#5 The Leap falls short of success

Leap is one of those exciting innovations that unfortunately failed when it came to practical usefulness. Had they got their formula right, this revolutionary motion sensor technology designed to detect hand movements, would’ve been a huge success; at least in some segments and would not have made in onto this list. The device works very well under bright lights, like in a showroom or in a controlled environment. But it fails miserably under the normal work desk lighting conditions. Leap's limited area of detection combined with its difficulty to track rapid hand movements makes it awkward to use. Besides that, its usability was limited to games and did not extend to productivity apps thanks to its limited software library and its inability to precisely detect hand movements.

Fortunately, Leap has another chance to improve courtesy of its deal with HP that brings Leaps to laptops. But a lot of work still needs to be done before it starts replacing a touchpad or a mouse.

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