://bitly.com/bundles/leapmotion/2

Projects in our community: https://community.leapmotion.com/category/projects

Our engineers will be available remotely via our IRC channel at: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#leapmotion

Ideas for particularly useful Leap Motion integration among existing challenges:

  • Asteroid catchers! asteroid detection and deflection

  • Add onto last year's Leap Motion enabled app, Space Kam

  • Animate your world: Unlock the power of NASA's Earth imagery and build something spectacular!

  • Gravity Map Challenge: Create an app that displays the gravity force for any location on Earth. Grab data about gravity around the world on a gravity map, or geoid, and use positioning data to show gravity at any location. You also could add information about the GOCE mission or other missions, and extend the capabilities to include magnetic field data from the SWARM mission.

We want your feedback! Please let us know how teams use the Leap Motion Controllers and any projects that come out of your locations. We'd love to write blog pieces, showcase their hacks in our social channels and support the international Space and Science community.

We're @LeapMotion on twitter and #LeapMotion!

Want to win a Pebble Smartwatch?
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Potential challenges: 
Space Apps 2014 Developer Blog 
SpaceT: The Handy Smartphone and Wearable Technology For Space Faring Tourists
SPACE WEARABLES: FASHION DESIGNER TO ASTRONAUTS 
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