Leap 3-D gesture control — Your own private "Minority Report"

STOP PRESS: This just in from Richard Kashdan.

It was introduced earlier today and featured on engadget; excerpts from that post follow.

Leap Motion has created a new device, called the Leap, it claims is 200 times more accurate than existing technology and will take gesture controls to the next level.

It's about the size of a pack of gum, and once connected to your computer via USB, it creates a four-cubic-foot virtual workspace. Within that area, it tracks all ten of your fingers simultaneously to within 1/100 of a millimeter  — that level of accuracy allows for rudimentary gestures like pinch-to-zoom and more complex actions like manipulating 3D-rendered objects.

Leap brings you this next-gen UX for a mere $69.99, and a select few can pre-order them now, with the full roll-out coming this winter.

I just scored one (below).

Note that it may take a while for the site to load, likely because it's crashed or been on the verge since they started taking pre-orders.

Fair warning: They'll be all gone before the day is out — don't just sit there like a bump on a pickle if you want one before winter.